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

There aren’t really any settings like Bilsteins, just a big threaded tube. Just have them set them to whatever they think stock is, then you can adjust for settling and such

 

I've been debating upgrading from the 650's to 700 lb springs myself but my truck is a bit of a pig soo..

 

one of these days one of those semi trailers going 70+ mph are going to break off a huge chunk of pavement and throw it up onto somebodys windshield

 

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From down south vender here on TW.
WILL end up giving a 1” lift

 

Coilovers should be an hour per side max. Someone whos done them a few times could maybe cut that to 30-45 mins. 1st gens are easy because nothing except the sway bar link has to get undone. (Which may not need to be touched since you want stock height).

 

Cool, guess I will order a set from down south and get these done.
They said there probably will be an inch lift with them tho And that’s ok after the adjustment, does that sound right?
Thanks

 

Idk, I dont have kings. But installing them should be no different then my 5100's. An inch of lift is to be expected, could even be more depending on how much your old setup has sagged. 1" wont hurt anything though, it may settle down to .5" or so after you drive on it for a bit.

What are your plans for the rear?

 

Not sure on the rears yet, I have the bilstien stock yellow.

My rear springs are stock with helper springs, so the helper springs might interfere if I got kings back there with the trailer I pull

 

IDK about the 1"
not sure if my truck can handle any kind of lift
i shall have to ask it or wait and see how yours turns out
current plans to replace OEM rear shocks this summer that seem to be AOK still on bounce test

 

No reason at all whatsoever why your truck wouldn't be able to handle any lift.

 

but can i handle it?? that means another inch i have to climb on into it!

 

Sway bar and/or end links do not need to be undone at all.

 

You need driver mod

 

If they do adjust them for you, have them do like a thread or two more preload on one, this will help take up any taco lean.

You can adjust them on the truck as well to get it perfectly level, just a little tough sometimes depending on how the holes in the collar line up

5 threads showing on mine with 650# coils for my double cab has me maybe .5” to an 1” of lift. My cv’s are perfectly straight though so I probably won’t go much higher until I upgrade the rear

 

Lol. Had to on mine. Couldnt get the LCA down low enough without un doing it.

 

Thick piece of cardboard inside the wheel well, and the stock bottle jack on top of your UCA; pump it a few times and it'll push the entire assembly down.

Did so on my own truck as well as a few others here when I helped them install their suspension.

 

This ^

Wife and I want to get a red heeler to go with her eventually. Heeler's are great dogs.

IMG_0961 by Michael Halat, on Flickr

^My buddies heeler with mine.

 

Axle seals for sure. At least. Looks like it's been a while, so you'll want to do bearings and new brake shoes too.

It's not a hard job, but does benefit from some special tools. Wrote the whole thing up, along with a step-by-step guide if you're interested in what it'll take. As I recall, tools were in the ~$500 range if you don't have any of/access to them to start, and then parts were in the $300 range.

Replacing My Rear Axle Seals & Bearings
I can't speak highly enough of the tool from eBay. I know some people build their own, but the ease of use (and I've done the job twice now on different trucks) was totally worth the price to me.

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No need to pull the third for the job. You do have to drain the rear diff, of course.

 

I’ve been thinking of how to remove the axles on a Domestic. Those have a circlip you have to pull inside the diff to free the axle shafts.

Despite pulling three axle shafts myself on junkyard 4Runners, the third members have never been installed nor the shaft bolts installed. I just had to pull them out.

 

They're price gouging as usual. If your truck isn't rusty it's like 30mins a side