leveling 2016 with bilstein adjustable 5100

nice, Is it a 4wd!

 

DCSB sport 4x4. I know nothing about front suspension on 2wd but a .85 setting on the Billy's raises you a just a bit more than an inch. Once they settle out I think you would be about a 1/2 higher in the back.

 

Anyone have a picture of front set at 1.75 with stock rear? Just curious what it might look like.

 

@2000man does! Hard to tell via pictures though, better idea in person. When he showed me, I could definitely tell it had been lifted from stock. And there was a "bro lean" but not bad I guess.

 

Here's a pic when I first had my 5100s put on set at 1.75 up front and stock in the rear. Since then I've brought them down to .85 and swapped out the wheels. 1.75 sat a little nose high for my taste. .85 is perfectly level.

 

Looks great

 

Hey man I don't have an answer to your question but I have a question of my own if you don't mind me asking. I noticed in your profile you have the 5100s w/OME 887 and deaver 1.5' aal, how do you like that set up? I'm trying to decide if I should switch out my stock springs as well to the 887, let me know how you like them, thanks.

 

Yeah I ended up going a different route and buying OME 887 coils to do the lift instead of loading up the stock springs with the 5100s. I like it a lot. It rides excellent with way less bounce/wobble. I would recommend it. I think I should have gone with 888 coils(very slight rake), but I could set the 887 coils to .85, which some say it's safe to do. I got 2 inches in the rear since I did not remove my overload spring when adding the leaf. I would definitely recommend getting UCAs. I'm happy I bough SPC LR UCAs, now it drives super straight better than stock actually. I think my truck was misaligned from the dealer.

 

@nabdo92285x

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-sr-thread-lets-see-them.411453/page-9

 

Awesome I'll be going with the 887 as well set at 0. I'm trying to keep it level so I'll probably take the overload spring off and just put the aal. I'm going to wait for black Friday to get an Icon stage 4 witht he UCAs so I'll skip those for now, hopefully that won't cause any issues. Thanks for the response.

 

How often do you plan on wheeling? Icon is so overpriced I think. People who run them just like the cool looking reservoirs and looks. OME set ups are so awesome for the money. Yeah I would remove the overload.

 

Not too often, I'm not a huge off road guy(My taco is only 2wd) I just like getting to the good camp spots . They do look pretty awesome but ya they are definitely expensive, that's why I wanted to wait till black Friday see what prices drop to.

 

Just ordered the front shocks from jet.com for less than $160. Next payday I'll get the rears.

 

So worth it !

 

I have a 16 TRD Sport. I bought Bilstein 5100's front and rear. Looking to use stock springs and set at .85. Anyone do this yet? Any issues with stock ride height and 5100 on the rear?

 

Tons of people have done this. This is actually probably the most popular set-up. Pretty much no one has issues. Just don't preload the settings above 1.75. So you're perfect at .85 and your upper control arms will still be fine and you'll have a good alignment.

 

So you're saying there isn't a need for an alignment after switching out the shocks on the front and using the stock springs?

 

I'm still thinking 885's with aal....can't decide. I'll either stay stock tire size or 265/75 max.

 

With any suspension work on any vehicle, you need an alignment. Disassembly of suspension components or simple adjustments will throw everything off. So yes you do need one. Heck, I had to align my 450 race quad just swapping out the front coilovers for new ones.