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ok, that'll be good bc if you leave some rake and the preload isn't a lot then I know I could raise it up a bit.

 

Good shit man looks like you and I need to hang. I have King set with the lowest setting as well. Feels the best option but I don’t have any weight on it so blah blah blah we’ll see when I does.

 

So, I got the coil overs on today, my rear RXT leaf pack with the @Wheeler's Off-Road Inc u-bolt flip, and super bumps (lots of pics below to show). Overall, I went from 21" in front to 23.5" and still have just over two inches of down travel. Rear went from 22" to 24.5"ish, and I plan on keeping the 1 inch rake. I will say my front end dipped at least an inch after adding the @Mobtown Offroad bumper and winch, so really I netted around 3" of lift. I know it will settle but I am very happy with how it turned out. Right now, in front I am running on about the middle setting for compression. They came on the softest which was very plush but not good for on road and cornering at high speeds. It seems like the range of adjustment is pretty solid. The 650# coils were a very good choice for my build. I have a 3/4" of preload on passenger side and a 1" preload on the

drivers side. The @Radflo Shocks rears and extended brake lines will be going on at the end of the week.​

Before


After

 

Oh, I forgot to add that overall I am very impressed with the build quality of the @Radflo Shocks. I have run fox and icon and I will say that IMO these are by far superior to their products (I cannot speak to King, ADS, OME, or Ellka which I think are all great). The design is simple and doesn't have all the flashy appeal some of the larger brands may have but these things are solid. With my Icons I had all sorts of issues during install with bolts being cross threaded and things not going together well. These went in very easy and so far have exceeded my expectations.

 

Last thing to add, hahah. Spanner wrench and the placement of the adjustment slots definitely sucks. Only negative so far.

 

Hey it looks great! Are you on ext travel ? It looks like stock ucas painted but cant tell

 

I agree with you here- I had to grind the spanner wrench to make it work

 

I am running ext travel with JBA HD UCAs. Best UCAs ever IMO. I had TCs on my last truck and they were so damn squeaky.

 

I did the same thing haha.

 

Truck looks great. I dig the stance with the 1” rake.

 

Lol- truck looks great BTW !!

 

Ok, after driving it for 2 days I wanted to remeasure. The rake was at almost 2 inches so I readjusted. First, I filled up my tank. Going from empty to full dropped the back from 24.5” to 24” so not bad. After that, I adjusted front coils to get me to 23”on both sides. That way my rake will be between 1-1.5”. I still have several inches of down travel in front. I will measure after I get it back from alignment. Below are some pics of the stance now. I have 1.75” of preload on drivers and 1.25” on the passenger.

For weight reference the
@Mobtown Offroad bumper = 70lbs
Engo SR10 = 64lbs
@Mobtown Offroad sliders = 140lbs

 

Rears went on today. Then I took them to some dirt roads and tested the whole set up out. On road I am running compression pretty much right in the middle. Offroad I dropped it to the softest setting and this rig floats. I got up to about 45-50 on some pretty rough dirt roads with washed out areas and potholes all over the place and felt none of it. At of the previous set ups I had (icon and fox) this ride is far better. Granted I took a lot more time and research with this build, and it was worth it. Very happy with @Radflo Shocks so far.

 

Got any squeaks??

 

Not so far. Do you?

 

Yeah the rear driver side is making some noise. I’m going to take the shock off to see if it’s a shock or leaf spring issue.

 

Good to see some love RadFlo love! I’ve been running their 2.5 ext travel COs paired with Fox rears and AllPro Expedition leafs for about 3 months now and I’m a big fan. The COs help the truck corner real well and totally control body roll and nose/tail dip on the road. And they soak up terrain smooth as butter too. In my opinion, for the RadFlo price point I think their products can’t be beat as they perform along side those much more expensive (King/ADS) COs.

 

All these issues make me hesitant to lift. All these parts are supposed to be better than OEM but always seems to have noises developing after. There’s a guy on the FB group who had a readylift kit with zero issues. Switched to a “real” suspension and now has shimmy and vibes.

 

I think anytime you switch out an OEM part there is a possibility of these things happening. I went into it knowing that there might be a chance of things not being as quiet as stock. I guess modifications sometimes involve compromises .

 

Mine rides better than stock and no noises, so far. As @LONGWHITELINE said anytime you lift you can have some noises, if you do it right that can be avoided. If you plan on wheeling your rig you will get noises no matter how well done the lift is. People get vibes because they don’t use axel shims so it causes vibration due to angles of the drive shaft. I have had several Tacoma’s and my previous 2 were lifted. Neither of them road better then stock or were quiet. This lift so far is night and day to what I have experienced in the past.

If your lifting your truck for appreance this is not the way to go. That can be achieved much cheaper and with little complications. If you use blocks, spacers, or add-a-leaf say goodbye to ride quality though.