Need advice on shocks

Have 2006 taco with 2inch level lift on front , looking for shocks front and back, anybody have advice on a good brand ? Good for off road and everyday driving ! Thanks

 

Call Marie @HeadStrong Off-Road

Tell her your goals, send her your money.

Install what she sends you and enjoy.

 

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100% do this^^^ Thread closed. Haha.

 

I have about the same lift as you and I've got Bilstein 5100's. I like them a lot.

 

Thank you twblanset , did you install them ? And are they coil over shocks ? I saw there adjustable , did you have make any adjustments due to the lift on your truck ? I only have a two inch lift on front for leveling so I don't think that would be an issue ! Thanks again for your advice and I'm definitely checking them out ! Roll on tacomians ! Roll on ! Lol

 

i installed them myself. You can remove the coil pack as a unit and take them somewhere like Les Schwab and they'll take the old ones apart and reassemble them. I have them set on the 3rd groove and I used the stock TRD coils with them.

 

All front shocks/coil springs on Tacomas are coilovers.

They are adjustable during assembly to pick one of 3 perch positions for the springs. The damping rate is not adjustable.

 

IIRC the 2nd gen 5100's have 4 different positions. The 1st gen have 3. If I'm wrong then mine are set on the 2nd position.

 

Thanks tacomians , it looks like that's what I'm gonna go with , I lose my license for 60days so it give me a boat load of time to work on my truck , but I'm permanently disabled so what takes everyone 2 days to do usually takes me two weeks ! Lol il get it done , thank you !

 

This will all come down to budget and your overall goal with the truck.

Budget Friendly - Bilstein 5100's all the way around

Higher priced - King, Fox and Icon all the way around

We can get you a great price on King if that is the route you are looking to go!

Let me know!

Thanks

JT

 

I was looking at Kings and fox with the reservoirs but was thrown into sticker shock and the thought of eating ramen noodles for six months , so I think I'm just gonna save and get the king or fox down the road , I got some big airbrush jobs coming in so that should do it , what kind of price can you get on the king ?

 

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