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

Give me a deal

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Ben is set for a while with what he has.

Thanks Ben

I have been very happy for a long time with my SAWs. They are a very good solution for what they cost. This is especially so if you don't carry all the extra weight that I do.

I got 50K outa these. Do they need a rebuild. Probably. But they don't leak and for a stock rig they have many good years left in them.

 

Yes sir!

 

konsta has a set i could have

but money must be saved

well thats quite surprising

 

Cool, thanks for the info.

What spring rate did you have on the SAW's?

Have you noticed any decrease in dampening as the need to rebuild gets closer?

I'm mainly looking for 2-2.5'' and getting rid of my 5100's.

 

Honestly, I haven't decided what I want to do yet. If you are serious, send me a pm so we can talk about it.

 

PM sent

 

They are 650 lb Eibachs. Have not noticed any loss of dampening. I did have to add a little pre-load tho.

If you intend to have a heavy plate bumper like the Elite and a winch in it and heavy aftermarket skids like budbuilts, they you have expect that extra weight to have an impact long term.

As I said, these SAWs have held pretty good with all thats been thrown at them.

 

Acceptable!

Looks good.

As to SAWs, I've got a set of 2.0s I've had on for a few years, ride great, though I can't compare them to anything else other then stock. barely drooped even with bumper and winch.

 

Awesome, thanks for the info.

Eventually I'll have a bumper and winch with synthetic line, but I't'll be 2-3 years down the road.

I gotta do something about my front suspension soon, one of my front 5100's is blown, and I have ~2.5'' of rake from rebuilding the rear springs to tall.

 

If you're looking to save some $ and not in a rush, do what I did, find a decent used set of coilovers and rebuild them. All in all I got my saws for around $500.

 

Did you rebuild them yourself or did you have someone like DSM do it for you?

 

Did it myself.

 

Cool thanks for the info

How hard was it?
Since we moved I haven't had access to a shop or garage, but I'm sure I know a guy who has a shop i can use.

 

Not hard, all you need is a vice and an impact gun helps.

 

Cool, thanks

 

There's a few tutorials. If you end up doing it seems me a pm, there's a few things left out of the tutorials.

 

Will do, thanks for the info

 

np

 

If you do go the used route make sure to watch the classifieds on ttora as well, there are always coil overs popping up over there