Rear Leaf Springs

Hey guys! (Happy Father's Day to all by the way!) From what I can tell, my truck is running the EL112R leaf springs from OME. The truck came with the suspension it is currently equipped with and with some of the additions I have made to the truck I am starting to notice the rear end sagging. It became really noticeable after I added the RIG'd tire carrier on the truck. Understandable since it sits so far off the back of the truck. I have a decked system installed as well as the topper. Since I am planning on getting all my recovery and truck stuff out of the living room and organized in the truck, I am going to have to address this issue sooner rather than later. I would like to go with upgrading to a heavier duty leaf pack over helper bags. I was looking on ARB's site to see if it specified the load ratings but haven't see any note about which leaf springs are considered their regular, medium, and heavy duty packs (still looking for answers). Anyone else running OME in their Tacoma or what have you done to best rectify this issue? Thanks in advance!

 

1. Airbags, advantage is that you can control the weight when loaded down and not loaded down.
Or
2. Add another leaf from OME. New ubolts, new center pin. The only difference between a medium and the heavy is the extra leaf. Heavy has 7. But i find dakars to be not the greatest at maintaining height w weight.

Or
3. New leaf packs, add up your weight and find a pack that can maintain a 2" lift after all the weight.

Or
1 and 2.
1 and 3.

 

Archive leafs MD is the best out there

 

@crazeflier007 I have minimal input but, if you swap out the current setup, might be interested in it. I swear, if I look at the bed of my Sport, it starts to sag.

 

If the heavy setup has 7 leafs, I am assuming that I have them as I count seven leafs (5+2 according to the spec info I just found on their site).

 

I'll give the a search. Thanks!

 

Check out the Deaver U402 springs, probably stage 3 for your setup. Or you could call Deaver or Alcan to get a custom pack made to accommodate your weight and desired ride height.

https://deaverspring.com/product/tacoma-2wd-4wd-6-lug-2005-2020-expedition-series-spring/

 

I found my OME 111 was basically stock capacity with a little lift. I recently swapped to a dobinsons 112 pack and it's miles better than my dakar pack

 

Deaver -
dobinson -

maybe ironman 4x4 as they give a lot of height even with heavy weight.

Icon RXT comes with very thin silencer pads and they tend to squeek after a period of time.

 

I went with Deaver because they're the best.



For your situation don't throw out the baby with the bathwater, solid advice........
Oh and nice looking taco, I love the mgm but the cement looks great AND looks cleaner!!

 

OME only has 2 packs; mediun (309 lb constant load) and HD ( 500 lb if i remember correctly). Dobinson makes a 700lb
Otherwise you can go get custom deavers for like $900 i think