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Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by tcBob, Sep 6, 2011.

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  1. Sep 17, 2012 at 7:51 PM
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    are those measurements stock height?
     
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  2. Sep 17, 2012 at 8:46 PM
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    I had to do some digging. i knew i wrote it down some where. My eibachs gave me 3 1/4" of lift. Dont have my starting stock saggy measurments.
     
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  3. Sep 18, 2012 at 7:41 AM
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    StAndrew Wait for it...

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    No, thats where it sits now. Im debating weather I should put the Eibachs on now or wait until I can lift my rear a bit more.
     
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  4. Sep 18, 2012 at 9:10 AM
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    install them..theyll only settle a little bit but you should come out leveled
     
    tc98tacoma, Sep 18, 2012
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  5. Sep 18, 2012 at 12:36 PM
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    I might just may :notsure:
     
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  6. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:02 PM
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    i have put 3.5" lift in front of my truck. want to do diff drop as well, but i am looking at my front end and i do not know how the diff can drop that far (1 ") without hitting the engine crossmember? do i have something bent??? please help!
     
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  7. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:10 PM
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    i have a 1" diff drop and its really close to the crossmember. also my skid plate is a bitch to get on now
     
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  8. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:10 PM
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    What kind of lift is on there? Do you have after-market UCAs or are they stock?

    And you're fine. A diff drop is pretty much just spacers between the 2 front mounts and the crossmember they bolt too, which means that a diff drop actually rotates the diff forward a bit. You can't drop the rear of the diff because (like you saw) the crossmember is to close to it.
     
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  9. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:13 PM
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    This^
     
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  10. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:17 PM
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    Very true. I bought full skids from Savage Offroad. Their IFS skid works with a diff drop. You can see one of the diff drop spacers in this photo. The clean silver puck just to the right of the alignment cam.

    IMG_0870_zpse274d797_e9bbf04a432c3603a22d4847be39bb9905a7e09e.jpg
     
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  11. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:17 PM
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    i am suffering with a spacer lift for now with stock uca's. it put it up about 3.25" and has been running along fine when on the ground. but when i put it up on the hoist the cv's bind. am going to buy this eventually ( ) when the money tree in the backyard grows:eek:
     
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  12. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:34 PM
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    Nice looking setup. The 550lb coil sounds a little light though.
     
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  13. Sep 18, 2012 at 6:49 PM
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    i have no front end accessories though. (as of now:()i talked to the sales guy and he said it can handle more if you crank it up. he said he personally has a taco with a winch and arb bar and no prob(allegedly). [​IMG]

    after the coilovers come leafpacks. am going to get new geolander m/t tires installed next week on black steel wheels
     
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  14. Sep 18, 2012 at 7:21 PM
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    Good points about having no extra front end weight and the adjustability. I just felt like my 620lb coils were a little soft when I also had no added front end weight. :notsure:
     
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  15. Sep 18, 2012 at 7:34 PM
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    Look at build!
    Yea i personally like my eibachs when i got them and had no weight up front
     
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  16. Sep 18, 2012 at 8:32 PM
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    pretty stiff with no weight up front but still a really nice ride untill you hit a hard bump haha
     
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    That looks beafy as hell! I might have to get those :cool:
     
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  18. Sep 18, 2012 at 8:53 PM
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    I always though the 5100s took hard bumper better the slow ones. just me tho.
     
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  19. Sep 18, 2012 at 8:56 PM
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    I think so too
     
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    Agreed. Seems almost ocean like over the slow bumps. Which may be why I get the feeling the front coils are too soft. Just the valving of the 5100's perhaps?
     
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