Front coilovers necessary to replace?

Have an 01 Prerunner, 2WD with 198k miles. My leaf springs need to be replaced and was going to do the rear struts as well, but was wondering whether I should also do the front coil overs? Is it a necessity for maintenance at this level of millage? A smoother ride would be nice. I don't off-road, this is a 98% of the time city truck. Stock suspension and would replace with the same ride height.

 

That's a good question. I personally have not heard of anyone replacing them without a specific reason ( damages of some kind) so I'm interested to hear some opinions on this.

 

If they’ve never been replaced then yeah I’d replace them. Not much more money to do the front too and have a better ride.

 

If they're not sagging or collapsing they're probably fine. A good set of shocks would probably help your ride quality though.

 

Does the truck wallow in the turns, nose dive when you brake? If it doesn’t bother you I wouldn’t bother.

 

What makes you say your real leaf springs are in need of replacement?? Generally speaking, leaf springs do just go bad. If the ride quality has become bad you are more then likely in need of front and rear shocks, and not rear leaf springs and front coils. The front shocks can be replaced with out having to replace the coil spring, as well as the rear shock can be replaced with out changing the leaf spring.

 

Regarding the LSs - I don't have the pics on hand but the passenger side looks like its sagging a bit and if you look at the rear of the truck the right side dips a bit