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Does this ride height look stock?

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Scutter, Oct 18, 2023.

  1. Oct 18, 2023 at 2:15 PM
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    Scutter

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    Does the ride height look normal for a stock v6 4x4? Back end at the fender flare is about 2 inches higher that the front flare. Thanks373A3201-47FF-4677-9B60-F7EA27818F2C.jpg
     
  2. Oct 18, 2023 at 2:24 PM
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    I'd say just about.
     
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  4. Oct 18, 2023 at 3:05 PM
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    Thanks, just getting ready to upgrade the shocks. Wanted to make sure I didn’t need new leaf’s or coils.
     
  5. Oct 18, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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    Andy01DblCabTacoma

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    yup. front springs are just sagged. Some rake is normal. You said you have monroe shocks in the back? Do you also have there "quick strut" (pre assembled coilover) in the front? those are known to be about an 1" short.
     
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    Yes sir
     
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    It's been many years since mine was stock but that is how it looked. I think mine had about 1.5" of rake, that was with less than 40k miles on the truck.
     
  9. Oct 18, 2023 at 3:53 PM
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    Andy, Crap…… the front is the Monroe Quick-Strut. Looks like I ordered the wrong Bilstein pack… thanks for pointing that out. Hopefully I have time to change my order to the Bilstein pre assembled coil over pack.
     
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  10. Oct 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM
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    If you haven't bought coilovers yet, I recently installed these which are as close to stock as you can get without going OEM.
     
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  11. Oct 19, 2023 at 3:26 PM
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    Thank you Bill. That is the exact Bilstein pack I ordered. I’m assuming the pre assembled front shocks are easier to install? Will I still need a spring collapser? I would think not.
     
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  12. Oct 19, 2023 at 3:33 PM
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    Nope, that's kind of the point. They will come like this, one will be marked driver's side, out of all the suspension upgrades I did this was by far the easiest. :p
     

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