Trd off road vs Bilstein 4600’s

Thank you everyone for your responses I appreciate it.
Sounds like I’m going to order some 4600s and some new tires!

 

Sorry to kick up old dust but I have a relevant question. As someone with a second gen Prerunner who is looking to upgrade my shocks is it better to buy a new set of 4600s or look on marketplace for the shocks off a third gen TRD sport or off-road third gen where the owner bought it and immediately (<15,000 miles) lifted it? I can find some of the blue and yellow (now I know those are not 4600s, thank you) shocks from third gens for from $200-$300 so I was wondering what was a better deal and which would give me better performance for the price. I also plan on converting my Prerunner to 4x4 in a year or two in case that factors into the decision.

 

The 3rd gen take offs will still be a good upgrade for 2nd gen Tacoma. You will want the TRD off road shocks as the sport ride like crap. The springs on the 3rd Gens are stronger than the 2nd gens which is the reason why it gives a 1.25 to 1.50 inch lift. I think I remember someone mentioning that the springs are 700lb on the 3rd gen over the 2nd gen which are around 450lb to 500lb. You will get better performance over the stock 2nd gen shocks. It will be up to you if you want to go that route or with 4600 or 5100. At least you can still upgrade later on by going with 3rd gen 5100 if you go with the 3rd gen take offs.

 

Depends, but first off seeing as your truck is an 07 (although you don't state your mileage) I'm assuming you're wanting to replace the coil springs as well? Also, what about the rear leaf springs?

 

Coming up on 150k miles and the leaf springs have escaped most of the abuse as my grandpa babied the truck and when my mom got it we used my dad’s 2012 Tacoma for everything. When it came to me it was used for a lot of hauling wood for my Boy Scout troop and Eagle Scout project and it gets used for fishing and camping more. I think my leaf springs are fine but I’m not even sure what to look for on those. I know my shocks are starting to go on me because I get more body roll on the road and driving through construction everyday (they’re expanding the only road towards the highway) hasn’t helped them. I’ve considered adding a leaf in the rear because I’ve felt it hit the bump stop a couple times recently when I go a little too fast over train tracks but I thought I’d upgrade the shocks first and if that didn’t help as much as I needed I’d get something done in the rear. If that’s not smart then I am open for guidance.

 

Do you know if your tacoma has had the leaf springs replaced as part of the recall? I would check if it needs to be done. I would say to go on ahead and get the 3rd Gen take offs since it will offer you new coil springs with it. Just make sure they come preassembled. Shoot Jtaco11 a message. I have seen him source a couple of new 3rd Gen take offs with a few hundred miles of them.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-rear-coil-springs-socal-oc-290.619460/page-7

 

Just to update on the situation I posted about earlier: Jtaco gave me a pretty good price on parts to ship out here to Florida but I thought I would be able to find the parts here. I took a trip down south to go see my grandpa and on the way down I got some shocks from a guy in Deltona and on the way up I got some upper control arms from a guy in Daytona (also stopped and got some stuff from the outlet mall for Mother’s Day). I’ll post an update after they’re mounted.

 

This thread is much appreciated!!

I recently switched out both rear shocks on my 22 TRD OR and noticed the exact same difference in Post #1 of this thread. I was alarmed by the difference in thickness but when I realized the OEM Bilsteins ARE NOT 4600s it made all the sense.

After I got both bolts removed, the old shocks popped right out without any issues/compression. (Which I have heard that if they pop out real easy, thats a sure sign that they are old and need to be replaced.)

After I swapped out both rear shocks, I did notice that the rear of the truck felt more supported and stopped feeling like the rear was dragging.