I need to replace my shocks on my truck, but I have a question about the "springs" or coils that people put over them.

I was looking at the Bilstein 5100 series.

What is the difference with the springs over the shock? Are coilovers the same thing? (they allow you to adjust the pressure?)

I was just wondering because I see some guys have the coils over the shocks and didn't really know why.

Also, is it true that you can take out the leaf springs and use coil springs in the rear? If not, what are coils in the rear for?

 

If you're asking about the '93 truck in your signature line, then you can't use coilovers without completely rebuilding your suspension. You have torsion bars as springs instead of coils. The Bilsteins you're asking about will work fine on your truck, as long as you get the ones made to fit it.

You might be seeing a lot of coils on the fronts of Tacomas and newer 4Runners. These are strut-type suspensions, and are a bit different than coilovers. They're also completely different than your front suspension.

The rear coils that you might be refering to, are you seeing those in the '96 and newer 4Runners? That's how they came from the factory. It would take a lot of work, money, cutting, and welding to swap a setup like that into your rig.

Hope this helps.

 

i put coil on top of my leafs to get ride of the saggy rear prob and got moor lift than i want now i have to lift the frunt of my 88 4runner as for shocks i went to summit racing and looked in the clearince bin and got 4 shock for 100 bucks and they are for 0 to 4 in of lift

 

Thanks Beater....just what I needed to know. Just wanted to know if it was an option.