Upgrading to TRD PRO Suspension kit?

Having trouble getting pics uploaded from my phone....

 

Installed kit...

 

Here is a shot before the air bags, running uphill pretty bad!

 

High speed desert is what the TRD Baja/Pro was engineered for. You'll like it.

I put the factory Baja kit on my 2012 SR5 and ran it on desert roads in western Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. Dynamite. 4WD high at high speeds it performs. The true test of a suspension is accelerating over washboards and just as important is braking over washboards and the Baja/Pro performs beautifully. It is a well-tuned suspension for the Tacoma.

You can't comfortably stuff 33 inch tires on it - which many people think is a true test of a suspension system - but going highspeed the TRD Baja/Pro is a very nice suspension.

 

to everything in this thread

 

right there with ya.

 

Very impressive contribution to the thread from the last two posters. Massive input of knowledge and experience.

 

This is what makes me laugh, some people think the Baja/Pro kit is "midgrade" shocks. Please, they're premium grade shocks specifically tuned for the Tacoma.

It always makes me laugh that people come in bagging on the Baja/Pro suspension, but there's only about 10,000 people that have ever driven a Baja/Pro Tacoma but some folks have a negative opinion about the suspension. Or ANY opinion about it.

Only us 10,000 have a real opinion about it, the rest of you are nothing but uninformed ignoramuses. You really know nothing about it, you haven't driven it, so don't try to preach about the Baja/Pro suspension because you know nothing about it.

 

when people are paying 1200+ for shocks you can buy for 750 (the 6112 kit) thats just stupid.

Not saying they arnt bad but they truly are only a "midgrade" shock. You cant rebuild them, and they are a standard gas emulsion style of shock. a "premium" shock is something like a king / fox / icon etc... where oil and gas is separate, shocks can be rebuilt / revalved whenever

 

What is this stupid garbage "oil and gas are separate". That's foolish to proclaim something stupid like that, please. Same stupid garbage the 6112 is only $750. Maybe the front 60mm are $750, add in the rear 5160's with remote reservoir and you're up to $1500.

Oil and gas are separate, my ass, don't make a fool out of yourself. Bilstein basically copied the TRD Baja/Pro shocks for their 6112. Bilsteins of any model can be rebuilt, and lets not pretend like it's easy to rebuild/revalve King's or any other shock.

The Baja/Pro suspension kit is a nice suspension kit, you don't know jackshit about it, so don't pretend like you do. There's only 10,000 people that know how nice the TRD Baja/Pro kit is, you are not one of them, so don't try to preach anything about it.

I know it's a nice suspension system and not a bad deal at $1500. I've run the Baja suspension hard for 15,000 miles in Colorado, Utah, Nevada offroad and onroad. I know about it, you don't know jackshit about it.

 

Shh shh shh its okay

There was too much to argue plus now I can see your mind is set on the overpriced toyota suspension so all I could muster was the facepalm emoji.

 

That's a bit of a problem, Ding. The aftermarket suspension kits spec out at the same $1500 price - usually more - and are not tuned specifically to the Tacoma. TRD tuned the Baja/Pro kit to the Tacoma. That's pretty important.

 

Yeah, you're a cute girl.

 

See the 'Because Baja' thread for the most complete, albeit disorganized, source of information regarding the TRD Pro/TRD Baja suspension.

I haven't seen the 6112's first hand so I can't comment on them, however I can't wait to read more reviews as more people run them on their trucks. They look promising.

I'm almost positive the Bilstein's are rebuildable. I don't know why they wouldn't be. The question is it cheaper to just buy a new one.

Regarding Icon/Fox/King vs Bilstein, if you're not racing your truck, you really won't notice a difference. If anything those three in the long run might end up being higher maintenance than the Bilstein's. But that's mostly subjective. I can say when a suspension system is custom tuned for the application, it makes a difference. I doubt most of the people on here running coilovers are racing them, changing ride heights on a regular basis, or scaling out their truck so the corner weights are just right.

If you don't want to screw with UCA's right away, worry about possible vibes, worry about diff drops, or don't really need or desire a 3 inch lift, then the TRD Pro/Baja suspension is a solid choice if you're willing to pay for it.

 

Well this thread has kinda drifted lol.

I was considering the TRD Pro kit for my truck, also looked at the more basic Fox and Icon 2.5 kits for roughly the same money. Wound up going with the 6112 fronts with 5100 rears for just under $1000. If I did the 5160 rear it would have been about $1200.

Personally I don't think the TRD kit is a waste of money, but it's hard to justify buying it over the 6112/5160 IMO.

 

I've seen that too first hand on a few trucks. It's like they heat-shrinked it. I wonder if it was to preventing corrosion or for another reason.

 

6112 front with 5160's rear would have been $1200 eh? That's a pretty good price. Front 6112 and 5100 is ok I guess.

I was thinking a tuned 6112/5160 rear would be the ultimate like the Baja/Pro has. I don't know how your setup will be, and I don't want to bag on it, but I was thinking the ultimate setup would be a tuned 6112/5160 rear res setup.

I know the 60mm Bilsteins up front will give you good handling. Those are strong shocks.

 

Pretty sure the 6112 series is also an extended length coil over. Everything I've read says it gives about an inch more droop like the Fox and Icon 2.5 kits.

 

Then you should've gone with that set-up instead of the 5100's and OME's. WTF do you care what anyone chooses to add on their truck? STFU or GTFO! Thanks for your useless post, after post. Is there an emoticon for a jackass, because I found a use for it.

 

I might try the 5160 rear setup, but they are back ordered from a lot of places right now. I'm sure the 5100 will be fine for my needs though. I just wanted to level my truck and get a better ride out of it. It will only see mild wheeling as its my daily driver and I don't want to tear up a brand new truck.