Bilstein 5100 / Eibach Gallery

Haha you wouldn't believe how hard it was to find! Went to 11 different stores until I found one. I spent more than I wanted to for a tool box, but after spending all day looking for one I said screw it!

 

Oh I know! My buddy has been lookin for one and can't find a good deal on a black one

 

I think I payed $385 or something... And that was after I payed Toyota $630 to replace my timing belt and water pump! Spent a lot of money that day...

 

Haha damn. It worries me that everyone got their water pump done the same time as timing belt. When I got the belt done Toyota told me I shouldn't worry about till next time. But I'm worried it might go out

 

It's honestly different for every truck out there. Some last 100,000 miles, others last 300,000+ miles. I was just going to have the timing belt replaced. I spoke with the lead service adviser who my whole family has dealt with for the past 5 years and he said that he'll make sure it won't be done unless it shows that it is needed. He also gave me guaranteed quotes for both scenarios. Ended up needing both done at the time due to the wear the water pump was showing.

 

It's not a necessity, but it is definitely recommended to put in a new WP while you have everything apart. It's cheap insurance if you pay a shop to do all the work. Typically, WP don't just die, but they tend to just leak slowly.

Back to the topic at hand. I love this simple setup.

 

Man, if you made 15" wheels you'd have another buyer!

 

I thought bigger was better.

 

Eh, I'm partial to 15's. Mainly just because tires are cheaper! Haha

 

Set eibachs/billys to middle setting. Huge improvement. The eibachs are just not designed for weight/long term.

Fronts almost 3 inch lift too

 

do what now? that doesnt sound right...

 

Bilstein 5100's, Eibach springs up front set to middle tab and 1" add-a-leaf with Bilsteins in the rear with 265/70R17 Nitto Trail Grapplers

 

Looks good man. But I swear your truck looks like a 2nd gen

 

The billys are adjustable, the eibachs are not holding up to the weight or miles, so I adjusted them to the .75 setting. Comperable to fresh coils.

 

This is the first time I've ever heard of Eibachs sagging. Are they the toytec 620 lbs one? Is there a winch inside that bumper?

1st gen billies don't have a .75 setting.

 

Yes toy techs. No which. They're on middle setting. Was my understanding the 3/8 setting on shock translated to 3/4" additional pre load...


Regardless, middle setting.

 

i'm way too freaking lazy to look back through this whole thread...

if anybody is rocking a 1st gen standard can with some 5100's with some lift post up some pics. thanks fellas

 

I'm sure gen1 has 0" 1" 2.5" not like gen2 0" .75" 1.75" 2.5".

 

something is wrong if your coils have sagged that much, plus 1st gen billys do not have a .75" setting they are
*bottom notch-0"
*second notch-1"
*third notch-2.5"

now like i said something is not right. you are going to damage your CV joints having 4" of lift in the front end like that. your coils are messed up or something.

 

This.


And no way can they be sagging. Mine have taken quite a beating and hold my elite plate up just fine.

Pre loading these is GOING to kill your cvs. It's probably more like a placebo effect. You just think if lower after seeing it so much. So you lift it higher and "yes it's better now". I did the same thing after Moab. Though all the drop offs off ledges had killed them.

Then I actually measured..was the same. But it looked lower cause I thought it was.

You need to reset your shocks or your going to seriously damage something.