Any suspension nerds here?

[BRTreedogs]

Whatever you do do not re use the oem springs.
Ome springs are known to squeak.

I’ve had a couple lifted 1st gen Tacoma’s
A lifted 1 gen tundra. And now a lifted gen 2.5 tundra

I’ve read a few things about the bilstiens not being up to par but so far my use case has been ok.

Do you have extra weigh/ winch etc

I had an 04 taco with 5100 with the 883 springs with an arb bumper/ winch and it was rite at 2.5” lift and cleared 32x11.50s

It also had the wheelers off-road 5 leaf rear packs
All that was pretty good.

My gen 1 tundra had 5100 and stock springs it was ok until I did the bumper/winch so I put springs on the 5100 it was good

I’m running the 6112/5160s on my gen 2 tundra and icon rxt packs setting 2 with a bumper,winch,canopy, decked and it’s great.

If you have extra weight or drive fast the bigger shock bodies help.

Currently I’d say 6112/5160 with a rear spring pack is a good middle ground.

But I haven’t had it long enough to know how it’s gonna play out durability wise.

 

[roosiebull]

This is a very offensive post. You're on your own bro

Just never test drive one, ever!

If Chevy could get their reliability equal to Toyota, there would be no competition. What I do know is reliability is the #1 feature a pickup needs, everything else is secondary, but if you drove a zr2 for a week, you wouldn’t want to get back in your Tacoma

But! If you drive it for 3 years, then you will want your taco back, because you don’t want to worry about getting stranded

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

This is a very offensive post. You're on your own bro

Waiting on that rusty leaf spring guy to jump on this.

 

[spike camp]

My OME have the dreaded Dakar squeak!
Super annoying

 

[BRTreedogs]

This works pretty dang good

It’s like grease but also kinda like glue lol

Smear it on the leaf pads w popsicle stick

Amazon.com

 

[roosiebull]

My OME have the dreaded Dakar squeak!
Super annoying

Yes it is! One thing that I’m happy about is that I’m about 16k on my pickup and it doesn’t have a leaf squeak…. Yet

Every other Tacoma I’ve had squeaks, I think my 2018 started squeaking at 1200 miles

 

[Dirtscoots]

This works pretty dang good

It’s like grease but also kinda like glue lol

Smear it on the leaf pads w popsicle stick

Amazon.com

Thank you just ordered in time for deer season! With my canopy I like the stiffer leafs in back but the squeak is so annoying

 

[BRTreedogs]

Thank you just ordered in time for deer season! With my canopy I like the stiffer leafs in back but the squeak is so annoying

I got a tiny tube w some bushing years ago.

I’ve built enough trucks I’m on my 2nd jar now.

It’s the most tacky grease I could imagine.

 

[WRO]

I ran a pile on my taco, 8112s were the best by far, you can’t out drive them. They stick and soak up everything.!

 

[Beendare]

Email CJC Offroad and ask for their suggestions. They have some excellent videos on YouTube mostly on the bigger trucks.

 

[gsully]

4Runner here, but I've been really liking this Eibach kit with rear HD springs.

https://eibach.com/products/pro-truck-lift-stage-2r

 

[Thinkingman]

Waiting on that rusty leaf spring guy to jump on this.

It's 'flat/broken leafs' and rust holes in the frame.
If you're going to troll, do a better job.

In re OP, I got the OME Dakars, removed the third leaf paired with 5100s.
Up front, OME 883s and 5100s with no preload.
It was serviceable but you'll have to spend big dollars to overcome Toyota engineering.
Most Toyota bros are only after looks, not specific performance.
Spend your money on overwattage amber foglights for attention.

 

[IdahoBeav]

you'll have to spend big dollars to overcome Toyota engineering.

It's weird how there are more 20 year old Toyotas on the road than there are 10 year old Fords.

 

[Thinkingman]

It's weird how there are more 20 year old Toyotas on the road than there are 10 year old Fords.

It's even weirder that you don't have facts to back up your cultish claim.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

It's 'flat/broken leafs' and rust holes in the frame.
If you're going to troll, do a better job.

In re OP, I got the OME Dakars, removed the third leaf paired with 5100s.
Up front, OME 883s and 5100s with no preload.
It was serviceable but you'll have to spend big dollars to overcome Toyota engineering.
Most Toyota bros are only after looks, not specific performance.
Spend your money on overwattage amber foglights for attention.

Took you long enough.

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

Old Man Emu

Agreed. My OME front and rear suspension on my Frontier has been great and rides great. Have had them installed for about 8 years now and have put around 70k hard miles on them, and finally one of the rear shocks has just started weeping a little oil.

 

[SChuntr]

King is what i have on my half ton. Rides very good. Was able to find a kit on FB that a guy never used


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[Duh]

I may be the odd man out here but I’ve had Icon 2.5, their upper control arm, and their leaf springs. They were fun while they lasted but the fronts blew around 10k and the rears went around 13-14K. They leaked very early on and started making a awful thud noise. I’m no expert but I almost wonder if extreme cold and ice wrecked them. The upper control arm and leaf springs have been solid.

I replaced them with 6112 and 5160s and have actually liked them so far. I ordered the heavier king spring (650lb). The 5160’s are definitely the weak link I that setup.

I think the dislike for bilsteins and Icons are because they’re digressive valving. From my understanding, you get the real performance when you’re running them at a little higher speeds. I really noticed that with the icons.

I’m going to try the kings after I trash the bilsteins.

 

[WRO]

It's 'flat/broken leafs' and rust holes in the frame.
If you're going to troll, do a better job.

In re OP, I got the OME Dakars, removed the third leaf paired with 5100s.
Up front, OME 883s and 5100s with no preload.
It was serviceable but you'll have to spend big dollars to overcome Toyota engineering.
Most Toyota bros are only after looks, not specific performance.
Spend your money on overwattage amber foglights for attention.

Like a fly to shit, every fuckin time.


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[Beendare]

I may be the odd man out here but I’ve had Icon 2.5, their upper control arm, and their leaf springs. They were fun while they lasted but the fronts blew around 10k and the rears went around 13-14K. They leaked very early on and started making a awful thud noise. I’m no expert but I almost wonder if extreme cold and ice wrecked them. The upper control arm and leaf springs have been solid.

I replaced them with 6112 and 5160s and have actually liked them so far. I ordered the heavier king spring (650lb). The 5160’s are definitely the weak link I that setup.

I think the dislike for bilsteins and Icons are because they’re digressive valving. From my understanding, you get the real performance when you’re running them at a little higher speeds. I really noticed that with the icons.

I’m going to try the kings after I trash the bilsteins.

Good commentary, I would agree and add that once you do the ICons, they are great for a few years but then they need to be rebuilt. You can have them done, but what do you do for the two months that they are off your truck while they are being rebuilt?