What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Whats the company that cistom males leaf springs? Alcan or is it deaver? My bro in law is looking for some for his sas'd runner

@Rmoreno1

 

Alcan seems to be the popular one these days. Deaver also makes custom packs.

 

Thanks boss

 

Can you give me a ballpark price on your custom springs?

 

I got 600lbs constant weight over stock. Was ~$700 with new u-bolts, which you'll definitely need. Plus shipping.

Here's my pack install: Fixing the Stance - New Alcan Leafs for the Rear

The one thing to note - some trucks need the rear axle moved forward ~1/2 - 3/4" if you're putting on larger tires (33's). If you need that, you need to tell Alcan to move the center pin forward 3/4" when you order, otherwise they build it with the stock positioning.

You can get a sense of whether you need this by looking at your wheel alignment in the well closely to determine it's "centered-ness." You'll see some pics of what I found here.

Moving forward 3/4": Updating the Alcan Leaf Pack (edit: This is a good read to better understand the situation.)

 

My Alcans were around 700 with u bolts also for 250# over stock.
I went and picked them up.

 

Thanks for the info guys.

 

Your writeups are immaculate. I'll be following your guidance when it comes time to install my lift in a month or so. Thank you for being so active on here!

 

Maaaan..... I think I might need to Move the center pin forward.......

 

Anyone on here running Bilstein 4600 shocks on their Taco that can comment on how they ride. My Land Cruiser is in need of front shocks in a pretty bad way and I figured I'd just replace all four with 4600s since it is stock height anyway.

 

I had them on my 04 when I first got it a couple years ago, ran them for maybe 6 months before switching out my suspension for the 1st time. They were the original shocks but only had 25k miles on them, and my first several wheeling trips were with them on. They rode well for what they were, if I we're only looking to stay stock I would've stuck with those.

 

Cool, I believe they use the same style shock for the OEM TRD versions. I originally was going to see about getting the King stock replacements for the cruiser but really for a daily they seem overkill and then I have another set of shocks that need to be rebuilt every so often haha. The Billies on the other hand will be under like no pressure on the cruiser cause all of its shocks are just shocks, completely independent of the springs so they should last just fine.

 

Alcan in Colorado

 

my 95 has them pretty sure. They aren't bad around town really. Dirt is okay but any big bumps and they are shit. But not horrible.

 

Picked up a big thing from the freight truck today.

 

Cool, you have a pretty light vehicle so I can imagine if it is generically valved for the Taco then an Ext cab or Dbl cab would feel a bit softer. So if they purpose valved for an 80 then it is probably medium to medium stiff with its 5000lbs haha. The 80 rarely leaves pavement and right now it is getting really floaty over cracks and bumps, like the axle is walking sideways when it jumps. Took a shock off and I could compress it with one finger.... problem found

 

lol yeah new shocks will help!

I love how light this truck is. Be a fun desert runner.

 

I would toss the NGKs in the garbage. Especially if they are single ground. It calls for dual only. I know someone brought this up earlier.
My 04 had a bad miss fire with them, it was bad enough to rob power. They only lasted 800 miles. You can get the Densos on Amazon for around 2$ each.

 

Orbital eyes

 

You wouldn’t by chance have the link on Amazon?