The 2.7L Single Cab Thread

Yes. That was last year. I just picked the sliders last week.

 

You have them installed? Any pictures?

 

Not yet. I'm still on deployment. I'll have them on in a week or so and I'll post pics then.

 

Here's mine with sliders that were on it when I got the truck. I think they are the 58" long sliders.

 

Went for a little ride up a cell tower access road on my way home from a job site. Too bad I couldn’t see anything through the fog!

 

Did some riding to check out the fall foliage yesterday

 

I love my little taco

 

Good little camping trip over the weekend. Now I gotta get 2012-15 mirrors tho. Forced upgrades aren't always fun

 

Bah. Three nuts and your done. The simplistic value of the regular cab on full display.

 

Do you still feel like the 450 lb coil was right for you? I'm looking at the group buy for some ADS 2.5" 600lb Coilovers .

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/ads-vs-king-group-buy.634937/


I had a quick chat with Tyler at ADS and he reccomended downrating from the standard 650 lb to 600lb, as I want to get no more than 2'" lift. I've got no plans for armor, but I'm unsure if I should move to an even lower coil rate.

Also a few threads back you mentioned getting the measurements for Accutune to decide the right spring, what measurements did they need and is your valving different then the OEM bolt on Kings?

 

My RC the day I got her last year.


This is how she sits now.

 

I would only suggest the #600 springs if its valved soft and you have armor. Other wise the ride is very harsh. If you keep your truck low at the 2" height it won't be too bad, I'd suggest getting them on first letting them break in and then deciding if it's too harsh or not. The 450's for my application with armor ended up being too soft, so now I'm at 550's and it feels perfect, surprisingly a lot better than the 600's even though it's only a 100lbs combined difference

 

Wooow lol are those gonna give me 5 overland points?

 

Yes, I'm keeping the fronts at about 2", was that the minimum lift you could have with the 600lb coils & Kings?

 

The minimum with the 600's was like 1.5"

 

Nice camper shell. Show us more. I wish I had a high top so bad.

 

What shop are you working with?

Thoughts?
How soft can we go?
The next logical question is if softer springs are better, how soft can I go? In the perfect world I would like to see spring rates in the 450 to 550 lb/in range however that would require more preload and longer springs than can fit in the space provided by Toyota. The first limitation is the overall length of the spring, 14” long springs are the longest reasonable spring to install on OEM fit mid travel Tacoma & 4Runner coilovers. Next we need to consider how much travel the spring has relative to the travel of the shock and how much preload* is required to achieve the desired ride height. For the most 4Runner’s and Tacoma’s 600, 650, and 700 lb/in springs are the only 14” long springs that satisfy those requirements. Despite our desire to run softer springs it turns out the 600 lb/in springs are the softest that can fit and function, which is probably why that is the standard spring rate on most aftermarket 2.5 coilovers.

*Preload = (spring free length) – (spring length when shock is fully extended)

Have any of you regular cab guys worked with accutune or filthymotorsports?

 

I worked with accutune and they suggested 450's. I wasn't thinking much so I didnt mention that I had armor, now I'm back up to 550's with a little over 100lbs of extra weight in the front of my truck with very minimal preload. Of course springs are 14" long. Although not needed, when I get my LT I'm gonna run 8" travel dual rate coilovers to really get my ride quality dialed, at least from what I've read you can fit a dual rate spring set up on coilovers 8" travel and up.

 

How Important do you think the front adjusters are if you are have accutune tune your shocks?

 

New to that 2.7l game. Just stopping in to say hello.