Post your 1st gen REGULAR CAB tacoma

i was thinking about giving it time but its BOUNCY asf im not joking. I’m planning to remove the 3rd leaf from the top. Its very uncomftorable. I have the 300lbs high roof shell, rear steel wrap around bumper, rear diff armor and 200lbs in the bed thats always ther. But youre saying give it time…..idk if i can do that lol. How bout if i put a lot of weight in the back like logs and drive it like that for a week the take it all off? Will it re settle back up and ride like crap. Idk this is killing me.

 

was yours bouncy out the gate? After you removed all that weight how does it ride?

 

@YotaGangYotaGang you've only had them a day. I can assure you mine was bouncy too. Time will help. It took mine a good week with weight and some light wheeling to help flex/bend/settle them more into place. I had the same worries you do now.

Edit:yes they were bouncy at the get go. I still have the weight. Giving it another month.

 

thanks for the words man, but after you took out the concrete did it ride okay?

 

@YotaGangYotaGang i still have it in. But when i take it out i will update you.

 

Well how long have you had them in ther? lol

 

@YotaGangYotaGang lol sorry thought i mentioned it i had the weight in a few months at this point. Giving it one more month. Sorry for the confusion.

 

aww fuck i dont know if i can justify carrying that much more weight for months lol I was supposed to go traveling this month. I can put 500extra lbs in the rear for a week and take it to a place where I can flex her out, but after thT if it still rides jumpy ill remove a leaf , thx

 

@YotaGangYotaGang hopefully it settles some for you with the weight you have. I think time and driving it will be helpful. Depends on your patience too haha

 

What size tires?

 

My ride is okay now after taking off the aal and the 3rd leaf from the bottom. rides like a dream

 

@YotaGangYotaGang tbh i might be doing the same. Tried taking the weight out and it's still bouncy. Feels like a pogo stick.

 

yup thats how mine felt, i couldnt take it

 

@YotaGangYotaGang was it fairly easy to disassemble/reassemble the leaf pack?

 

remove the whole leafpack from the truck, use a c clamp and slowly let off and the leafs come out, was easy

 

Any chance a shock is too short? I managed to get one shock too short and that was pretty awful, zero droop.

 

@YotaGangYotaGang sounds simple enough. Once i get warmer than 10°f weather I'll be doing that most likely. Thanks.

 

@0xDEADBEEF I'm wondering that too but i thought driver and passenger side were different lengths? I read that somewhere and actually switched my shocks around because i had a hard time putting them in initially. Once i switched them over it was easy. They're 5100s for a 0-2.5 in lift i think? IIRC

 

5100s ought to be fine, that’s what I moved to.

 

Updated pics from the last time I posted. Added bug shield and rain guards. Also Added new leer shell, found out they only offer the 100r mode for truck now. I then added prinsu topper rack, and loaded some recovery boards and storage case!