Bilstein 5100's AGAIN...

Wow 9 mph is huge...considering i travel on 100 km/hr highways back and forth to work that could be the equivalent of almost 15 km/hr...and i already drive 20km/hr over the limit

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/tirecalc.php?tires=245-75r16-265-85r16
Here's where you can see the difference in tire sizes

 

A cheap GPS unit will show your speed accurately. My 2013's speedo is off by about 2 mph over 70 mph. I use my GPS unit as a speedo pretty much all the time.

 

Ya I had saw the same thing in my old car.

 

But the speedo is off with the factory rubber. I've read on here numerous times how going to 265/75/16 and 270/70/17 actually put the speedo about right. And I have seen my speedo was off with the factory tires.

And I don't think it will look funny. Here's mine with 5100's at 1.75 rear tsb and I just added a 1' block to the rear since I didn't like the slight bro lean I had. And 265/70/16 on 16x8's.

 

If that looks bad^^… I wonder what mine will look like with 245/75/16's lol

 

Heres mine with 5100's installed at 1.75. It's a bit nose high. If I was to do it all over I probably would have gone one setting lower, but theres no way I'm taking them back out to adjust them.

265/70/17 tires

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Nothing wrong with going a 32" tire. What I am saying is that when you start going up higher then 32" you run the risk of knocking your speedo out of whack. Given that the OP already speeds I really would not encourage him to go any higher then 32" especially after seeing that putting on a nice 265/75/16 or equal-to in size rim/tire combo will put you right at where the speedo needs to be to get it accurate.

BTW, my stock 18" rims looked like little tiny embarrassing wheels after lifting. Hence the need to go big tires and different rims. Best investment I could have ever made.

 

What if you get 5100 ride height adjustable but use ome coils for the lift instead of setting at 1.75 or so

 

Do a search and check out ''JERMOIDS'' 2012 white dclb build.He has 5100''s set at 1.75'' with a 1'' block on a truck identical to yours.This truck looks perfect to me with 265/70/17 tires..

 

I did mine @ 1.75 and it is level. I have 4 factory leafs in the rear.

The stock measurements from center hub to fender were:
front: 20"
Rear: 22"

Now it is basically 22" in the front(there is slight difference right to left, of less than a quarter inch, so it is is imperceptible to the eye).

So start by measuring your center hub to fender.

 

it's hard to tell but do you have a long bed or short, it looks long to me.

 

It'll work but you have to be careful with the spring selection because those are lifting coils and you don't want to add too much extra stress on the 5100. They will ride a hell of a lot better at 0 setting if you use a 15 or 16" spring though then vs. if you used stock springs and set to 1.75 or 2.5 setting.

 

That was the plan. Was to have the shocks set at 0 and use the coils as the lift, idt the stock coils will get the job done at all

 

They have actually treated me pretty well maxed out on 2.5 to be honest with you. You'd be surprised.

 

Ya can't wait to finally get a suspension going. Should be done by march. Just searching for parts. I already have a 1.5 toyotec ask and rear 5100 just need the front

 

What tires and size are you running in the picture ?

 

Do you wheel at all? If you do I highly advise you reconsider the 5100's because you will eventually want more out of your front setup. Not that 5100's are bad whatsoever, they just leave more to desire out of the front if you plan on doing any higher speed stuff.

 

Not really. Don't have the time atm. But I was looking at a set of ome w/885 coils

 

Are you double cab or access? 885 is what is advisable on the front, 884 is what is advised for access and 886 isn't recommended unless you got a plate bumper front and/or winch setup.

885 is about 10mm larger then 884 and I think the 886's might actually be taller then the 885's from what I have been told.