Tacoma rear springs with heavy load

versatilestyle87

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My taco currently has a shackle lift in the rear with worn out stock springs. I plan on getting the 2" lift OME springs and shocks for the rear and leaving the front as it sits now on spacers. Maybe later I'll upgrade that. The thing is that I carry a lot in the back of my truck. I have a camper shell and a wooden platform built in the bed to sleep on and store my gear under. And I have a LOT of gear so it always sags when loaded. My question is should I get heavy duty OME springs or just go with the medium duty's and add some helper bags? I don't want it to ride like :poop: when I'm not loaded but I work out west in the summer so it's a long drive out there with a heavy load.
 
I recently got the 2" OME lift front and rear. Front 881 coils and shocks and in the rear OME Dakar leafs and OME shocks. These were both rated heavy duty. I have a 03 Tacoma and got the setup at East Coast gear suopply and it rides great.
 
Do you have any pictures of the lift? How does it ride compared to stock? How much do you have in the bed usually? I am also planning on getting something like this http://www.suspensionconnection.com/cgi-bin/suscon/2407.html which is why I wonder if I should just get medium or light duty springs for a cadillac ride. I am planning on getting the lift from ECGS too as they just did excellent work on my rear end.
 
Just spoke to the OME tech guy and he clarified that "heavy duty" or "light duty" only applies to the front springs. The rear springs are the same regardless.
 
I have also read a post in expeditionportal.com, Where a one member had the OME lift front and rear and wanted to use his Tacoma as an expedition vehicle which led him to carry more in his bed and he just added an extra leaf which is an option from OME, and he said it helped level out the truck with a load and also didn't really effect the ride. I'll see if I have a picture of my truck with the lift.
 
2" OME lift, 265/75-16 tires
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I haven't driven it with it loaded yet so I don't know how much it would sag with a lot of weight. The tires I put on are Falkan Rocky Mountain AT, and they are a heavier tire so the gas milage went down just a little.
 
I went with the greasable bushing kit but didn,t get the greasable shackle kit.
 
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