Bilstein 5100 / Eibach Gallery

Finally one of the crew

 

Maybe down the road, possibly just for the driver side lean but maybe if I get a bumper….

 

Anyone ever add 1/4" top plate spacers to the eibach coils after adding some weight up front on a 1st gen ?

My concern is the ride becoming too jarring. But I've read from plenty folks adding the driver-side TPS to fix the taco lean. I'm kind of figuring it cant be too bad if I just do the same to the passenger side. I don't have a noticeable "taco-lean" anyway.



I know 2nd gens do this all the time, but more curious about the effects on a first gen with a little bit of weight up front.

 

I did it to just the driver side and haven't had any trouble

 

So if I run Ebiach coils with each Bilsteins up front and I want to go the AAL route is 2" the way to go and do I have to replace the rear shocks?
Bout to order everything tomorrow.

 

You won't HAVE to replace the rear shocks, but I recommend that you do... Just depends on how much you plan to flex.

 

Don't plan to flex bit almost seems like I should just in case. Gunna be mostly pavement driving but when I move to NC I might flex it if I get on a hunting lease.
Is 2" the right way to go?

 

Yeah, go 2" add-a-leaf if you are dead set on going with an add-a-leaf. You won't get a full 2" out of it though.

If you can afford it I recommend a new leaf pack.

 

Yup dead set cause I can't afford it, plus the Dakkar leaf packs have been on back order for a while....
Don't hey squeak a lot????

 

No clue, don't have them.

 

Can go the route I did and more than likely cheaper than the aal and build a set of leafs.. many have gone that route myself included a few times... I have a 7 leaf pack consisting of dodge dakot and chevy 1/2 ton leafs and it holds weight, rides and flexes extremely well... I have $60 in the whole rear setup and installed it myself.. Ill see if I can find the link on here to the thread for you

 

I'm gumma google that and see if that's something I can do.
Still put the link up please.

 

Well after five hours of sleep and two days finally got it installed, minus the diff drop bolt saving that for next weekend. Hopefully go into the tire shop on monday for an alignment and a set of 285/70r17 tires with wheels that have been sitting waiting for me.

 

Here you go!

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/suspension/194386-tacoma-spring-refurbishing.html

You can do it, thing is, to do the aal youll be doing basically the same process as if you just re built your factory leafs.. that thread has a ton of info and is tested now for some time and ive done it on my trucj twice and probably half a dozen other members!

 

I'm not sure if your required to get shocks but I did
And the 5100s in the back ride really nice with a 2 inch aal

 

Did eibachs a few months ago.

With 265-75-16s


With 285-75-16s


stuffage


droopage

 

I wish I could run that small of a tire
Ever since I went with 35s I can't go back :/

 

I really want to go 35s next but that will all depend if I can afford to regear at that time. Currently trying to start saving up for dual cases. The 4.10s aren't bad for daily driving but are definitely a little high for wheeling.

 

That's what i thought 4 low was for...