What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Yea I have em. Not installed. Need to get them in and see. I heard its not that bad. But I think it's a personal thing.

 

I did this my freshman year in college. Really neat to think a hunk of concrete floats.

 

not supposed to run a solid tranny mount unless you run solid motor mounts...i run solids motor mounts on my mustang convertible because they were so much cheaper than convertible mounts which are slightly different...no real vibe problem

 

Well, shoot... I thought you knew you were always invited, Jonnie! I'll be going almost every Sunday for the next 2 months since I have no other time to do so! My schedule sucks right now because my EMT class takes up all day on Saturdays and from 1700 to 2100 after work on Mondays and Tuesdays, with drill at the fire station on Wednesdays from 1800 to 2000! But I'll be damned if I don't fit some rydin' time in there somewhere!

 

I'm totally jelly, i have never drove a sled by myself, i've always boarded but wanted to ride one. I'm hoping to come back to boise in the next couple months tho.

 

Five or six of us did i think. That snowstorm came up fast.

 

This is a blanket statement that isn't accurate to the quality of Alcans. They make an awesome set of springs you just need to spec it out correctly and know what to expect from them.

Their springs consistently sit taller than spec'd when installed. This is by design, because they are designed to "relax" once they've broken in and settle to the correct height. So yeah they are going to sag, but they are supposed to. You get the best ride out of them that way.

Most people are suprised when they install Alcans at how tall they are and they usually end up calling Alcan and saying the springs are too tall and too stiff. Once they allow them to break in they feel like they are "just right". If nagorb didn't notice that the springs were sitting a little tall at the time of install then I'm not suprised that you feel like they sagged too far once they broke in.

I've had two sets of Alcan springs on two different trucks. I had a set of 5.5" Alcans on my FJ40 and they were more like 6.5" when I put them on. They settled at 5" which was perfect for what I wanted,

Same thing with a set of 5" Alcans I had on my old '85 minitruck. they were really tall at first and then settled to the perfect height. that truck with the Alcans and some Bilstein shocks was the best riding truck I've owned.

The trick with Alcans is knowing how to order them and getting the specs right since they are a totally custom spring. Charles (the owner) is a great guy and will work with you to get it right if you can get him all the right info.

 

^^ this, i want me a set too.

 

+1

 

Well get yourself a sled, drive up to McCallywood, and I'll teach ya how to ride the sh*t out of a sled!

 

Why's that?

 

Differential movement between the two. One will be constrained from moving, the other not. Either they both move, or they are both solid and you go to vibetown.

If one is restrained and the other allowed to move you'll be stressing/ torquing things that weren't designed to take those sort of loads.

 

You are so right! Thats exactly how it went with mine. When I installed 'em, they sat real high, then settled down almost 2". Now they are perfect. Just like they told me when I ordered them.

 

paid it off.

 

Because the motor will still twist from the torque bit the tranny can't..this will case some big issues.

It's either all solid..or not. Can't do one without the other.


Also sorry, didn't realize his perch was broke. That's gonna suck t fix.

 

Congrats !! I love having no payments

 

Took some pics of my sagging springs. Going to shop around locally and see if anyone here can replace them for me (and will most likely order the Wheeler's pack if I can't source something locally). Wonder why there was a TSB for 2nd gen springs and not these...they're obviously not the proper spring for this vehicle.

 

sold the DC

 

To a fortunate fellow