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TRD off-road Shocks help

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Samjangxi, Dec 31, 2020.

  1. Dec 31, 2020 at 11:01 PM
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    Samjangxi

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    Got some TRD off-road oem shocks but the colors on the coilovers are both red and blue.
    Does it matter that I have passenger side shocks on both driver and passenger side?
     
  2. Dec 31, 2020 at 11:32 PM
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  3. Dec 31, 2020 at 11:41 PM
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    I know but the two coilovers I have both have red and blue so I’m wondering if that matters with anything.
     
  4. Dec 31, 2020 at 11:51 PM
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    That's strange. The ones I put on were different colors...
     
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    Taking a guess, but I’d say the one on the right would be for the driver’s side since the perch appears to be set higher to compensate for the taco lean? Looks to be anyway, idk if it’s the angle of the pic.
     
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    Someone sold you 2 passenger side coil overs? That's what appears to be the case.
     
  8. Jan 1, 2021 at 10:13 AM
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    Right but does that matter at all? I don’t mind as long as it has no problems
     
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    I can't answer with 100% certainty, but I would think that it does for the basic reason that Toyota wouldn't go to the effort to have different P/N's for each side if the stock springs were identical. Same goes for the "high end" aftermarket coils, they're marked as left and right specific.
     

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