OEM Rear Leafs

Does anyone happen to know if the oem rear leafs that come on the 2nd gens are side specific? I know the front coils are but am not sure about the rear leafs.

 

yes as far as i know.

 

I believe they are, usually marked in white and yellow if I remember correctly.

 

The front coils are marked yellow for the drivers side and white for passenger. I'll have to check the leafs to see if there are any color marks on them I may have missed.

 

Good call!! Just looked at the leafs closer and noticed that the Made In Mexico is either white or yellow.

 

Don't remember the "made in Mexico" but I do believe white side is LH and yellow is RH

 

I know 100% sure that the yellow for the front coils goes on the driver side and white on the passenger side. Would only make sense to put the leafs that have the yellow writing on them on the drivers side too and white writing on the passenger side.

 

I'd look, but my factory leaf springs are currently in Mexico.

 

Good one

 

If you happen to get a chance to look let me know. I'm going to be swapping them out tomorrow night.

 

Yellow is on passenger side. Looked at old dated photo of my Tacoma before suspension upgrade.

I sold my factory suspension to a nice guy South of the border.

 

Found this in Google: https://www.tacomaworld.com/media/oem-trd-off-road-leaf-springs.205066/

 

It makes sense that the springs have to be a little stiffer on the drivers side due to the gas tank weight. If you ever pull them off, you can actually tell the passenger side from the drivers side due to the arc on drivers side being a little more than on the passenger.

Just figured I'd mention that little tidbit.

 

Some of the springs also have + or ++ and - painted on them. I wonder the significance of this?

 

Thanks!

 

I think the CHI means they were made in China?

 

Thanks I'll check that out as well.

 

The + and - have to do with the specs. The leafs are rated to carry so much weight so when they are made at the factory and tested they are either marked with a + - or 0. + meaning over spec (can hold more weight). - meaning under spec (holds less weight). 0 meaning perfect. If you have a after market set that's shows a + and - or + and 0 then the + should always go on the drivers side.

 

Thank you.

 

No prob