Colorado B.S. Thread

That Web link is where our fd updates come from. Good source of info.

 

This is the setup on Old Man Emu's website that comes to about $297 for springs and shocks... right? That I could live with but I much prefer $170ish and when I look at that website there's all sorts of options and things I'm not sure if I need or not. Lastly, what type of bushings does OME use for theirs? I know that the 5100's use OEM bushings which I prefer. Not a deal breaker but something to add to the pro/con list as I make up my mind.

 

Link? That price seems a bit cheap.

If you are not going to off road it much bushings will hardly wear out regardless but if I recall Bob's are rubber like factory.

 

This is what I found after someone else suggested I get suspension from Old Man Emu. When I go to the 2005+ Tacoma the front shock/strut is $147 per pair and the front springs (medium or HD... I'm told medium would be correct for my application) is $150 making the total $297 for that. Sounds like those also add some lift and I wouldn't have to go as high on my shock/strut.

I think I saw that Downsouth has the 5100's for $172 for the front pair and I think there may even be a TW.com discount on top of that but not 100% sure. I like the price here the best and assume that the shock/strut would be better than my factory one so I would assume that as long as I don't have clearance issues with my UCA's that this would still be a bit of an upgrade in ride from factory both on and offroad even with stock springs.

 

Slee's package is what I got. They put in new bushings but I believe they're factory

 

Damn I keep forgetting you are only lifting the front. Are you fine with the factory Billy shocks in back or are you going to upgrade those as well? Either way I will have some used 5100's for your rear you can pick up real cheap if you want. Like $20 cheap for the pair. They are for 0 to 1" of lift (which should fit you for the TSB). But if you are going OME and want to keep a matching set of shocks all around I would get OME's shocks for the rear as well.

 

factory springs and nothing more than the TSB in the rear. The ride is fine. It might be a little stiffer than before, but i honestly don't remember. Granted it isn't like driving a Cadillac. It's a truck. But that was 30k miles ago when i made the switch.

 

What's a Slee?

For right now I'm only focusing on the front to level things out. If you're selling some rear 5100's for $20 I might be interested though. How many miles you got on them? I was planning on just keeping my TRD Bilsteins in the rear but if I can gets yours for $20 having matching at all 4 corners would be nice. I like that AvsFanTRD had great luck basically doing exactly what I was hoping to do and that's just swap in a pair of 5100's in the front set to 2.5" to level things out. I honestly feel like this setup, assuming I have no clearance issues, will be the best for my needs. I don't know that I will ever do any serious offroading and that's why I said I just want to keep the factory off roading capability just in case but I doubt I will ever really utilize it. I just don't want to take a step back in usability for in exchange for looks.

That's what I like to hear. Posts like this give me hope that a fix for my low rider front end is $170, an afternoon of work & an alignment away. Do you have some pics from the side of your truck?

 

The first one is cool i would sport it for a good cause

 

What tires would you guys buy if you were to buy new ones? was gonna buy duratracs, probably still will, but now thinking of some of those badass cooper stt's or possibly something else.

 

crazy

 

thats what I thought.

 

yeah they are badass for sure, just was thinking that there might be another option while im looking

 

Save money and buy treadrights mtr's.

 

It'd definitely be nice to have the extra $$, I dont really know

 

Its what I have I like them.