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Old 10-05-2022, 07:55 PM #46
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Got the shocks installed and took them for a lil rip.

Valving seems decent, even though all I currently have are a basket/awning on roof, 2 bike hitch rack, and 265s on OEM wheels
Definitely *tight*, but not what I would consider harsh. Rebound reflects the lack of intended weight, but really comes alive a higher speeds.
The bushings are holding for now, but an outboard mount solution will put things in a proper stacked order.

My main takeaway:

They are long. kinda too long.
The actual shaft travel is 8.2" not 9.25"
This is less than the 8.5" what my 5100s have with a shorter collapsed length.
The Dobs are 1.1" longer extended and 1.46" longer compressed



The shock is at full stuff well before squishing the 2" dropped Daystar bumpstops.
There is about 2 3/8" exposed shaft at rest with seasoned OME 890s
So I am now at a point where I believe I need to extend the upper mounting point and lose a small bit of droop?
And that is math not 100% accounting for the new position being much more vertical.

Going to continue to mess with everything a bunch, but jury is still out if these are a worthwhile upgrade for me...
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Got the shocks installed and took them for a lil rip.

Valving seems decent, even though all I currently have are a basket/awning on roof, 2 bike hitch rack, and 265s on OEM wheels
Definitely *tight*, but not what I would consider harsh. Rebound reflects the lack of intended weight, but really comes alive a higher speeds.
The bushings are holding for now, but an outboard mount solution will put things in a proper stacked order.

My main takeaway:

They are long. kinda too long.
The actual shaft travel is 8.2" not 9.25"
This is less than the 8.5" what my 5100s have with a shorter collapsed length.
The Dobs are 1.1" longer extended and 1.46" longer compressed



The shock is at full stuff well before squishing the 2" dropped Daystar bumpstops.
There is about 2 3/8" exposed shaft at rest with seasoned OME 890s
So I am now at a point where I believe I need to extend the upper mounting point and lose a small bit of droop?
And that is math not 100% accounting for the new position being much more vertical.

Going to continue to mess with everything a bunch, but jury is still out if these are a worthwhile upgrade for me...
You've basically discovered what I did. So just so everybody knows, we're actually in the process of moving and stuff and so I haven't really been able to spend as much time on this as I wanted to. I also have a lot of family health issues going on so haven't had much motivation... But I'm getting back into it.

Well I'm not sure if I've actually felt it, I'm pretty sure that the shock is too long compressed to even touch my bump stops. I have the shorter plastic guy bumps. Durobumps I think they are called?

Besides that, yeah they were not as much of an improvement as I was hoping for, but I do agree that at high speed they do seem to work a bit better. Ultimately I've been debating on paying King to revalve my rear king shocks, AGAIN, but this time strongly expressing to them what I want. Currently the Robinsons with the supposed plush valving do ride better in general but it still it far from what I want.

Previously when I had a second generation Tacoma, I had $5,100 all the way around. Although it was totally undrivable, when I took off the front sway bar just to check it out I was blown away with how smoothly the truck with Crest over bumps and shit. I mean it was one of those eureka moments: "This is what I'm talking about!!!"

I honestly believe that most of these shocks available for 3rd gen 4Runners are just valved for too much weight. Or I mean maybe I'm using the wrong description, but they definitely all feel too stiff to me. Maybe they expect you to have 500 pounds of gear and armor? Not sure...

I think the length of the Kings for 3rd gens is good with 890 coils, so perhaps if I can get the valving exactly where I want it they will be perfect... The front Kings do feel pretty close to what I would consider perfect. I'm curious to see if once I eventually add my front bumper if that extra weight gets them into that perfect zone.
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Got the shocks installed and took them for a lil rip.

Valving seems decent, even though all I currently have are a basket/awning on roof, 2 bike hitch rack, and 265s on OEM wheels
Definitely *tight*, but not what I would consider harsh. Rebound reflects the lack of intended weight, but really comes alive a higher speeds.
The bushings are holding for now, but an outboard mount solution will put things in a proper stacked order.

My main takeaway:

They are long. kinda too long.
The actual shaft travel is 8.2" not 9.25"
This is less than the 8.5" what my 5100s have with a shorter collapsed length.
The Dobs are 1.1" longer extended and 1.46" longer compressed

The shock is at full stuff well before squishing the 2" dropped Daystar bumpstops.
There is about 2 3/8" exposed shaft at rest with seasoned OME 890s
So I am now at a point where I believe I need to extend the upper mounting point and lose a small bit of droop?
And that is math not 100% accounting for the new position being much more vertical.

