best coilover suspension kit

Hey guys I'm have a 03 tacoma prerunner I wanna know what's the best kit out there for our trucks..whick one will work better on and offroad.........I mostly do stret driving...but when I offroad I don't do any wheeling just little things here and there..any ideas

 

i have fox racing suspension in the front but it gets really expensive i paid $900 for one shock...but i do alot of offroading and it performs well on and off road

 

King coilovers, Racerunners, camburg are all good. I would even go with Icon, out of these 4 there are no major differences, just color. Pick your favorite color and you'll be happy.

 

You can't go wrong with this.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/pts/1408406556.html

 

Dont get fabtech - shitty parts and quality..

 

x2!!!

 

A few good buddy's of mine have all bought trucks with fab tech and nearly all of them have had enough problems with it that they decided to replace it with different companies shocks. One of them had a 04 ranger edge and it had fab tech shocks on and while he was out wheeling he blew his left front shock and the right one wasn't blown but it never functioned as good as before. He doesnt wheel too hard either. Basically i have seen enough broken fab tech parts for a while.

 

if you go into the archives of TTORA and CT, you will find a number of negative feedback on Fabtech suspensions...

at least from those who wheel pretty hard...

in the last 5 years of being into this sport, i have met a few who had no issues, but i also dont recall seeing them much out wheeling...

IIRC, their basic coilovers are not rebuildable and a number of folks were having issues with the shock bodies leaking...

 

Thats why I stick to Fox or King

 

well, a number of those folks are people i have hung out with and have seen the carnage myself...

not sure how it is with a lot of folks here on TW, but on TTORA and CT, the vast majority of members actually know each other in person and hang out, so i tend to trust a lot of the feedback...

my cousin works at 4wheelparts and he has had several Fabtech coilovers come back damaged and since you can't rebuild their basic coilovers, its pretty much a disposable product... in recent years, Fabtech has dropped a lot of time and effort into quality, but it can be hard to change folks' minds...

earlier this year, before i went long travel, i had busted my donahoes so they offered to sell me fabtechs but advised me not to offroad them based on the type of offroading i was into... they suggested i only use them to clear my 33s until i either went LT or had the money to step up to Kings or Fox...

in essence, while online feedback is subjective, it can, to a certain extent, be a valuable way to learn from others' mistakes...

as for hard proof at this current time, that would be hard as there are not too many folks who abuse their trucks, running fabtech right now...

in fact, i think the fabtech race truck driven by Barry Karakas is now running sway-away...

 

although, i do know of someone who beats the crap out of his truck and did run the 2.5 dirt logics and really liked them before he upgraded to Icons...

the only cons to them were that the springs settled too much too fast and customer service was horrible (i believe when he tried to get them rebuilt)...

when he sold them, the new owner went out to replace the springs on them...

 

ok... now that the debate part is over... back to the original question...

there IS a great way to get quality without breaking the bank... considering the OP is in so cal, there is a secret to it... hehehehe...

Socal19, PM me...

 

thats one hell of a hookup...

post up your truck... let's see the eye candy...

so, what's the employee discount like at King?

 

dont get fabtechs plain and simple i've seen soo many fabtech shit break and fail hell my friend is running their spindles on his f150 and the r bent from just driving on the streets. get fox coilovers can't go wrong and i live down the street from king but i'll never buy their shocks they have poor customer service and i'm not the only one.

 

Don't know if you're looking to change the rear suspension as well, but if you were Wheelers sells an OldManEmu full kit for about $1000, everything you need for all 4 wheels.

 

^^^ to funny why wont you post a pic. I wont be a SCMD

 

absolutely not no harm in wanting to see your ride no need to be shy about it

 

cause he's another derek lmao

 

eh, forget the mod days...

lets all meet up in the desert and go wheeling instead...