FEELER: Baja Suspension for Sale

I do know off-roading, and I know a good suspension system when I drive it. I post facts and real world experience.

 

That kinda funny since I help install Suspension system all the time for people. So i think your full of Trd SH$t.

 

Did someone say mwoap minions?

 

You know all about the Baja suspension how? Righteeo, lad, you know all about the Baja suspension because you helped install other suspensions. Very impressive knowledge you have about the Baja suspension package, tell us more.

 

Very true. Those hard hits on raptor they were doing 90 mph in desert. Baja suspension couldn't even come close to those speeds. Glad I wasn't retard blew 40 grand like my friend monkeytits above me.

 

And isn't the Baja suspension 5100's painted up? I thought I read that somewhere

 

7100

 

thanks for the correction

 

9100 front with eibach coils and 5160 with Trd logo on resi do the rear

 

my bad. my answer was based on the resi hose. matches the hoses used on the 7100, but not the larger rubber hoses on the 9100.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/263610-baja-parts-list-7.html

Here's a link if you read threw all the bs you'll find the part number and answer.

 

I've got a Baja. Paid 33k for it. It does the job without having to worry about screwing with shit, a little more lift, a little more travel, and full Toyota backing.

If you're not a die hard wheeler or someone who wants a 6" lift it's a good buy.

 

Have you read the directions for Icon shocks? They recommend rebuilds every 30-40k or every 2 years.


I hate to be the one to add some facts to this thread, but I'll do it anyway:

The Baja Series receives a 1.75-inch lift upfront thanks to TRD springs wrapped around Bilstein shocks. The shocks are based on Bilstein's high-end 9100 Series dampers and use a 60-mm piston (compared with 32 mm for the stock Tacoma 4x4). The new front suspension increases wheel travel from 8 inches to 9.25 inches. It turns out the limiting factor for more suspension movement is the upper ball joint, and finding a better one would have cost too much time and money, according to the team. "We built this system so it could grow with the customer," Zwillinger says. So an owner could, for example, buy a pair of aftermarket upper A-arms that allow even more front-wheel travel, and then have the Bilsteins modified to match. The front bump stops are slightly shorter to allow for the increase in jounce (compression) travel.

In the rear, the TRD team selected the three-leaf (plus one overload leaf) spring pack used in Tacoma towing packages, which provides a 10-mm increase in rear ride height. The damping comes form Bilstein 5160 remote reservoir shocks that have been custom-valved. The team did much of the suspension testing and tuning at the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) in California and had Bilstein's shock-tuning truck on hand to make on-demand adjustments to the valving. "We did at least three or four rebuilds on the rear shocks before we got it correct," says Zwillinger, "but basically we dialed-in the lightest tuning possible that would meet our durability requirements". The rear suspension package increases wheel travel from 8.5 inches to 10 inches—mostly in rebound (droop) travel. And to allow for the increase, the rear brake lines have been lengthened slightly with a bracket

 

i know what they recomend. but there's no need for that frequency for a vehicle that spends most of the time on the road.

and you're not the first one to add facts.......

 

Hopefully Alex got his feeler out of all this....

 

I read through a lot of this thread and have mostly seen assumptions.

"Painted 5100s"

"7100s"

No #s for travel on anything. Just a lot of icon and fox fanboys claiming their stuff is the end all be all without even comparing any sort of facts.

/hijack. Carry on

 

2 assumptions, and a hundred or so experience based facts.....nice.

and travel numbers have been discussed. which fanboys claimed their stuff is the end all be all? asside from a little BSing and some emotions coming into play here and there, i think the overall comparison talk in this thread has been fairly levelheaded. good input from all sides of the spectrum. i know i've learned knew information in this thread, and that's the wntire point of a forum.

 

LMFAO!!! Ya, I got what I needed. I'll be keeping my suspension and just doing what others have suggested. Have to wipe the piss off of everything first


Thanks for all the feedback guys. Some say the Baja is a waste of money but at the end of the day it was a perfect fit for me. I'm not out at the desert enough to have justified going the aftermarket route and all my "crap suspension" is covered by Toyota and that helps me sleep at night

 

I'm glad you're happy with your setup Alex. all of the facts and rumors in the world don't mean a thing if you aren't happy

I'm out