1st Gen Toyota Tacoma 1995-2004 Shocks, Coil, Leaf Spring Replacement

1st Gen Toyota Tacoma 1995-2004 Shocks, Coil, Leaf Spring Replacement - Bilstein + ARB OME = 2" Lift

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video, we're replacing the worn out shocks, coils, and leaf springs on Mike's 2000 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 Base model truck. While the 1st gen year models run from 1995-2004, these parts seem to be specific to 1998-2004, so you may want to double check your part numbers if you have a 95-98 model.
On the front of the truck, we are replacing the factor coils with ARB Old Man Emu (OME) 880X coils. We were hoping to find that these coils were taller than factory, but they were very close to the same height. Luckily, the Bilstein 5100 Series shock 24-249928 provided an adjustment circlip that allowed us to adjust 2" inches of lift on the front.
This will be a 3 part series. In videos 2 and 3 we will explore the ARB OME Rear Leaf Springs EL122RA and EL122RB, with new Bilstein 5100s 33-247717. The kit we purchased came with an exhaust bracket ARB OMB FK21 that we will install, as well.
Background Music "Vera Calm" by Divide by Nine used under license of Apple iMovie.

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@hatedcritic8066 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see a realistic scenario with two guys working on a truck together. My 99 Taco thanks you.

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

@Chris-zp6eh Жыл бұрын

Same. I have a 97. Same color and everything. This is exactly what I’m looking to do. You got a like after the Will and Jada comments😂😂 your my type of people.

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 Жыл бұрын

Hehe! Fun times!

@chrissheets1707 3 ай бұрын

5:29 😮😮

@Alphawolf2325 2 жыл бұрын

This is very well documented, and for what appears to be a 98-00 tacoma as well. Which is perfect for me. Thank you guys for posting this as it really helps me decide what I want to go after when lifting my 98 tacoma 4x4

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope to get the 2nd video out soon. My buddy’s Tacoma is still sitting on the side of the house waiting for the back end to get lifted. I’m sure the neighbors are thinking that we’re going for the “squatted” look like the kids, but that is certainly not the case! Please let us know how your project goes! Thank!

@Anonymouso283 Жыл бұрын

Freaking great video!!!!!! Great camera quality and great shots of everything. Super helpful. Big thumbs up 👍 thanks guys!!!

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! Glad to help! Make sure to read the other comments, as there are some nuggets of wisdom in there as well, from a safety standpoint.

@bigsavage415 Жыл бұрын

Great job. Really well detailed you the man

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That’s very kind!

@Louis-lv7wt Ай бұрын

nice video. You know guys. Gloves are cheap. and I wont even touch a car without them. Got tired of the scratches, and knuckle busters!

@albertsylvester2981 Жыл бұрын

THIS TRUCK IS THE BEST I HAVE THE SAME TRUCK JUST BUT RIMS FOR IT 17X9 WITH 275 70 17 LOOKS GREAT

@MrBluoct 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rear spring video …

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 2 жыл бұрын

It’s coming! Work and other activities have prevented us from working on it, but it will be done very soon!

@jacoblehman2873 2 жыл бұрын

REPLACE THE UPPER BALLJOINTS BEFORE THEY FAIL!! me and my brother lifted the front end of our trucks (my 99 Tacoma and his 98 4Runner) and had to use a jack on the upper control arm to get the lower shock mount in and all the extra tension cause the old joints do fail ripping the axle out and dragging the wheel under the vehicle causing a lot of damage also it rips the brake line so you lose brakes as well. It Happened to me 2 separate times 2 different sides same with my brother. I would recommend loosening both control arms upper and lower and tightening them back up at the new angle to help with the stress also moog makes excellent ball joints unless you go oem but definitely worth the $50 and a few hours of work to prevent that from happening I was going 80mph on the freeway going over a bridge when it happened to me the first time I almost died so I just wanted to let you know the danger. I’m currently replacing my suspension with the bilstine 5100’s aswell and I just got some icon upper control arms to fix those issues along with the geometry of the wheels best of luck and stay safe out there!

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jacob, thanks for the warning! I never thought of that and I really appreciate your advice. We will definitely do that before we take her out at highway speeds.

@Hpynos2010 Жыл бұрын

Temporarily disconnecting the front sway bar may have given you enough slack to drop that lower control arm a bit more to get the lower shock mount in.

@mlb6d9 6 ай бұрын

LOL - Yeah, I learned that the hard way the first time I replace my struts. Fussed and sweated several hours and called a mechanic friend and that was his first question ;-)

@andrewm.4168 3 ай бұрын

That washer did nothing to extend the bump stop, lol.

@bradleysleep9865 Жыл бұрын

Hi guys, thx for the video. I see that you printed out some Toyota 'service manual' pages. I can't seem to find anything to print out. If you have any advice please lemme know, thx!

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 Жыл бұрын

I could not find any torque specs from ARB on their website, so any torque specs are from the Toyota Factory Service Manual.

@bradleysleep9865 Жыл бұрын

@@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 I found a relatively inexpensive download on Ebay, other wise couldn't find anything from Toyota. Thx David.

@christianclark2656 Жыл бұрын

Hey where did y’all get the 101 ft lbs from? I’ve read both 101 and 67

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 Жыл бұрын

The factory service manual

@Californication0309 3 ай бұрын

How was the ride ? Was it stiff? I have same 5100 but lower setting haven’t change it till I now how stiff will go

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 3 ай бұрын

I reached out to Mike, the truck owner, with your question. Here is his response: If I could redo it I would drop it a half inch to take pressure off the ball joints and it would still be level. Could probably even go the one inch setting and half close to level or maybe a half inch of rake. It’s only still at crawling speeds on rough ground. You speed up.. it butters out.

@chulhochang 14 күн бұрын

did you guys end up using the same bushings? mine's not looking great, but neither does yours... does it just look bad but is fully functional?

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 13 күн бұрын

No, we used all new OME bushings. Which aection looks bad? Sorry. It’s been a minute since i’ve seen this video. Can you point me to a time?

@chulhochang 13 күн бұрын

@@budgetprojectsbydavid5263@17:24, looks like you guys put back on the old top bushing, after saying that you only bought the spring+shocks and the other OE parts you guys didn’t buy/aren’t replacing looks to be still in good shape. Mine looks a little worse than yours, and I’ve been contemplating whether or not to replace that bushing or not. The part that Toyota says is the OEM actually doesn’t look like the old OEM part.

@levigarrett5614 2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me who you got the parts from?

@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 2 жыл бұрын

The shocks and leaf springs were from eBay, the other parts you should be able to find by google searching the part numbers we provided.

@levigarrett5614 2 жыл бұрын

@@budgetprojectsbydavid5263 thanks.

@levigarrett5614 Жыл бұрын

David, it's been a number of months since I saw your video here and did the lift. I'm super happy with how mine came out. I used eibach lift coils instead of ome, no particular reason other than price maybe. Anyways, since then I've replaced all the balljoints and tie rods. They were done and after the lift they decayed severely. They were the original and almost 260k on them so it was time anyway. Tell your friend he should probably swap those out before one busts. Thanks again for the info and videos.