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160lbs extra on front suspension...how bad

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I asked before about installing a bumper and winch on the front and how it will affect wear and handling. Most of the answers were "repair when if breaks". And handing won't be any different, it's going to suck the same...it's a truck.
Will 160lbs of winch and bumper cause ball joints to fail early, tie rods to fail early steering box to have excessive wear early in life?
If a Tacoma normally goes 150k on ball joints under stock weight, will 160 extra pounds cause replacements every 50k?
TIE rods, steering box...same thing?
Dustin
 
We can assume it would cause more wear since it wasn't designed to carry that normally. But when built, they are overbuilt and underrated for safety.
If you replace the suspension with junk cheap parts, they'll fail faster. But I don't think you have to worry much. Think of a 160lbs driver and a 320lbs driver...

Does a fat man cause early failure and excessive wear on a vehicle? I think it's negligible. It would be more of how it's driven. That's not that much weight.
Wouldn't it mainly be the suspension supporting the proper weight? Which would prevent the angle from changing too drastically? If the angles aren't changed a drastic amount, it should just wear normally. I'm rambling, but I think that should make sense.
 
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