33s, and bilstein 5100

Hey guys its blake, I am very new to tacoma world and had a couple questions I'm sure some of you could answer. I have a 2007 Toyota Tacoma and I am currently running 265/70/17 nitto terra grapplers with a leveling kit. I am looking to get new tires and upgrade the shocks. I was looking at the bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks for the front and back. Would those allow me to put 285 tires on my truck? If so would the bilsteins have to be at full lift in the front and back?? Any responses would help.

Thanks

 

I'm pretty sure you need the 5100s and a AAL or complete leaf pack.

 

i had the 5100s set at 2.5 and i had 285s. you just need to get wheel spacers up front to clear the tires if you have stock rims or get aftermarket rims that will clear.

 

To fit 285s you'll need:

• Wheels with 4.5" backspacing or less.
• A cab mount chop
• Pinch weld mod
• Some inner fender flare trimming
• Some bumper trimming on the lower valence.
• And some trimming on whatever else the tire rubs on.

The 5100s will lift and help minimize trimming at ride height, but you should consider trimming everything else when articulating the suspension.

Also, preloading the 5100s (at least I read on here) gives a really rough ride and limits travel. To combat this, many use Old Man Emu springs (OME, not OEM) and set the Bilsteins on the lowest setting. The coils provide the lift without preloading the heck out of the Billys.

Depending on how high you raise the front, you may need aftermarket UCAs to get your alignment back into spec.

Considering how these will lift the front, I assume you want to level the rear. You'll need a new leaf pack with longer shocks, Bilstein 5100s should be fine, OR an AAL with 5100s, OR a block. Depending on how you use the truck will decide on the best route to go for the rear.

Good luck and welcome to TW.

 

I began this journey last year before finding TW and what a mistake that was. My local shop sold me the Rough country lift/leveling kit 3" in the front and 2" blocks in the rear with extended shocks. This allowed me to fit 285's on 17x9 wheels with 4.5" basck spacing and -12 offset. To clearance all I had to do was remove the mud flaps and trim the bottom inside corners of the flares and they cleared fine even when stuffed. They were a mild at tire and not an agressive M/T tire, This makes a difference.
I wasn't unhappy with this setup but I wanted to start off roading some and learned from members here the negative attributes of a spacer on my strutts in an off road scenario. I swapped the spacers for Billies with eibach coils. With the billies set at 0 it only gave me 1.5" lift so I pulled them apart and moved them to the .85 setting giving me 2.5". I then removed the blocks from the rear and installed a 3 leaf progressive aal which was said to give me 1.75" lift, I actually ended up with about 3" and they've never settled. The 285's still cleared with nno additional trimming needed, I did have the alignment done and my castor set as close to +3 as possible.
All this being said the truck rides better than it did stock. I now have 1st gen Tundra wheels on it with Cooper ST Maxx 255/80/17's E rated and it rides and handles great. The taller skinnier tire will clear much better. I never had to do a cmc or hammer the pinch weld. I'm in no way disputing what the previous poster stated but for some reason these trucks all seem to be a little different. I'm no expert this is just my experience> Good luck Bud