hi i have a 99 tacoma with 3" coil spcers and i was just wondering cause if i hit a speed bump pretty fast my shocks get fully extended to where they stop going down is this very bad or no?

 

Stock shocks or did you upgrade?

 

It's certainly not good... the front droop is supposed to be limited by the bumpstops... not the shocks.

 

that's wierd, I though bump stops are supposed to limit compression, not droop..

you are catching air on speed bumps? or are they fully compressing...

 

Tacos don't have droop bumpstops like the early IFS does. Fully extending the shock is not good for it, but not NEARLY as bad as fully compressing it!

 

The shock is what is supposed to stop the travel on a Tacoma. If the shock didn't limit travel then the upper Ball Joint would then stop it which is bad. If you are running a 3" spacer on top of the coilover and not a spacer in between the coil then you are probably hearing your ball joint take a beating when it maxes out before the shock runs out of travel. This probably also answers your question in the other post since this will cause the Ball Joint to hit your coil. If you take the coilover off and have it sitting on the ground, the shock is maxed out with the spring compressed with tension on it pushing on a fully extended shock. It is not the spring that stops the travel since it never gets extended like a coil sprung vehicle and this is why you need spring compressors to take apart the coilover and can't just unbolt them.

 

Oops... you're right. I was picturing the bumpstops on my old '93 4Runner and not my 2002. The 3rd Gen 4Runner droop is indeed limited by the shock (so it would make sense that similar year Taco's would be as well). I agree with Jeep'nTaco... if you're hearing any clunks, it's probably balljoint related. Also, with a lot of additional droop, if you didn't lower your front diff, the outer joints on your CV axles can take a beating too.

 

i figured it out it is my spindle hitting it how bad can this be

 

Spindle hitting the coil by the upper Ball Joint? If so read two posts above again and get rid of the 3" top spacer if that is what you have. It will eventually take out the ball joint and your tire will lay flat on the ground but before that, if it hasn't already, it will pinch the ball joint boot and slice it. The only realistic and safe way to get a 3" lift is an adjustable coilover or drop bracket lift since you shouldn't put much more than a 1/2" spacer on top of the coilover so you would need about a 1 1/4" spacer as well on top of the spring to get a 3" lift and that would ride like crap and the coils might hit together. Here is another thread about it.
http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110876
The spacer lift I have on now after blowing out my Fox coilovers is a Daystar lift and it is a 2 1/2 lift but only has about a 1/2" spacer on top and a 3/4" spacer above the coil and I'm not even close to hitting the coil and the ball joint is not maxing out but it doesn't ride that good.