Gramp's Old Guy Build - Agnus the GX

Not possible because the drivers side front dropped 2"s when it happened. I was luckily near the house making a right hand turn when I heard a "thunk" up front. Pulled into a parking lot to check it out and found it. Drove right home.

Now could it have started to stress crack on the trail last weekend (red cone) maybe. But they are only 7 months old. They should not being doing this. Checked the passenger side and there is nothing going on with that side.

We will see what Toytec says today. One floating theory is that they have 16" springs on them instead of the typical 14" spring. Maybe they were binding some and caused more stress on the shock? Who knows as I am no expert on this part.

 

Hahaha!!!! Good thing you where close to home Eric and not on a trail. Good luck with the repairs buddy.

 

Ouch!

 

OK so as to be expected when I reached out to Toytec today their customer service is top notch. I brought them both of my coilovers because I wanted them to inspect the passenger side as well. They had not seen anything like how I broke the drivers side... to date. As we talked it through some it turns out I am the only one on record running 700lb Eibach springs with the BOSS shocks on a 2nd gen Tacoma. So to remove that variable from the equation we all agreed to reset up my Coilovers with the standard 600lb. springs.

At the end of the day I now have these installed;


New springs and new shocks both sides. Also learned some cool things about their Coilovers today. They design all of their Coilovers around the Eibach 16" spring which is different then most Coilover manufacturer's when applying them to OEM uppers and lowers. Their rubber bushing in the bottom IS the Bilstein bushing. So as far as rubber bushing go it solid quality. The BOSS shock has been impressive so far to me so I definitely didn't want to give up on them due to this "fluke".

Toytec plans to send my shocks back to their manufacturer for review(Eibach makes the shock. Design is all Toytec). Hopefully this will be the answer. The 600lb springs do ride much better but we will see how long they hold up.

Oh and the Toytec SEMA build Tundra is shaping up to be pretty bad ass. Looking forward to seeing it!

 

^^^^AWESOME^^^ Im going to be looking forward to swapping out my front suspension with toytec BOSS kit sometime in the future Glad it all worked out for ya buddy!!

Now to re install and get another alignment

 

Already in and I will get the alignment checked but it should be good. They set the coilovers to my current set height so the alignment should not be off. But I will get it checked just in case.

 

I have been looking at that boss set up just cant decide between that or the OME. Im stock now just want a little lift 2-2.5 lots of researching...Lol

 

It all depends on what you plan to do with your truck. I do NOT need full coilovers with resi's on them because I do not jump or baja my truck. I like the BOSS set up because the valving is a better and I like the adjust-ability of them.

OME has always made a good everyday lift kit that will suffice for 90% of the off road community and will get you where you want to go.

 

yeah my truck is my dd I do go out and about on some easy trails.... not like you guys i have seen video..... just want a little more clearance and not to stiff or harsh of a ride

 

Honestly I'd say the OME lift will fit your needs perfectly then.

 

Thanks for your input i appreciate it

Back to your BUILD

 

this^ is why we invite ToyTec back to RT every year, great company

 

BAMF LCA Skids clearanced for Pelyfreybilt for coverage front skid.

 

NICE!!! What color you gonna do the letters? Orange?

 

These are laser cut all the way through. There isn't a plate welded on theis version.

 

orange duct tape on the back side and voila....

 

Thought you weren't available today? Guess I'll just drink all your homebrew!! owner of Denver beer co got to try one of my homebrews last night and said it was the best homebrew he has had in a long time!!

 

House chores and a then had a bit of time to fix my truck. At the airport noe waiting to pick people up.

 

I'm curious now as to whats changed....
Are your lca skids different? Is the ifs skid different? Or both?

Here are some pics of mine