SoCal BS Thread

[Samurguy]

Oof, hate to interrupt the game of thrones discussion.

Anyone else having their 700lb coils sag? I mean, my truck is heavy with plate bumper, and ifs skid, but I know some of you guys run way more, and I don’t have a winch. I’ve cranked the coils up, but I’m still 1” of taco lean. I know too much preload is a symptom of too light a spring, but I think maybe these springs are just shot. Don’t know anyone running more than a 700. They do have over 40,000 miles on them and were repowdercoated.

 

[Itaro]

Oof, hate to interrupt the game of thrones discussion.

Anyone else having their 700lb coils sag? I mean, my truck is heavy with plate bumper, and ifs skid, but I know some of you guys run way more, and I don’t have a winch. I’ve cranked the coil up on the driver side over double what the passenger side is, but I’m still 1” of taco lean. I know too much preload is a symptom of too light a spring, but I think maybe these springs are just shot. Don’t know anyone running more than a 700. They do have over 40,000 miles on them and were repowdercoated.

Take a pic of the two sides and post them for comparison

 

[4runner DOA]

Oof, hate to interrupt the game of thrones discussion.

Anyone else having their 700lb coils sag? I mean, my truck is heavy with plate bumper, and ifs skid, but I know some of you guys run way more, and I don’t have a winch. I’ve cranked the coil up on the driver side over double what the passenger side is, but I’m still 1” of taco lean. I know too much preload is a symptom of too light a spring, but I think maybe these springs are just shot. Don’t know anyone running more than a 700. They do have over 40,000 miles on them and were repowdercoated.

What's your measurements from middle of the hub to the fender on both sides?

 

[Tetten]

Oof, hate to interrupt the game of thrones discussion.

Anyone else having their 700lb coils sag? I mean, my truck is heavy with plate bumper, and ifs skid, but I know some of you guys run way more, and I don’t have a winch. I’ve cranked the coil up on the driver side over double what the passenger side is, but I’m still 1” of taco lean. I know too much preload is a symptom of too light a spring, but I think maybe these springs are just shot. Don’t know anyone running more than a 700. They do have over 40,000 miles on them and were repowdercoated.

Sounds like one of your springs or both are bad, you shouldn't have much preload at all with 700s

 

[GreenMachine]

Was out in little dunes yesterday in 29 palms and when going up over some it felt like the truck computer was taking over and taking power away. Idk how to completely describe it but has anyone else felt that. The rpms were going down instead of up so I wasn’t spinning the tires. Was I just bogging out?

 

[Itaro]

Was out in little dunes yesterday in 29 palms and when going up over some it felt like the truck computer was taking over and taking power away. Idk how to completely describe it but has anyone else felt that. The rpms were going down instead of up so I wasn’t spinning the tires. Was I just bogging out? View attachment 7329View attachment 7330

Were all the nannies turned off?

 

[Samurguy]

Take a pic of the two sides and post them for comparison

What's your measurements from middle of the hub to the fender on both sides?

Sounds like one of your springs or both are bad, you shouldn't have much preload at all with 700s

I take it back, I thought my driver side had a lot more preload than the passenger side, but it’s not so bad, I need more sleep. I don’t have hub to fender measurements. Top out of the shock is a little harsh which is why I don’t want to add much more preload. Springs are Eibach.

You can see the marks where I adjusted them down because at 0 preload they weren’t setting the ride height at all. First pic is passenger, second is driver.

 

[Itaro]

Holy fuck batman

 

[GreenMachine]

Were all the nannies turned off?

Traction control off. RSCA off. What else is there?

 

[4runner DOA]

Holy fuck batman

I've got more than that, but I'm also a lot heavier.

 

[madtaco461]

Traction control off. RSCA off. What else is there?

Only rode in a handful of 4x4 trucks at ocotillo wells, but some of the guys will manually hold back the gears so they don't upshift too. Most steep sand hills that aren't that fast will hold back the transmission to 2nd.

 

[Samurguy]

I've got more than that, but I'm also a lot heavier.

Yeah I think these springs might be on their way out. But I think I'll just crank on the driverside a little bit more for now, not worth it to buy a new set just yet. There used to be some chart that showed how many inches king coil springs could compress before binding, but I can't seem to find it. In reality I can live with a little more preload as long as I avoid harsh top outs.

 

[Mike_taco4x4]

Finally hooked these guys up. Been sitting in my center console for years.

 

[SlashX]

Finally hooked these guys up. Been sitting in my center console for years. View attachment 7352

Hooked up for the Lexis?

 

[Mike_taco4x4]

Hooked up for the Lexis?

Lol. Dont need em for the lexus. Those shitty tires i got just drain themselves.

 

[4runner DOA]

Finally hooked these guys up. Been sitting in my center console for years. View attachment 7352

I've got a set of those I haven't set up yet too. Haha.

 

[SlashX]

I think we all have them. I've used them once.

 

[AssBurns]

Those things suck ass. I owned a set and hated them. My dad has a set of nice ones but even he ditched them for the Currie deflator tool. The deflator tool is faster than those auto deflator too. I got mine at the expo for $25

 

[4runner DOA]

Those things suck ass. I owned a set and hated them. My dad has a set of nice ones but even he ditched them for the Currie deflator tool. The deflator tool is faster than those auto deflator too. I got mine at the expo for $25

I've got a deflator tool, which is why I haven't bothered with these yet.

 

[Mike_taco4x4]

Those things suck ass. I owned a set and hated them. My dad has a set of nice ones but even he ditched them for the Currie deflator tool. The deflator tool is faster than those auto deflator too. I got mine at the expo for $25

Yeah those are better. Im too poor to spend $25