another coilover thread

[MountainBiker]

I certainly wouldnt go over 550lb spring rate if you are as stock weight.

Exactly correct sir!

Unless you are adding weight, or plan on doing some serious rock crawling, you might want to just go stock 99 coils with Taco bilsteins or stock tokicos, with maybe 1" spacers all around, and add a 1" body lift if necessary. That will give you the softer ride of stock, and still have plenty of clearance and off road capability. The stock 99 coils are the tallest and softest of all 3rd gen coils.

Some very good advice there!

if it is a ss1.2, there is an adjustment on the Shocks that would make them softer/lower the ride height.

Changing the level on the coilover, will change the level of the truck, it will not make it softer. The spring rate needs to be decreased to make it softer. If you are so tall due to preload that you are topping out, it will handle poorly. If the OP is 3" higher than stock, he might be getting some top out effects.

 

[4Runner8]

I just went from stock suspension to King coilovers. I left them at the factory setting and I gained 3 inches of lift. Although I think my struts were pretty worn out. I have an a AOR plate bumper and also a winch. With this set up my truck rides like magic. It's far better than stock. Just to be clear the Kings come with 600 pound Springs and are a 2.5 inch shock. I paid $1070 for the coil overs which I priced at filthy motor sports. And purchased from four wheel parts because they were in town and they match the price. That way I didn't have to pay for shipping. I rode in a friends truck that had the icon stage 2 setup and it road much stiffer than the Kings.

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Are these the ones? 96 - 04 Toyota Tacoma and 4Runner King Shocks OEM Upgrade Kit - $994.95 w/ Free Shipping!

That's not a bad price. Thanks, I'm gonna try to call them and get some more info. Also how much preload are you running on the coils? A in how many threads are showing at the top of the coilover.

Gotcha, it wasn't bad on the gravel roads. They weren't as rough as I was expecting. They must have gone out there and leveled the roads since I was last there. I also couldn't go very far since they close the road for hunting season. It was insanely foggy last night so I wasn't paying as much attention as to how the suspension handled. You still felt the potholes and such obviously, but it wasn't as jarring as it used to be on the stock suspension I think. If you don't plan on running any weight then I would say the 550 lb coils are right for you.

Thats cool. Appreciate it. Now to trying to figure out if I want to get a cheaper rebuildable coilover or the boss'
Some very good advice there!

Exactly correct sir!

Changing the level on the coilover, will change the level of the truck, it will not make it softer. The spring rate needs to be decreased to make it softer. If you are so tall due to preload that you are topping out, it will handle poorly. If the OP is 3" higher than stock, he might be getting some top out effects.

My springs are on the 2nd perch so that is not the problem. I probably only have about 2.25'' lift from stock. my 285's make it look larger than that though.