5 lugger bs thread

Got an answer from rocktoys, its a no go. Super sad cuz it was going to be dirt cheap. The stock xrunner LSD is retardedly expensive.

 

My '09 5 lug is now 5 years old. Can't remember a vehicle that has required so little maintenance in 110,000 miles. Still runs like a top.

Love my truck.

 

Nice, I have 170k on my 05. Only parts replaced have been the radiator and the waterpump.

 

Sheesh, mine is double your age and same miles.

Still equally reliable though, it had a new water pump put in before I bought it but that's the only failure of anything so far.

 

best bang for your buck:
spindles up front, if your coils are shot replace them with stock replacement coils. v6 coils have a higher spring rate and are slightly bigger on the aftermarket(OD Is bigger) which will rub on the uca
for the rear any aftermarket lift leaf pack will work as long as its made for 2"+ lift on a prerunner or 4x4.
with spindles up front the front shocks can be a stock replacement as for the rear wit any significant lift all factory shock will be too short(only and inch or 2 of droop which will ride terrible. your best bet for rear shocks would be an aftermarket offroad shock valved for a 5 lug and custom mounted. with 2" or less lift stock length shocks will work but with the aal the ride will be slightly stiffter. aal on your current pack will help a bit but it will cause damage to the leafs eventually if they are too worn out

 

6 lug rear shocks wont work too long at full compression and are valved stiffer on rebound. and the eyelet on the 6 lug is bigger

 

Awesome info! Thanks for your input!

 

Girlfriends 2013 with 20k miles on it. She has already put that many miles on it since January of this year She calls it her grocery getter LOL

 

How's she like the 5 lug d-cab? Is it an absolute dog or can it get out of its own way?

 

I usually end up driving it when we go on a trip somewhere and it doesn't do hills well at all, it would probably pull hills OK in 3rd gear. Merging onto the freeway and stuff isn't a problem if it's flat. I haven't really gotten on it to see how it really does though. I'm used to my 1st gen double cab with the 3.4

 

its all about tire size and what gears you're running for a 4banger lol I had 32s and stock gears for almost a year and it was a bit sluggish... but after I re geared to 4.10 it ran like normal... My next tacoma will be a DCSB TRD Sport super charged

 

Yeah she has stock sized tires. It's not bad

 

True to a point, for get up and go around town that's fine but mine bugs the hell out of me out on the road, it just needs more power from the engine. I don't wanna re gear and have it spinning 4k RPMs at 75 (it's already screaming at those speeds).

I still might regear sometime in the future, but for now 30's and 3.58 will have to do

 

Really thankful for this forum. Just discovered the woes of the 5-lug difference and how we have those dang-nibbiting black boxes in our stock front wells. Well, I am most likely just going to do the simple black box mod and slap on the biggest tires (30x9.5r15) it will take. See how much the 1.57" extra clearance does for me over time. Probably is plenty. Was also considering the fat-bob mod, but after watching the installation video on readylift (for spacers and aal), I decided, I'll go ahead and just wait until it's time to replace the above tires before seriously considering more lift, which I'm not even getting until it's time to replace the 215/70s I'm currently rocking.

Who gets paid to come up with these dead-weight parts for our vehicles anyway?

 

super charger... lol problem solved

yeah that stupid black box made no sense... all that was in mine were leaves and other debris haha

 

Looking to bring the rear lift up a bit on the truck. Still looks a little bro'd out. Still confused and pissed about the ICON 3 leaf AAL. Not looking to go the LT route like I see on Stupid and Nakeds truck, but I need to do something.

I can get the AAL for one of the fatbobs/readylift kits or I can get a whole new leaf pack. Bout it, right? Which 5 lug is running the custom Alcan pack...???

On shackles....a longer one on the current 05+ SUA design would actually lower the truck. The reverse of that...shorter shackles, in theory, would lift it?

Stupid wheeling meets, got the mod/redoing my truck so it looks less retarded blood flowing again.

 

Your idea on shackes isn't fundamentally wrong, but in reality it would be pretty tough to make shackles any shorter. Plus I think you'd lose a lot of your flex by shortening the shackles.

 

Yeah, not gonna mess with em. I gotta do something however. Which 5 lug is running the custom Alcan pack, you know?

 

The 2nd gen 5 lugs are still SUA correct?
i'm not sure that the 3 leaf AAl will lift you.
I think the most effective way to get lift would be to make the truck SOA, then if you need more lift get a AAL.

Or do a shackle flip.

 

Yeah, found that out after installing the ICON aal. Had the pack reached 2", wasn't enough. Gained about an inch in the rear.

Think I'm gonna pull the pack back off and take it to the spring shop again, tell them to arch em to provide 1.5-2" of lift.