Tacoma Spring refurbishing

Hey Doug, been a while.
How you been?

 

I use commercial rubber sheeting & it's about 1/16th of an inch thick or slightly less..

I'll get back to you in a sec. Numbers don't sound right...

Hi Jake, yeah it has been awhile, still above ground, still sucking air, thats about it I guess...& you ?? Hows the job at Ford going ?? Still there ??

 

Doing OK, hopefully gonna be going to college in spring for welding.
I got laid off in September, and every place I've been to since says they won't be hiring until spring.

 

Make sure you file for unemployment if applicable, you earned it , might as well make use of it bro'...

 

These are for Bennet707's (Cody) 1st gen. The spring in front is a typical 2-leaf , non TSB 2nd gen leafpack, the spring in back is a 1st gen main spring backed up with 4 springs from a 1975 3/4 ton Chevy, this should easily yield 2.5"-3" of lift with added load rate/support for his shell, carrying of Quads, w/moderate towing capabilities....

 

Very nice

 

woot!

 

Hey Doug, what do I need to do with my springs if I want to drop it a little. I swear I got a good 3.5-3.75" of lift out of mine

 

Hi Logan, how much you want to drop ?? Just like before, get me a couple good shots of springs from the side & I'll determine which leaf needs to come out....

Let me know buddy...

P.S. truck is looking sik as hell still haha

 

Thanks man. It's just I have my coilovers preloaded so much to match the rear and it's driving rough as hell. Feels like a tank lol

 

Pull the bottom spring but take a measurement before you do it, it'll drop about an inch I suspect, then you can deload the preload ...haha

 

Sounds good

 

Do you want me to take the lower toyota spring out (the 3rd leaf out of the 5 total) or the lowest one total (one of my omd springs)

 

Yep, very bottom...

 

Why not one of the stock toyota leafs

 

Hey Doug and others just bought a 96 Taco Extended Cab and i'm pretty sure the leafs are flat.

What do you recommend to complete this mod? I scanned through most of the pages but till a little confused on what/where to start on donor spring size and what exactly i need to look for?

Any help would be appreciated and if anyone is in the South Mississippi area and have done this mod would love to hear from you, thanks.

I'll try and post some pic's of the springs in the now conditions for your evaluation.

 

Drivers Rear



Drivers Front



Passenger Front



Passenger Rear



Drivers Rear Leaf



Passenger Rear Leaf

 

ttt

 

I would say new leafs or replace the whole pack or most of it. Just an aal may not help your flat, worn pack get revived

 

TTT