5100's rough!!!

That's a common thing in todays world. Way too many people equate cost with quality. You don't always "get what you pay for".

 

Thanks for all the advice. Considering i intend to put on a canopy and sliders, i'm gonna trust all the folks running this setup. Until the canopy and sliders are on, maybe it'll be a little rough. Thanks for all the comments!

 

I hope this helps. I did a write up a long time ago as I was not finding the answers I was looking for.

The thread is here:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...d-884s-on-front-the-good-bad-and-ugly.381469/

But here is what I think you might be looking for:

 

Hope I don't catch flack but I enjoy my hitachi sport shocks with a spacer lift on road performance is great and still decent comfort wise off-road is a little stiffer than I'd like but I only go off road few times a year and go mostly fsr roads and threw some washouts so spacer lift works for me for the time being if I get crazier I'll upgrade but I will say the toytec lift on my buddy's sport, off road is so much smoother but on road not much different

 

You won't regret it man. If you want a couple more inches, the option for bigger tires, improved Cornering, and slight amount of stiffness upgrade that won't break the bank this is a incredible option. The reason I ulimantly landed on this is because I wanted to keep the truck as close to stock mechanically, gain 2-3 inches, maintain a better quality similar to stock ride, and improve the performance for the good amount of off roading I do. I'm normally on trail every week and the change I've felt since I've installed it is pretty impressive. Not to mention I was able to install everything with ease, no issues.
Like I said just run 3-4 sand bags till that stuff gets installed and you'll hopefully see why everyone that has this set up loves it.

Good luck brotha and enjoy!

 

Thanks allot. It seems everyone loves it. I'm gonna stick with the plan, and hope I like it as much as everybody who has it does. Great post shitgoose! Haha

 

Add a nice aftermarket rear bumper. Will help add some weight and protect your arse

 

I have 5100's and a few weeks ago added the wheelers 1.5 aal. It is a little stiffer but not uncomfortable at all. I left the overload in as well. I run 35psi in all my tires when running on the road.

 

I'm assuming the progressive aal. I'm gonna leave the overload out. How was the install?

 

No bad it goes a lot easier with an extra set of hands. My stepdad has a pit in his garage so we didn't have to take the tires off. Put 2 c clamps on the farthest end of each leaf spring. Loosen up ubolts (just had recall done so mine zipped right off) we used a floor jack with a few blocks of wood to lift the springs up enough to to get the bolts out that hold the leafs together. Once bolt was out slip in the aal, lined it up, put the new longer bolt that came with the aal through all the leafs, positioned the bolt head in its slot, slowly lowered the springs down into position, put the nut on the bolt and tightened it down. I had to cut some of the bolt for the bump stop to fit over it. Put the u bolts back on and done. Took us about 45 minutes.

 

Looks like you have the single aal. I bought the 3pack. I think i have to grind off a clamp.