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97 tacoma 4x4 L/T setup help

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Workaholic, Aug 9, 2015.

  1. Aug 9, 2015 at 12:29 PM
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    Workaholic

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    Hey guys new to tacomaworld! Im planning on building a long travel truck outve my 97 extra cab. i was wondering what i should go with considering coilovers and the longtravel kit itself. so far i was planning on going with http://camburg.com/all-products/96-04-tacoma2/toyota-tacoma-lt-kit-2/ for the kit and http://camburg.com/all-products/96-...coma-96-04-pre4wd-2-5-remote-front-coilovers/ for the coilovers... from what i looked as to what will fit, this would be the best setup i believe? since they say from camburg that the fox coilovers were made to go with this kit and it still retains 4 wheel drive. but in all honestly i like king more than fox but it looks like fox would perform better with this setup... if anyone knows of anything better please let me know as i also have quite a few questions with this setup also
     
  2. Aug 9, 2015 at 2:14 PM
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    fox, king, icon, sway away, ads, etc etc.... doesnt matter, just need the right length shock, coil rate and valving and it will ride like a dream.
     
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    I'm wondering if that setup would work well together?
     
  4. May 14, 2016 at 9:43 AM
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    I agree with EricU. All of these companys are great. You will literally find that after a revalve the original valving on them was probably shit for as it was not tuned specific to your vehicle. Honestly i love fox as a company.
     
  5. May 14, 2016 at 9:49 AM
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    My 97
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  6. May 14, 2016 at 9:51 AM
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    You can run whatever shocks you want
     
  7. May 14, 2016 at 10:24 AM
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    This an old thread. Also camburg offers king,fox, and sway away coilovers to work with the kit not just fox.
     
  8. May 14, 2016 at 3:14 PM
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    Yeah I posted this before I did any research on what I was wanting to do to my truck! Sorry about that, going for a cam burg 3.5 kit upfront with King coils and in the rear deaver f67 with triple bypass
     
  9. May 14, 2016 at 3:21 PM
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    Do h70 in the rear
     
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  10. May 15, 2016 at 12:32 AM
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    Why h70 over f67
     
  11. May 15, 2016 at 7:19 AM
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    F67 will sag
     

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