Old Man Emu: Questions, Answers & Pictures

Yep....I've looked at it 100 times probably leading up to my install tomorrow! lol

 

So you're around E-7 or E-8? Must be tossing around the idea of retiring.

 

Effin' sweet!

OCTacos lines don't require you to modify the bracket, just add a little more bend to the stock retainer clips.

 

Looks sick!!

 

Yeah E-7. Doubt I'll see 8 before I retire.

Lift is 3/4 done....then just tightening things up. Biggest pain so far has been the UCA bolt. Not looking forward to the 2nd one.

 

I'll post my numbers in a minute. Rough numbers gave me about 2.5" all around though.

Before:



After:


CV Angles:


My helper also drives a Taco....lifted vs non-lifted:

 

What did you put up front & what did you get?
885s on 90000 Sport Nitros gave me 2.5" w/ 1/4" top place spacers.
What did you put in back & what did you get?
Dakars gave me 2" w/ tonneau, my stock leafs only had about 1,000 miles on them. Recently had the drive line vibration TSB done.
If you got Dakars on a 2nd Gen share your measurements with OZ 2nd Gen OME Dakar hub to fender measurements ( 1 2 3 ... Last Page)
I'll get to that later.....
Are you running trail armor & how much lift did you loose or what did you do to regain/maintain lift?
No armor or bumper
Tire & wheel specs & rub or what you did to eliminate rub.
265/70/17 Duratracs. No rubbing yet. Already removed small front flaps..
Are you still running a sway bar?
Yes.

 

anyone had creaking issues with the OME bushings in their Dakars? I HATE it. Yeah I know I can just take it apart and re-grease it but seriously, I have better shit to do.
Considering swapping to another bushing. Recommendations?

 

Front ?

 

I was in the process of trying to find your squeaky Dakar thread, Oz.

I'm sure i'll be needing it in a couple weeks.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3157270#post3157270

 

Thanks.

BTW, seems the lift cured my truck of driveline vibes. All I have on there is the carrier bearing drop, no shims. I had vibes before the lift, now they seem to be gone. Hopefully it stays that way as it settles some.

 

Everything looks really good! CVs don't look taxed. And... You got it done in one day!

 

Took about 7 hours for everything, except the brake lines. Haven't put those on yet. We definitely didn't rush either. Luckily it was smoothly for the most part. Those UCA bolts were a bitch though!

The CV boot splines (or whatever you call them) are barely touching each other so hopefully they won't fail any time soon. I didn't get as much lift as some folks. Not sure why. Rides really nice. Now I just need to find a place that'll do my alignment for me.

 

Remember when this all started how hesitant you were to take on a lift? You did good

And the fact that this lift chased away your vibes is a bonus.

 

Haha, yeah. Ended up being pretty easy. Thanks to everyones advice.

 

So you only got 2.5" with 885's and the top plates installed?

 

Yeah, I didn't get quite as much lift as some people are reporting. I definitely could have went with the 1/2" spacers in the front. The Dakars only gave me about 2" of lift as well. I need to double check my actual measurements for the front but I'm at 24" in the rear. I'll do another measurement this afternoon.

 

You did 885's AND the 1/4" top plate spacers and you only got 2.5"? That's odd... I got the same 2" from my 884's and with the 1/4" top plates I would be sitting at the same height as you.

 

Interesting... I've got 1/2" spacers and was thinking of going to 1/4" instead... Everyone gets something different! Now WTF do I do??!!

and only 2" with Dakars?... Hmmmm