5100's Riding terrible (help)!!

I have recently replaced my Coil over spacers with 5100 set at 1.75" and i find that the ride has stiffened up tremendously. Which i do not like...so after doing research on TW i found that preloading my springs is the reason for the stiff ride!!! So my Alternative is to get new Spring. I was thinking about the OME 885 so that i can still get 2in of lift with my 5100 set to 0...

First of all would this be a solution to my stiff ride?

Or should i go with OME 884 or Eibach springs?

 

you would have more than 2 inches of lift with the new coils

 

really? only 1.5-2" for second gens?

 

Do you still have stock coils and were you replacing stock shocks? If so then yeah your ride stiffened up, 885's will probably make it stiffer.

 

I replaced my stock shocks with 5100's (kept the same springs), and noticed the ride was stiffer, but it also took away the sickening body roll in the front, fair trade i say

 

It's an SR5

I dont have a picture but i read a thread on here were that guy put them upside down and im positive i didnt, I did it just like the stock shocks were facing... and i do have stock coils...the ride is almost 50% stiffer than what my spacers offered!!

 

What spacers did you have on there before? Revtek? Toytec? Were the spacers on the top plate or on the coil?

 

So you've arrived at a predictable result.
In your first set up your springs were not preloaded. Now they are preloaded.

And if your springs are a progressive type, you may have blown through the 1st stage with the preload which would further degrade ride quality.

 

FYI , I got 2 1/2" of lift from my 885's on my DCLB 4x4

 

would u say with the Eribach and 5100s at 0 it is about stock ride quality?

 

or should i just set 5100's at 0'' with stock coils an put the spacers back..(which i dont really want to use spacers b/c the Negative things i've been reading on TW about spacers)


never the less my main goal is to be (level/little bit nose high) with a very good ride quality due to every road in Louisiana being absolutely horrible!!!!

 

Someone that knows the exact spring ratings please chime in, I'm going to guess.

stock spring = 550#
885________= 590 #
Eibach_____= 620#

 

well having you said that....i think this might be my next buy...Eibach...thanks

oh an i just went take a picture of my perch but dont know how to post it...but just for shits an giggles i wanted you to look to make sure i did them right

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/new-members/9991-how-embed-photos-into-forum-posts.html

 

not too sure that those numbers mean!

 

are they correct?

 

so would a spring rate of a higher value yeild a smoother ride?? or a Lesser value?

 

OK, I'll change that, thanks.

 

are the perch the right way?