Tacoma 2” lift (Bilstein 5100, OME 884, General Springs HD leaf springs)

Well, I have Bilstein 5100s all the way around, OME 884s, diff drop kit, General Spring HDs on mine, have for a week, no shudder, no noticeable issues except that the ride is completely different, in the best way.

Before


After

 

How much lift do you get from the 884s? 2-2.5?

 

Right around two inches, 2 and 1/8 when I measured it, might settle a little.

 

The GS HD springs are still holding strong, no sag whatsoever and I haul trailers all the time. I used regular 5100’s on the back, no need for extended Travel, they do fine. Brake lines are long enough, shouldn’t have an issue there. UCA nor diff drop were needed, I got good alignment and my boots look fine on the front with no unusual signs of wear or stress. I’ve heard of some with vibration problems with other lifts and trucks, but as for this lift, if I had to do over I would do it no different. This lift has been great.

 

@BrownTaco12 Necro-ing this thread but this thread is a God send. I've been looking for similar combos of shocks and that particular GS leaf pack and am glad there's minimal work needed post.

 

Heck yeah. I'm at 160K on my 2014 Prerunner and I'm about to do this exact setup. After searching a lot on here, I think this setup will serve me well.

 

I now have about 50k miles on this set up. I still think that this set up is really good for my application, with one exception, the rear shocks.
As stated previously, I have a cap and drawer system on my truck (about 3 hundred pounds of constant weight on the bed). After approximately 40k miles on this set up, the rear shocks started to leak. The front shocks are still going strong. I don't know if shocks failing at 40k miles is acceptable or not. I'm researching other options for the rear shocks.

 

Did you have any issues with alignment? I have a local shop that tried to get me aligned and couldn't get the wheel straight without the LH caster being .2 degrees out of spec. Other than that little pain in the ass I love the way it handles and drives with the stiffer springs. It feels more like a truck should IMO.