which perch/top spacer on tundra 5100s/eibach

[thaemcee2]

I dont notice any drivers side lean looks pretty even to me. I will take some pictures tomorrow and post up for the rear I left the rubber top cones out, lc coils I used where 7.5wrap pass and 8 wrap drivers/gas tank side.

you took the top cone bump stops out? did you get a lot of road noise/vibrations?

 

[absalom]

The Toytec Superflexes are reportedly a great alternative to the LC if you're looking for slightly less height in the rear.

 

[kingin]

you took the top cone bump stops out? did you get a lot of road noise/vibrations?

No extra road noise or vibrations running LT285/70/17 E rated tires and actually rides fairly nice compared to my 96 4r at stock height with lt265/70/16 C rated.

 

[thaemcee2]

So now that Im driving around i have a bit of vibrations and noise that I can hear and feel through the floor above 45mph or so...seems to be more so when I am on the gas..hoping its not the u joint and more the fact that:
I cant get an alignment done cause my I/O tie rods are seized! So now untill i replace them can I do the alignment to see if it was the lack of alignment causing the noise/vibes..it sounds and feels similar to unbalanced tires but they were perfect before the eibach/5100s went in
additionally, my D side cv boot has a tiny bit of fluid showing near the clamp..the ridges of the boot arent touching so it cant be too bad, ill take a photo of what I mean..guess even with the 1" diff drop it wasnt enough, so either Im taking out the 1/4" top spacer from D side or lowering the 5100s to bottom perch from 2nd..dont wanna ruin cv's..hopefully once I can align it the noise will go down...

 

[Rsmitty1183]

If you reboot the leaking cv immediately you should be fine. I have the same setup in the front w/ the 2nd perch too. Both my cv leaked right after I lifted (they were originals though so the rubber was 14 yo.) I pulled them and put in new NAPA cv. They have been holding up fine and I've gone up and down the eastern seaboard twice so far. They probably wont last as long, but I rebooted the OEM CVs and have them as backup.

 

[thaemcee2]

If you reboot the leaking cv immediately you should be fine. I have the same setup in the front w/ the 2nd perch too. Both my cv leaked right after I lifted (they were originals though so the rubber was 14 yo.) I pulled them and put in new NAPA cv. They have been holding up fine and I've gone up and down the eastern seaboard twice so far. They probably wont last as long, but I rebooted the OEM CVs and have them as backup.

Thanks for the input...I am thinking to just get rid of that 1/4" top plate spacer and if my D side is a little lower than P side in the front oh well..I dont want to deal with ruining CVs and having to worry about them all the time....glad i got that diff drop i woulda def lost both CVs without it

I hope that the spacer removal combined with the alignment outta wack is what is making all this damn road noise...I am away now but will take pics soon...now i need new Inner/outer tie rod ends before I can even do the alignment...I am so pissed its annoying and sounds really $hitty I hope the alignment and removal of spacer alleviates the noise/vibes...if I must do CVs ill try to stay OEM but heard napas are decent too...

 

[HiluxSurf SSR-G]

To those with eibach coils Tundra 5100 (2nd perch):

What is the vertical distance from the center of the hub to the bottom of your fender?

Thanks

 

[thaemcee2]

To those with eibach coils Tundra 5100 (2nd perch):

What is the vertical distance from the center of the hub to the bottom of your fender?

Thanks

I didn't get the best measurement but I was around 24"...I am thinking of going to first perch after seeing my inner CV boots..the ridges/flutes are touching, so I gotta go down..plus 23" is the max you wanna go up front from what I have gathered...