Going to continue to mess with everything a bunch, but jury is still out if these are a worthwhile upgrade for me...
Any chance you measured the overall compressed/extended of the shock before install? That's good to know about the travel being less than advertised. A little disappointing, but good information nonetheless.

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You've basically discovered what I did. So just so everybody knows, we're actually in the process of moving and stuff and so I haven't really been able to spend as much time on this as I wanted to. I also have a lot of family health issues going on so haven't had much motivation... But I'm getting back into it.

Well I'm not sure if I've actually felt it, I'm pretty sure that the shock is too long compressed to even touch my bump stops. I have the shorter plastic guy bumps. Durobumps I think they are called?

Besides that, yeah they were not as much of an improvement as I was hoping for, but I do agree that at high speed they do seem to work a bit better. Ultimately I've been debating on paying King to revalve my rear king shocks, AGAIN, but this time strongly expressing to them what I want. Currently the Robinsons with the supposed plush valving do ride better in general but it still it far from what I want.

Previously when I had a second generation Tacoma, I had $5,100 all the way around. Although it was totally undrivable, when I took off the front sway bar just to check it out I was blown away with how smoothly the truck with Crest over bumps and shit. I mean it was one of those eureka moments: "This is what I'm talking about!!!"

I honestly believe that most of these shocks available for 3rd gen 4Runners are just valved for too much weight. Or I mean maybe I'm using the wrong description, but they definitely all feel too stiff to me. Maybe they expect you to have 500 pounds of gear and armor? Not sure...

I think the length of the Kings for 3rd gens is good with 890 coils, so perhaps if I can get the valving exactly where I want it they will be perfect... The front Kings do feel pretty close to what I would consider perfect. I'm curious to see if once I eventually add my front bumper if that extra weight gets them into that perfect zone.
I'm sorry to hear about your family health issues. Compounding that with moving makes for a stressful and hectic time.

I agree it seems most aftermarket shocks really need extra weight to get a less jarring ride. If I ever find the time and finances I think I'll go the lc80 springs/shocks for the rear as a cheap starting point.
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@jross20 Focus on you and yours! We can always get more goofy car parts, but we only get one family. We'll be here whenever you have the time.
I do appreciate your input, and if I come to any revelations, I will certainly share them. I do think the Aussie approach is to assume the suspension
primarily gets modified to carry increased weight for touring etc. We're probably not going to get a plush SUV that handles like a sports car...

@Bad Luck in my haste, I didn't take super-accurate measurements of the new shocks - but I did have the following: ~ 24.5" Max OAL & 16.5" Min.
Bear in mind however, I chose to use numbers from the center of the lower shock eye, to the actual vehicle mounting plate. I wanted to include
any bushing/washer/whatever into the equation. At least one is coming out this weekend to check some things, so I am happy to get some tighter numbers.
Dobinsons site shows 23.5" (598mm) Ext. & 15.3" (389mm) Comp. for the IMS59-50701 if that helps any. (The 50705 seems to have slightly different measurements)
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@Bad Luck in my haste, I didn't take super-accurate measurements of the new shocks - but I did have the following: ~ 24.5" Max OAL & 16.5" Min.
Bear in mind however, I chose to use numbers from the center of the lower shock eye, to the actual vehicle mounting plate. I wanted to include
any bushing/washer/whatever into the equation. At least one is coming out this weekend to check some things, so I am happy to get some tighter numbers.
Dobinsons site shows 23.5" (598mm) Ext. & 15.3" (389mm) Comp. for the IMS59-50701 if that helps any. (The 50705 seems to have slightly different measurements)
Thank you for the measurements. I've seen it a couple times that Dobinson's reported shock measurements are off for extended/compressed, but the travel seems to be close to the same between what people are measuring and what dobinson shows.
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Thanks for the words of encouragement guys.

So I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think that the rear kings for 3rd gen have the best travel for 890 coils. They definitely weren't too long, when I was at what I'm pretty sure it was full stuff, there was still a bit of these shock shaft exposed. Then, the maximum flex was definitely probably more than enough. I actually had taken measurements and written them down but I can't find that notebook, but I'm pretty sure I was getting an outrageous amount of travel in the back.

I just received my order of extra rear sway bar brackets so I'm going to try to install the Sonoran rear sway bar relocation brackets again. (Try to do it last weekend, but the little fingers on the brackets made it impossible to fit, so I ordered some spare brackets and I'm just going to cut the fingers off).

I have no idea that this will affect the rear travel or not but I'm hoping that it prevents the lower arms from colliding with the rear links. I'm shocked that the rear link mounts are as strong as they are...lol
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