Matching Fronts to LC Coils

Alabamaguy

Alabamaguy

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I'm looking at a set of 8 wrap coils for the rear. What are my options to get the front to match? Would I be able to do a 3" lift spring and maybe a spacers, or a higher setting on a bilstein? I'm not at all looking for a nose heavy rake.
 
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You could go with the Tundra Struts, and add a coil pack spacer.....but I wouldn't recommend it. It would most likely ride terribly, and the angle on the CV joints would not be healthy either.....

If you don't like the rake, I would simply get the shorter LC Coils, or try some rear OME 890's with it's counterpart for the front.....should sit pretty level.
 
Alabamaguy said:
I'm looking at a set of 8 wrap coils for the rear. What are my options to get the front to match? Would I be able to do a 3" lift spring and maybe a spacers, or a higher setting on a bilstein? I'm not at all looking for a nose heavy rake.
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Do like fightman80 says but get a heavy rear bumper to level it out :thumb3:
 
OME 882 or 883's with top plates will work. I'm running the 861's in the rear and it sits perfect. I wish the fronts on these could go higher but the COG is just too high.
 
any kind of lift to the front is gonna be hard on the cvs- i shat two boots not even two weeks after I lifted mine.. I'm running taco springs with a spacer up front. If your ok with it sitting lower I would just switch the rear set up, or add some weight to the back..
 
I don't think the OP ever posted if it was 2wd or 4wd. If you have 2wd, you don't have to worry about "over" lifting the front. If you've got CV's then 3" should be the max lift you should run without having to worry about them getting destroyed.
 
The problem, with 4wd or not, with lifting the front end so high is you are using up ALL of your downtravel of the suspension. It also requires more force to push the suspension back up because of the increased angle of the A-arms and most likely the increased effective spring rate.

For offroading, and on-road driving it is detrimental to set the front on or past 3" of lift. You will have no flex, no comfort, no real working suspension. Your truck will absolutely suck offroad, and it will absolutely suck on-road. Its not worth it.

With these trucks, your best bet is to lift <2.5" in the front and <3.5" in the rear, and use a body lift or fender trim to allow for bigger tires.
 
I'm thinking a 7 or 8 wrap with ome up front and maybe a heavy rear bumper? I'm going to go ahead with a diff drop and if I need it I'll throw a small bl on there to clear the tires. My only other question is could I run the ome fronts with a top spacers and do the diff drop to keep cv angles acceptable?
 
The cv angles are never acceptable on these things. The diff drop just doesn't do a whole lot in my opinion. A one inch diff drop equates to like a quarter inch change in cv angle. It's worth the $30 just not as required as some seem to think. I can take a pic of what mine look like if you'd like? I'm out of town and posting from my iPhone so it would be easier to email you the pic. Pm me your email if you'd like to see it.
 
05 LTD said:
The cv angles are never acceptable on these things. The diff drop just doesn't do a whole lot in my opinion. A one inch diff drop equates to like a quarter inch change in cv angle. It's worth the $30 just not as required as some seem to think. I can take a pic of what mine look like if you'd like? I'm out of town and posting from my iPhone so it would be easier to email you the pic. Pm me your email if you'd like to see it.
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Thanks for the pic. I guess the cv angles are going to be terrible reguardless. Now, my newest question: Can I use Bilstein 5100s up front with OME springs? They have settings for 2.5" of lift so I'm assuming they would be ok on stock height setting with 3" of lift?
 
OME stuff are not that good at all, i dont know why people like them so much, i have 8.25 wrap for the rear and for front i have billstein 5100 adjustables with eibach 650lb coils and they level it out kinda, so if you have 8 wrap yours will be perfectly leveled
 
t4r4life said:
OME stuff are not that good at all, i dont know why people like them so much, i have 8.25 wrap for the rear and for front i have billstein 5100 adjustables with eibach 650lb coils and they level it out kinda, so if you have 8 wrap yours will be perfectly leveled
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The coils I'm looking at are the Lexus coils. I believe the sticky lists them at 8.25/8.75. I'm assuming I could run the higher spring rate ome springs up front with the bilsteins to level it out some. Maybe a small spacer too?
 
i have a 1 storage box, 1 tools box, 1 subwoofer in the back weghitng almost 200lbs and my truck is nice and leveled now
 
That's what I was worried about. I have 2 12's in a box (only one hooked up I don't like that much bass) and always a random assortment of tools and such back there but I don't think I'll be carrying that much on a regular basis.
 
im guessing the 2 12s weight about 100 lbs and tool maybe 40lbs and that about almost 1 inch of sag you are gonna get with 8.25 which is what i have, and with the tow hitch and the spare thats about another 100lbs, so honestly i think 5100s and eibach 650lb coil with a .25 top out spacer is gonna be perfect for you, the eibach doesnt sag either unlike the OEM coils, with arb bumper i had 2.75 inches of lift with just the coil, and it went back to 3.15inches of lift when i took the bumper off and with a 0.25 spacer your gonna get a little bit more than 3.5 inches of lift , cv angle might be high but with a diff drop i think you are going to be fine, i got my 5100 with eibach assembled for 200 used and 80 for the 8.25 wrap, i also used oem LC shocks which is 95 dollars just to give you an idea
 
t4r4life said:
im guessing the 2 12s weight about 100 lbs and tool maybe 40lbs and that about almost 1 inch of sag you are gonna get with 8.25 which is what i have, and with the tow hitch and the spare thats about another 100lbs, so honestly i think 5100s and eibach 650lb coil with a .25 top out spacer is gonna be perfect for you, the eibach doesnt sag either unlike the OEM coils, with arb bumper i had 2.75 inches of lift with just the coil, and it went back to 3.15inches of lift when i took the bumper off and with a 0.25 spacer your gonna get a little bit more than 3.5 inches of lift , cv angle might be high but with a diff drop i think you are going to be fine, i got my 5100 with eibach assembled for 200 used and 80 for the 8.25 wrap, i also used oem LC shocks which is 95 dollars just to give you an idea
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In that case, if I can get this guy on ih8mud to give me a shipped price, I'm going to pull the trigger on these. I'll go through autozone for stock shocks (good buddy discount) and then I'll decide on a front setup.

Is it possible to run 315's/35's with the correct offset? Used 35s are far more plentiful around here than 33's.
 
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