2024 Tacoma with FWC?

[JHanson]

Twenty or thirty years ago I would have had no problem buying a first-year model from Toyota. I can understand the hesitancy to do so now, although a lot of the furor has been caused by those always itching to find cracks in Toyota's armor. The company did step up with the Tundra engine issue by issuing a full recall, rather than insisting on waiting for individual failures. And, ironically, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with the turbo V6; it was a simple failure to adequately flush the newly made blocks that caused the issue.

I think the new turbo four in the Tacoma is a far better engine for a truck than the previous rev-happy V6. The new boxed chassis is infinitely superior, even in the base, rear-leaf-spring version. For the upper level models, coil springs are far easier to upgrade than leafs. The front anti-roll-bar disconnect is more usable on a regular basis than a front diff lock. Many, many improvements in the new Tacoma. The only major goof I can see involves the silly "IsoDynamic" seats in the TRD Pro, which are standard and completely eliminate rear seat leg room.

 

[goinoregon]

Twenty or thirty years ago I would have had no problem buying a first-year model from Toyota. I can understand the hesitancy to do so now, although a lot of the furor has been caused by those always itching to find cracks in Toyota's armor. The company did step up with the Tundra engine issue by issuing a full recall, rather than insisting on waiting for individual failures. And, ironically, there's nothing fundamentally wrong with the turbo V6; it was a simple failure to adequately flush the newly made blocks that caused the issue.

I think the new turbo four in the Tacoma is a far better engine for a truck than the previous rev-happy V6. The new boxed chassis is infinitely superior, even in the base, rear-leaf-spring version. For the upper level models, coil springs are far easier to upgrade than leafs. The front anti-roll-bar disconnect is more usable on a regular basis than a front diff lock. Many, many improvements in the new Tacoma. The only major goof I can see involves the silly "IsoDynamic" seats in the TRD Pro, which are standard and completely eliminate rear seat leg room.

always appreciate your 3cents. fwiw - i just bought a 21 toyota access cab for running around. i may be looking at better seats though.... will see

 

[DesertDog]

Agree with Rubberlegs. Toyota has been having transmission issues with some of the 4th Gens Tacoma, I'd give Toyota a year or two for them to work out the bugs before I'd the newer truck.

 

[Bread]

I talked to FWC and there are no issues with mounting a new FWC on a 2024 Tacoma. Just need to tell them it’s for a new Tacoma when ordering camper.

So if I decide to go with a 2024 Tacoma, I would still need to decide how to upgrade the suspension to work with a new FWC Fleet Shell which is significantly lighter than a fully furnished Fleet.

I called ALCAN Springs and they said they are developing a leaf spring conversion kit for the 2024 Tacoma. Interesting, but is replacing the coil springs with leaf springs a good answer?

For the upper level models, coil springs are far easier to upgrade than leafs.

Where can these coil spring upgrades be obtained?

Since the FWC Fleet Shell is a lighter unit, maybe a solution or possibly temporary solution would be to get airbags, but another poster said that airbags don’t work with coil springs.

I keep going back and forth on getting a 2022 Tacoma vs a 2024. I realize the new Tacoma is untested but all those new upgrades are tempting.

To summarize, I’m just trying to figure out how to upgrade the 2024 Tacoma suspension to handle a Fleet Shell which weighs about 700 lbs minus the gear we would be hauling. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!