Front suspension

[JamesDean91]

Okay need some advice or the basic what would you do.

Recently a buddy gave me his old Fox coilovers off his tacoma. They are the old style that fabtech used. They need rebuilt and have a guy who will do it for $40 a shock.

So here is my questions.

1. Rebuild the coilovers and throw them on the fiancés 4runner to get rid of her 2.5" front spacer.

2. Rebuild the coilovers and put them on my 4runner then put my boss coilovers on the fiances 4runner.

3. Sell the coilovers and use the money on a set of tundra 5100 for the front of the fiances 4runner.

4. Whatever I haven't thought of?

 

[snivilous]

First off I wouldn't pay someone to rebuild the shocks, it takes about a half hour to rebuild a shock on your first try and is insanely simple and there's lots of guides out there--just me, maybe you don't like doing that stuff or rather not but you could save $80.

And second, 5100s are gonna be inferior to the Toytec setup which is inferior to the Fox setup (even if they're old). The main issue you might run into is the valving in the Fox's being off, which if you are willing to rebuild/pay someone is easy to fix, and since they came off a taco I assume they're pretty set already. I would put the Fox's on your rig, and put the Toytecs on your fiancés.

 

[JamesDean91]

First off I wouldn't pay someone to rebuild the shocks, it takes about a half hour to rebuild a shock on your first try and is insanely simple and there's lots of guides out there--just me, maybe you don't like doing that stuff or rather not but you could save $80.

And second, 5100s are gonna be inferior to the Toytec setup which is inferior to the Fox setup (even if they're old). The main issue you might run into is the valving in the Fox's being off, which if you are willing to rebuild/pay someone is easy to fix, and since they came off a taco I assume they're pretty set already. I would put the Fox's on your rig, and put the Toytecs on your fiancés.

$40 a shock was the rebuild kit. He would walk me through the process and fill then with nitrogen.
I was thinking the fox coilovers would be a better setup vs the toytec setup but am not 100% sure. I also am not a fan of how blue they are. Maybe swap the coils between the 2 and use the better fox shock.

 

[JamesDean91]

These are what the shocks in question look like.