Help with truck lift. Install didn't go as advertised.

I just purchased the ToyTec/Eibach front coils and the rear Icon 3 leaf Add A Leaf for my 2015 Tacoma DCSB 4X4 with Lear 100XL.

Today I installed it all. First were the front springs mated with my Bilstein 5100. At the lowest setting on the shock I went from 35.5 inches to a 37.1 inches measuring from ground to edge of the fender lip. Front was up and everything was good.

For the rear, the Overload Springs were removed and the 3 leafs were added with the 5100. It went from 35.0 to 38.5 inches. Truck has a serious rake. It got dark before I could take pictures.

I cannot figure what I could have done wrong to make the rear end go up like that. Does it settle? Has anyone had this happen to them? It surprised the F$# out of me how this happened.

Anyone have any ideas or input?

Thanks.

 

This may or may not help but leaf springs always settle. How much. Someone who has ran this setup before will have to chime in to the amount.

 

Really hard to see because its dark, but it is what it is until the morning.

 

It's hard to see but you definitely have a rake. My fronts didn't settle too much. You're probably in good shape up there but give it some time for the rears. What is the expected lift with the aal? 3.5 seem like a lot

 

I did a setup similar to this and set my Bilsteins to the 2nd setting and it came out almost perfectly level.

 

Did you torque the shackle and front leaf spring bolts while the truck was on jack stands? Or did you torque those bolts with the truck on it's own weight?

 

Good point! You have to final tighten the rear springs when the truck is on the ground.

 

I know with my current set up my dakars took a long time to settle even with a lot of weight on the truck. I want to say it was almost 7k miles with a canopy and rtt the whole time. How many leafs do you have in total in your pack? If i remember right the stock is 3+1 so you must be at 6 total leafs?

 

I did not touch the shackles at all. All I undo the U-Bolts, clamp the springs, undid the center bolt that holds the springs together, dropped the rear end, took out the OverLoad and slid in the new AAL then tightened it all back up.

 

I have a total of 6 now.

 

I have the same setup in the front. Was yours a little low in the rear from the canopy after installing the coils/shocks? My stock 3+1 rear springs were already sagged to the point the 1.6" front lift gave me a .5" bro lean. I installed the single leaf 1.5" AAL in the rear and it shot up quite a bit but as since settled to about 1.5" over stock. Truck is darn near level now, I'm hoping it stays that way for a year or two.

 

I was just thinking about being able to install the AAL with the leaf pack still bolted to the truck.
In that case, I don't know what to tell you. Mine got about 2" of lift with a 3-leaf AAL with the overload.

 

I did final tighten the center bolt with the full weight on the rear end, then cut the extra length off.

 

It will take time to settle. My two cents

 

No problem. Thanks for giving it some thought.

 

My rear end did go down a bit from the canopy. I have Crashburn80 Ultimate Headlights Mod and that night after putting it on I was blinding the heck out of everyone. Had to adjust them quickly.

 

I did a little research and came up with this.

 

Thanks MO. Looks like I may have to gather some patience and let it settle. At least I didn't do anything wrong....I don't think. Truck rides tremendously better than before.

 

I was beginning to wonder if a.) that was OK to do with the ToyTecs and b.) how did it turn out. Thanks for the input. I may have to bump it up a notch.

 

Well, as it turns out, the back did settle quite a bit (1.5 inches) only after driving it around for 20 miles in the bumpiest, pot hole riddin' town of Seattle. Now it has the stock natural rake.