3rd Gen Owners with King Coilovers

You gonna use Dakar’s in the rear?

 

I had a shop do it. Was $155 including alignment. He builds his own Toyota's so couldn't pass that up. Took him about 1.5 hours.

 

Got mine installed a week ago and am waiting on everything to settle down before cranking up the collars on the fronts and revisiting the alignment shop. The Icon upper control arm uniballs were incredible tight when they first went on and the steering wheel would not recenter when coming out of a turn or going down the highway. I have about 150 miles on them now and they are loosening some, have not had a chance to utilize the Icon rear bump stops yet. Relocated the King reservoir mounts to clear the bump stops with some button head stainless fasteners, might make some different mounts later with different lines to get them on the frame.

 

That’s a hell of a deal man. But I like working on my truck though. Lol

 

How much lift did you get in the front with no adjustment at all?

 

Doing an aal for now gunna see how that goes.

 

Did you add the 96r Ome pack or 95r

 

1.25" of lift out of the passenger side and cranked the drivers side up a couple of rotations to combat Taco Lean and match the hub to fender lip measurement on the passenger side. On the Dakar 095 rear springs I received two "+" marked leafs and put what I thought might be the little bit taller one on the drivers side. After taking measurements though and adjusting the drivers side front I still have 1/2" difference in the rear with the passenger being taller. With my OCD it will not let me leave it as is so I am going to swap leafs to see if it helps, if it doesn't I will be swapping them back again, sometimes I wish I could just ignore things and let them go......

 

O95R, I usually do not carry a load in my bed and if I need to add a spring later I will. I also considered the All Pro rear leafs, Deavers and even getting custom ones made by Alcan Spring. After speaking with a few people I went with the 095's, if these do not work then I will have Alcan make a set, had them on my 1970 FJ40 and they were amazing but it was a trail rig too on 38" swampers, very flexi.

 

@Pipeworx what U-Bolt flip/Strike Plate kit is that you are using?

 

Purchased it from Wheelers Off-Road, very happy with it and cut down the u-bolts about an inch after getting them installed and torqued.

 

Roger that, will look into it. Do the bump stops line up square with the strike plate?

 

They look close enough without total compression of the springs. As the rear leafs compress they move rearwards with the shackles slightly and I am confident enough to use these. The Icon bumps were cheap enough and I did not want rubber bump stops that would need to be replaced instead of rebuilt for 1/3 the price...... cry once.

 

Roger that! Appreciate the feedback, the truck looks hella mean, Great job!

 

Do you find it's too soft at 0 clicks on the road and did you get them re-valved? I'm on the fence on the adjusters and am leaning towards not getting them. Any feedback on them greatly appreciated

 

I have not tried them at 0. Have tried on 2 and it's very nice on open highways. I live in the mountains with windy roads so I put them on 6 for a little more control on turns. Might check with someone who's tried both if anyone has?

 

Would you recommend the 96r in my car I have a constant load of 250-270Lbs

 

I have them at 0 on the road and really like the feel. It rides pretty nice. I would recommend it. Haven’t gone all the way up but I tried midway about 10 clicks but went back to 0. That’s the beauty of having the adjusters.

 

I would do the 95R over the 96R's as a little weight in the bed made mine ride much nicer. Plus with the 95r's you can always add a spring to make them 96r's, Wheelers sells them. I drove in my neighborhood with a 300 pound load in the bed to deliver a crate to a neighbor, it rode nice and barely compressed the springs.