Re: Trailmaster 2.5 (prt t4502)
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Originally Posted by sirhk100
Just an FYI... Personal experience wise. I'll be up front, I'm one of the R&D guys at Trailmaster and Performance Accessories. On this particular truck if you put the brake pedal to the floor without the shock brackets our "personal opinions" was that the rear shock was topping out and making the rear of the truck really "light" feeling and in a few instances it tried to come around on us and was a handfull to keep straight. Especially in panick braking during cornering. We relocated the shocks with those brackets and it made the sketchy rear end action during hard braking go away. It was just a "personal experience" that we weren't comfy with so we included those two brackets. Just a FYI, that's where those came from and why they're in the kit...
Khris
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Sounds like a typical response from blocks in the back. Nice solution. You can also install taller shocks in the rear to accomplish the same thing.
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07 DC SR5 TRD 4x4 5.7 TRD exhaust, 35K miles, 17 mpg city after battery disconnect reset & removing extra (charcoal?) air filter. Truxedo Lo-Pro with deck rails.
Front Susp: Stock coilovers, 4" lift ( http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forum...6-4-inch-lift/), just swapped extra spacers for Bilstein 5100s on lowest setting, wheel well height still 41.5."
Rear Susp: ProComp ES3000 #326510 (2.25" taller than stock), 1.25" blocks plus PRG mini-pack ( http://www.tundrasolutions.com/forum...and-new-truck/) gives 2.25" total lift, parking brake cable bracket spacers, wheel well height 43."
Front diff and rear ds drop; trailer hitch electrical harness tucked up above bumper.
After 20K miles swapped 305/65/18 BFG AT for 285/75/18 Toyo AT, still on stock 18x8x60 offset TRD wheels, about 1/8" clearance to sway bar. Like the extra height but miss the width. Next time either 305/70/18 or 35x12.50/18.
Added 5th 285/75/18 Toyo AT as spare. Foam pad above spare to help with bed bounce.
Bed Bounce: Stiffer E-tires are worse than stock P-metric; biggest improvement from PRG mini-pack, slight improvement from shocks and foam pad above spare. Still a stiff ride but tolerable now.
Best things about this truck: 5.7 and transmission, interior size and comfort, very quiet at high speed.
Worst things about this truck: bed bounce, no VSC in 4wd, mileage sucks above 70.
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