baja warrior

carlos chavez · 05-14-2008, 12:33 AM

Has any of you tried King shocks on your Tacoma?, I have Revtek spacer and I want to upgrade to a real suspention system. Any help?

mjp2 · 05-15-2008, 10:41 AM

The only Tacoma I've personally seen running King shocks had a Total Chaos long-travel setup.

I heard 1 guy running the Kings with the stock control arms say the ride was overly stiff. Could have been incorrect valving or the wrong coils in his case.

bigguy78619 · 05-16-2008, 07:55 AM

my boy runs front king coilovers only, with stock control arms, and they seem to be good. A little stiffer than stock but its not really noticeable. I dont see a big difference from stock only that you get the cool look of "king" coilovers. Do you guys off-road a lot? If you are going to fork up some nice $$$ for a performance suspension try looking into other coilover setups also. People think king is the best out there just because a lot of people are running them in desert racing because thats what king shocks are designed for punishing terrains. Try Donahoe racing, sway-away, or even walker evans they have cool set ups not designed for racing because king or fox shock are valved for extreme offroading that most likely you wont do. Chances are you wont get those shocks hot enough to need kings! My 2 cents!

mjp2 · 05-16-2008, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigguy78619

Chances are you wont get those shocks hot enough to need kings! My 2 cents!

I will.

I'll be running Fox 2.5" coilovers in the near future.

bigguy78619 · 05-16-2008, 08:48 AM

MJP, after seeing you truck and how nicely done it is i know you will get those shock red hot!...nice prerunner

05-14-2008, 12:33 AM	#1
carlos chavez Junior Member Joined: May 2008, #6611 Posts: 4 05 PreRunner SR5 2005 Double Cab Automatic 3" Revteck lift All Pro upper control arm 17"Mickey Thompson's wheels 33" BFG KM2	baja warrior Has any of you tried King shocks on your Tacoma?, I have Revtek spacer and I want to upgrade to a real suspention system. Any help?

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05-15-2008, 10:41 AM	#2
mjp2 Gender: All Man Joined: Feb 2007, #924 Location: NJ Posts: 2,307 '06 TRD Access Cab, v6, 6-speed 2006 Access Cab Manual 4.0 Painted grill	The only Tacoma I've personally seen running King shocks had a Total Chaos long-travel setup. I heard 1 guy running the Kings with the stock control arms say the ride was overly stiff. Could have been incorrect valving or the wrong coils in his case.

05-16-2008, 07:55 AM	#3
bigguy78619 Senior Member Joined: May 2008, #6668 Location: san diego, ca Posts: 110 07 TRD Off-Road PreRunner DC 2007 Double Cab Automatic	my boy runs front king coilovers only, with stock control arms, and they seem to be good. A little stiffer than stock but its not really noticeable. I dont see a big difference from stock only that you get the cool look of "king" coilovers. Do you guys off-road a lot? If you are going to fork up some nice $$$ for a performance suspension try looking into other coilover setups also. People think king is the best out there just because a lot of people are running them in desert racing because thats what king shocks are designed for punishing terrains. Try Donahoe racing, sway-away, or even walker evans they have cool set ups not designed for racing because king or fox shock are valved for extreme offroading that most likely you wont do. Chances are you wont get those shocks hot enough to need kings! My 2 cents!

05-16-2008, 08:48 AM	#5
bigguy78619 Senior Member Joined: May 2008, #6668 Location: san diego, ca Posts: 110 07 TRD Off-Road PreRunner DC 2007 Double Cab Automatic	MJP, after seeing you truck and how nicely done it is i know you will get those shock red hot!...nice prerunner