Tacoma 2.5" x 12-14" Shock Relocation 2005-2023 2nd 3rd gen Archive Garage

If there's a remote resi, depending on the length of the hose, it might need to mount where the old shock mount is.

 

I don't have a pic of the driver side on hand but with the Fox setup the resi mounts to the shock tower. I'm not sure how the kings go

 

out of curiosity:

@ARCHIVE Is Style 1 Possible (king 2.5 12" Triple Bypass) with -38 offset wheel and a 35x12.5
planed on ordering 12" 2.5 King triples in style 1 will run an adjustable King Bump Stop

Wheel: 17x9 -38
Leaf Pack: Dobinsons (L59-111-R) Medium duty leaf pack

 

Can you post the diagram of King triple style #'s, that comment was 4 years ago, and I don't remember which layout number works

 

sure thing @ARCHIVE



King shock #KRS-PR2512-BP3H (remote resi)

Black circle would be style 1, yellow style 2

 

Style 2 triples is the best way and our recommendation, pics on our site of style 2 in our tower. Otherwise tubes in style 1 will be much farther out requiring much more wheel spacer.

I think a 35x12.5 on 3.5" BS wheel and style 2 bypasses would likely require at least 1.25" spacer.

As a point of reference, A 285 tire on 3.5" BS wheel with smooth bodies has not needed a spacer for several customers

 

Just wondering if Bilstein 5125 fit? @ARCHIVE

 

I don't know, I loathe 5100 Bilstein, so that's up to you. But I would look at our other Trail Series 2.0 relocation thread, instead of the 2.5" this thread is dedicated to, if you're considering a low cost shock

 

just wondering because i have this relocate with fox triple bypass but I’m planning to part my truck out and needed a cheap replacement haha

 

Oh haha, I get that. Maybe jump on Rockauto or Summit Racing, 2000 F350 rear shocks might fit

 

Are most people pairing these with long travel up front, or just throwing 1.5" spacers on their front mid travel setup to match the rear? Would love the additional rear travel, although less psyched about the fender trimming required from adding spacers up front to my current setup.

 

I'd say a lot are extended Mid travel up front, and may run spacers up front. A lot of front long arm rigs to.

Depends somewhat on your tire and wheel combo

 

Ive done both, Ran spacers for a while on my mid travel and now Long travel. While i will say front has caught up with rear long travel is a whole different can of worms. A good mid travel setup paired with the kit works fantastic and you don't really need to go LT unless you really committed and think its worth the effort. Spacer would be more than fine to run with this kit on a mid travel setup. Thats my .002.

 

Thanks for the reply. I see the 1.5" recommendation is for 4.75" backspacing (0 offset at 17x8.5), which is what I have. What width tire was that recommendation for? I current have 285s, although may go wider in the future.

 

You will rub with a 315 on that setup and be fine with 285 as i had the same setup

 

For awhile I just had mismatched width front and rear (0.75” wider per side in the rear versus the front). It was hardly noticeable and didn’t cause any weird handling characteristics. I was in the same boat and didn’t want to make the front wider due to the trimming involved.

 

Installing this kit on a friends truck. I love how there’s no guesswork with the upper mount location, it locates itself on the bed. Too easy.

 

Brian, you have the other Trail 2.0 relo, which has more room to tire

@gil_S

 

Ahh makes sense my bad

 

I tried spacers up front but it rubbed wicked bad so I took them off. I have 1.5" spacers in the back and it looks fine, I dont even notice them.