Stock Fox shocks on TRD Pro Tacoma of King 2.5 setup?

I’ve owned a 2016 TRD Off-road Access Cab which I put roughy 45k miles on the stock suspension before swapping it to a Bilstein 8100 setup with OME 888 Coils and Medium Dakar Leafs and SPC UCA’s. I hated the ride quality of that setup and ended up trading that truck to start my build over with a double cab Pro.

Bought the truck with 8k miles on it and it’s up to 23k now. The stock Fox pro suspension to me was night and day better over the OEM OR suspension and way better than my 5100s.
I’ve only put 1k miles on the new BP-51, HD Dakar Leafs and SPC UCA setup but I love it.

I sold my stock pro suspension to a friend who installed it on a SR5 and he’s in love so far.

So there is my honest opinion on that. Also I do probably 90-95% road travel as almost everyone else does as well weather they say they do or not.

 

That's a great point and question. The problem for me was looks. The stuff that comes only on the Pro was enough for me to pay the difference. I wasn't really thinking of replacing the Fox system but I just got caught up with being bored with it all and had to mess it up to pass the time. I had a prior Tacoma that I did a simple Fox system on and it was OK but NOTHING as good as this Fox system they put on the Pro. The only other system that compares in my opinion is the Mulitmatic system on my Colorado ZR2. I HATE saying this but it is the best stock system and maybe aftermarket that I have ever owned. It's just that good on and offload for me. I wanted a smooth ride on road that would not shove my balls through my teeth when I just go over RR tracks and yet be forgiving enough to go play in the sand and trails. Turns out, I ended up with another MallKrawler that I'm happy with the looks of, but man it took a lot of cash and time to get there. Was it worth it? Performance, no, looks, yes. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and they all stink. We all just have to find the one that we can tolerate the smell of.

 

Those are such good looking rigs man. Never gets old looking at setup like that. I love the older trucks too. Something about the older trucks that makes them look tough as hell. I'm kicking myself for not keeping some of my older toys. Miss the old girls.........

 

Bottom pic looks way better, nice truck!

 

Are those 285’s? They look smaller for some reason

 

Ya, I have another thread where I posted some stuff but I went from 295's to 285's. The brain surgeons at American Tire replaced my 265's with 265's in back and 295's in front. I picked it up at night and got home and said, wait, something is wrong here....... oh my....... they ended up giving me the other 295's and I hated them. Too heavy for my little 6 and I dropped down to 285's and noticed a big difference on take off and maintaining 85mph on the fwy. I know what you mean, they look thin to me now that I have the Kings setup on there. Not a big fan right now with that look. I wanted to stay with the stock rims since they saved 4lbs each from last years Pro, but I'm leaning on going to some 17's and getting a positive offset to get me a wider stance. More money, more money, more money...... it just never ends man.

 

Is that your setup? Love that man but do you offload a lot? The look is bitchen, but not if you drive as many fwys at 85+mph everyday. I would probably get 4mpg

 

She just gets a dirt road or something every now and then thank you!

 

Running Tundra king's in the rear OME hd leafs and 2.5" King's in the front at 3" lift 700lbs springs Truck rides great, Yes it rode great before with the stock Pro suspension But as soon as you start adding weight the stock setup begins to fade.

 

Is that a light in your front fender well?

 

it was there, but the tires cast to much shadow so now it's moved more forward up behind the bumper and
more were added behind the tires

 

NOW THAT IS A TRUCK! LOVE IT! So you put Tundra rear to give it that extra support?

 

To give it longer travel and Tundra parts are less expensive and in stock most times. The truck is weighing in at 6000 lbs as seen in that picture, when I put on the tire carrier, RTT, solar shower, refrig, extra fuel,ETC. it gets over 6600lbs so yeah I also like the extra support of the Tundra valving

 

I have a stock 2019 Tacoma Pro and I am wondering what would be a better rear suspension set-up for how I use the truck. Once a year I go to Arizona to buy minerals for my rock shop. I buy a years worth of stock and then I go out digging. For me, it's an 1800 mile ride out there loaded down with tools. I buy rocks and dig rocks and so the truck ends up loaded to capacity and probably over-capacity to be honest. I go offroad in some really tough places, including the houser geode beds off Wiley Wells road in California. I go about 10 miles off of wiley wells road on what are basically jeep trails. Since wiley wells road itself can be pretty rough, I am about 40 miles from the nearest paved road. So I'm bouncing around off-road and then I have to drive 2000 miles back home with the rear end sagging. The rear sags so bad and the front points skyward so badly that I've worried about the radar cruise control not working properly. I also do a couple of gem shows where I load the truck with stock and also pull the biggest enclosed uhaul trailer that they make. I'm not mechanically inclined and I know nothing about what I should do for the suspension. I'd like something that will get the sag out of the rear end but would still have a decent ride when not loaded the majority of the time. Since this is just a once-a- year trip to Arizona/Cali and then a couple of shows, I'm putting 10,000 miles a year of normal unloaded highway driving (I have a toyota Yaris that I use for a daily driver). Can anyone suggest what I should do to the rear suspension? Thanks in advance and please remember that I know very little about suspensions. I've been reading about helper springs and leaf packs but then I don't know if I'd also have to replace the shocks that came with the TRD Pro. So detailed suggestions will be a big help. Thanks!

 

Have you considered Timbren bump stops ?, just an idea. We have them (rear only) on our Honda Pilot that we use when we go fishing (pulling an aluminum boat) and camping gear. I used to have a bad sag, cars would flash their lights at me...then I came across Timbren and problem solved. I intend on installing a front and rear set of Tmbren's on our 2017 Offroad double cab Tacoma. When you are unloaded you don't even know you have them, when under load they shine. Some go with airbags, but I didn't want the hassle of air lines, punctured air bags...just an idea .