Lift recomendation for 2000 Taco, Old Man EMU?

Hi,

I am new to this forum but I’ve been a long time Toyota truck enthusiast. I owned a 93 Toyota truck, 97 Toyota Tacoma and now I have a 2000 Tacoma. I had a nightmare experience with my 97 taco when I decided the stock suspension needed upgrading. As many taco owners have experienced the rear leafs are cheesy and hauling anything can bottom out the suspension. Well, I purchase a set of springs from Performance Products and upon installation I had severe vibrations at about 20 mph and 55/60 mph. I could not remedy the problem and ultimately changed to stock springs again. Then I re-arched and added a leaf to the rear springs. That worked no vibrations and my truck could actually haul a substantial load.

Wellwith that story told, now I have the 2000 taco; the springs have gone south and I was wondering if there are better options, now. I have looked at Wheelers off-Road and they have some promising solutions. They have some lifts that fix the rear springs and provide 1 1/2" to 2" lift. Additionally if I went that route, I would likely bring the front up by an equal amount, with the coil springs.

Has anyone tried their Old Man Emu lifts, or have other recommendations?

Thanks,
Chris

 

I had a set of OME 881 coils on my 96 tacoma. It's been so long but I think they lifted the truck like 2". I don't have anything bad to say about them - other than they're a bit more 'pricey' than other lifts. The ride was nice and smooth and the OME struts worked nicely too. That was many many years ago that I installed them (like...2002 or something).

The big rage of today's tacomas are the 5100's - have you seen or researched on these yet?

 

I wonder if anyone of you noticed that on 1rst gen trucks, the differential seems not centered in the wheel well. This becomes more obvious when using bigger tires.
I have done this mod to correct and also provide a 2" lift to the rear.
First, I added a leaf to suspenssion, second to bottom, i beleive it was a 48", drilled at 26" (better mesure on your own truck before)
these cost me 25$ each @ suspenssion garage.
I also installed a pair of timbrens while being there.

For the back lift, I made these:


It can all be made at reasonnable costs and it nicely centers with a lift
for the front I am using, until I buy new shock, a set a leveling, 2 1/2 spacer from e-bay for 80$ (I have changed the supplied studs for better since they are not graded and need to be torked real good)