1750 plus tax 5100s and UCA/AAL. California.

Los Angeles Ca.
2016 DC. TRD sport 4x4.
Does this seem average? What are So. Cal people paying?
800 for 5100s installed.
680 UCA installed.
270 AAL installed.
1750 plus tax. They would probably do like 1700 cash I’d imagine.
ive seen threads where guys are getting 5100s installed for 600-700.
I figured do everything at once.

 

Install yourself, materials are 1K at most.
Just a suggestion. Install of all items you listed is very doable by yourself.

 

I have basic tools and jack stands. Could get a floor jack or two. and could use a friends garage. (Regular 2 car house garage.)
Would I need anything special. I would do a lot of research before hand.

 

Anything that's just better to have done at the shop for the money?

 

Torque wrench.

Have you got the suspension already? If not, go ahead and order new springs with your 5100s and have them shipped put together. Should take you 4-6 hours.

 

Use the stock springs until you convince yourself you need new springs. I'm sitting on the 4th notch on my front 5100s for 1.55" lift and I haven't noticed a different. Maybe a little tighter, but not that noticeable.

YouTube how to use a floor jack to decompress your springs to disassemble your strut assembly. It's very simple and relatively safe if you take your time.

UCAs will be a pain but only on the driver side because the cam bolt that goes through the entire control arm is facing rear, which means to get it out you either need to access it from under your hood, or bend some stuff. Either way works. Ball joint should pop right out of the spindle with a good hammer hit.

AAL has choke YouTube videos too and is pretty straight forward.

All you need are two jack stands, one large floor jack (two is ideal but one definitely works), various sized ratcheting. (Or non ratcheting) box wrenches, socket wrenchs, persuasion bar of some sort and yeah a torque wrench would be the best way to retighten all your jolts to spec. Otherwise just yank on them with out a persuasion bar and they should be good. When you retighten your LCA cam bolts you do want to use a persuasion bar because those things need to be tight. But you're gunna need an alignment anyway so a shop can tighten correctly.

If you take your time and research YouTube videos, I promise you it really isn't that hard to work on your own suspension. Just go slowly and make sure things are braced before loosening bolts completely otherwise springs will break free. Haha

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...112-5160-with-3-leaf-aal-for-1-5-lift.486379/

Here is an awesome install write up that includes everything you need. It’s for the Bilstein 6112/5160’s but the 5100’s will instal the same minus a few steps. I have zero experience with auto work and did the instal by myself, took me 10 hours.

 

Nothing is worth the money. If I could safely align my truck I would do that too! Suspension is the easiest thing to work on, in my opinion. Shit, even brakes is harder... lol

Edit: bleeding brakes is harder/takes more knowledge/skill.
Suspension is literally just loosening and retightening bolts. Simple.

 

5100's/camburgs/2888's/dakars, 1.9k
install 350.00, this included cmc and alignment.

 

$350 for install isn’t bad.

 

I get what @strktly_bodysurf is saying, but if you’re a novice at this, do yourself a favor, buy new springs, have the whole coilover sent to you assembled. Consider it treating yourself with some of the money you’re saving by installing it yourself. It will save you time and frustration. Don’t try and use the jack method to disassemble the coilovers unless you’re really comfortable after doing the research. Springs can be had for like $160 for the pair.

For the UCAs, get yourself a new set of bolts, cut the old ones out and install the new ones backwards. They’re torqued to 85 ft lbs or so, check them every so often and you don’t have to bend up your truck.

These are just my opinions after doing several of these installs... good luck with the lift bro!

Check out @HeadStrong Off-Road Marie can hook you up with everything.

 

im thinkin more like a BBQ and 2 cases of beer.
thats just an estimate though.

 

Hahaha, damnit I've torn my strut assemblies apart 5 times now and everyone needs to understand what it means to do this at least once in their life!

In my opinion, it is about the same amount of steps to lower the entire shock assembly out of the front suspension as it is to lower the shocks and coils out in separate pieces. There is still a preload on the coil so the danger factor is still there, however the coil won't be able to bust loose like it can when take the assembly apart with the floor jack.

OP, he's right, ordering the assembly put together will cost more but can be potentially less dangerous.

Agreed on the new bolts for the UCAs if you're down for aftermarkets. In sure they are just as strong as OEMs. Never thought of doing that. I think I'll use that advice when I change my UCAs out on this truck, later.