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It's finally time for me to order my lift. I have some extra money and that's what my truck is missing to me. Going from a 7" Lift and 35" Tires down to a stock truck is really killing me right now. Here are my questions :
Would it be to my advantage to buy my friends Coil setup off his '01? Now he does have a V6 instead of a 4cyl like mine. Would buying this give me any extra amount of lift? I'm buying them from him for only $25 w/ the Bilstein shocks and 18,000 miles on them. They haven't been offroad at all.
My next question would be is how much lift should I buy from Dave? I don't want to go to large though because I'm only running 31" tires. I was thinking about the 2" lift. The V6 coils should give me an extra 1/2" of lift I'm thinking and the AAL for the 2" is the same as the 2.5" so the truck should sit about level. Am I correct?
How many different types of Bilsteins are there? I know that just about everyone on here uses the 5100 or 5150 series, but are those the only ones. What type come with the stock coils for a tacoma? I would like to buy Bilsteins for the rear of the truck as well. Would is just be better to buy the 5100 because they come in a longer length for the lift?
Since I'm going to have a completely new coil setup for the truck. How hard would it be to make it so I can just take out the old and put in the new one? I have heard all you need is a top plate (I think) or can I use the one off the old coil setup when I remove it?
I think that's about all I have for my suspension questions at the moment.I'm sure I will have more as this goes along. Thanks in advanced.
Chris
Would it be to my advantage to buy my friends Coil setup off his '01? Now he does have a V6 instead of a 4cyl like mine. Would buying this give me any extra amount of lift? I'm buying them from him for only $25 w/ the Bilstein shocks and 18,000 miles on them. They haven't been offroad at all.
My next question would be is how much lift should I buy from Dave? I don't want to go to large though because I'm only running 31" tires. I was thinking about the 2" lift. The V6 coils should give me an extra 1/2" of lift I'm thinking and the AAL for the 2" is the same as the 2.5" so the truck should sit about level. Am I correct?
How many different types of Bilsteins are there? I know that just about everyone on here uses the 5100 or 5150 series, but are those the only ones. What type come with the stock coils for a tacoma? I would like to buy Bilsteins for the rear of the truck as well. Would is just be better to buy the 5100 because they come in a longer length for the lift?
Since I'm going to have a completely new coil setup for the truck. How hard would it be to make it so I can just take out the old and put in the new one? I have heard all you need is a top plate (I think) or can I use the one off the old coil setup when I remove it?
I think that's about all I have for my suspension questions at the moment.I'm sure I will have more as this goes along. Thanks in advanced.
Chris