I just installed a rear set of Blue Sumo springs on my stock 21 Trd OR. I did not have to use a jack to install them. It was very easy. I had about 1” of clearance.,Yes get a long 19mm socket on an impact driver to help. I found where Toyota specs 52 ft/lbs of torque for the leaf spring retainer nuts. I did this & added a little blue Locktite too. 52 seemed pretty darn tight with my 1/2” torque wrench. If you go too high, you could damage the threads.
Have the sumos on my stock suspension Tacoma, love em! I have a topper and they really slow down the the rear end in the whoops and soften the blow when you do fully compress the suspension
Nice! Even with an empty bed I notice them catching the bed on the way down hitting large bumps at speed. They'll really get tested when I eventually have the extra weight of a topper or bed rack in the rear. Thanks for watching!
This is good info. I saw on a forum some guy trying to say if you have a camper shell you won't be able to get them on and the ride will be too rough. That said, the Sumo Spring he was talking about had 5 donuts instead of 4. Anyway, thanks. This is useful.
I like this. Do they make them for U bolt flip kits? I would recommend you install a u bolt flip kit as well. No need to have anything hanging under the rear axle. @supersprings
Thanks for the suggestion! I spoke with the team at SuperSprings and they said I'll retain some articulation without the spacer, which is nice because I go offroading more than I haul or tow. If not, I'll look into the 2nd gen ones or getting a spacer for them. Thanks for watching!
How much lift do you have, I have a 2016, 3rd gen. with 3" blocks in back, wonder what set up I should get, sure drops down with 14' trailer and side by side on trailer.
I have 2" lift. If you're looking to get some SumoSprings specifically to reduce sag I'd hit them up and see what they recommend. They'll probably recommend a spacer & possibly a higher spring rate.
I believe the real torque spec of the rear bolts is 52 ft lbs. Toyota I think acknowledged there was a typo in the maintenance documentation that had been corrected. I used 60. Rechecked at 500 and 1000 miles.
Helps to smooth out the ride and support any load you have in the bed when hauling/towing. Check out my review video to see them in action! Thanks for watching.
The ones in this video are for 2016 or newer Tacoma. They also make the SumoSprings for 2005-2015 (2nd gen) Tacomas. I don't think they have SumoSprings for 1st gen Tacomas, but they make SuperSprings, which are a different, leaf spring like product meant to serve a similar purpose.
I think the Timbren only have two "rates" to them whereas these are progressive throughout the whole spring. Meaning the sumo springs have more rates/levels (the bumps) that in theory would be smoother. This is just off the top of my head, I haven't used Timbren to be able to speak to their performance.
