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Old Man Emu 3-Inch Medium Load Suspension Lift Kit (05-23 Tacoma)

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      Merideth: If you're looking to revamp your suspension and gain some extra ground clearance in the meantime, this Old Man EMU 3" Medium Load Suspension Lift Kit will be a good option to take a look into for your 2005 or newer Toyota Tacoma. This full-suspension kit will be great for you if you want a full replacement to the main components of your suspension, including your shocks and springs, to not only update those older components, but to gain some better performance for your off and on-road adventures. Now, not to mention, if you're looking for a lift kit that's going to accommodate up to a 33-inch tire, this kit will do just that, and help when it comes to performance and aesthetics.This kit will feature front struts and springs, as well as rear leaf springs and rear shocks, being more than your average suspension lift kit without going over the top with a coil-over or an adjustable setup. This is going to be right in the middle, getting all of the necessary components, and again, giving 'em that refresh that they may need. Now, with these components combined, you're gonna gain some better ground clearance to get over obstacles a little bit easier, a better stance to help the truck aesthetically and fit up to that 33-inch tire, and a more responsive ride, while remaining very comfortable for day-to-day driving.When it comes to the build of this kit, you can trust that these components are gonna be tough and made to last. Now, the kit will feature Old Man Emu's Nitro Charger sport shocks and struts, and will include a durable monotube design and velocity-sensitive valving for better handling and comfort. Now, they're also gonna have a steel shock body and a bright yellow powder coat to protect the steel underneath that you just can't miss. Now, the springs will also have a durable build while helping with the quality of the ride and offering an increased load capacity, great for any heavier cargo and overlanding trips. Now, one thing that I would be aware of is your upper control arms. I would recommend taking a look at a set to accommodate for the added 3 inches of height. However, the rest of the kit will come with everything you need in order to install it on the truck.Now, when it comes to pricing, this is gonna come in at roughly $1,900, putting this at a little bit more of a premium price point. Now, I personally really like this kit because not only does it include the replacement shock struts and coils, but it's also going to include the rear leaf springs in the back. Now, not only is that going to help out your performance with the extra load capacity in the back that these are able to handle, but again, it is going to give a nice refresh to your suspension. So, I personally think if you have the extra couple bucks, you're looking for a high-quality lift kit that's, again, going to give you that performance that you're looking for with a comfortable ride on road, then this is gonna be a great option.Now, install will be more challenging than most, at a 3 out of 3 three wrenches on the difficulty meter, taking you roughly six hours to get the job done. And I would recommend getting alignment after this kit is installed. However, that is going to wrap it up for me. Let's go ahead and head over to the shop and check out a detailed breakdown of the process step by step. So, let's get into it.Man 1: Tools required for this install include a couple different-sized air guns, an impact gun, an electric ratchet, needle nose pliers, a pair of vice grips, a prybar, a 17, 19, and 14-millimeter ratcheting wrench, a 17 and 19-millimeter wrench, a hand ratchet, an extension, a clip remover tool, a rubber mallet, a hammer, a 6-millimeter Allen bit, a 21, 19, 17, 14, 12, and 10-millimeter socket, a couple different-sized swivel adapters, as well as a spring compressor, and pole jacks or jack stands.What's up, guys? Today we're installing a lift kit on our Tacoma, so let's get started. So, our first step is to remove our brake line bracket from our knuckle that's held in by a 12-millimeter bolt. So we'll grab a 12-millimeter socket to take that out. Then we'll just pop our bracket out of the way and throw our bolt back into the knuckle so we don't lose it. Now, right above that bolt we removed for our brake line bracket, we can remove the 17-millimeter nut on our sway bar end link. So, you can take a 17-millimeter socket to remove this. If the ball joint starts to spin, you can get in the hex cutout on the stud with the 6-millimeter Allen bit to hold it in place.Next, we can remove our tie rod end. So, we can grab a pair of needle-nose pliers to bend back our cotter pin and remove it. And then once we have our cotter pin removed, we can grab a 19-millimeter socket to remove our castle nut. And then we can leave that on a few threads, and we're gonna take a hammer and bang on the knuckle here to pop our ball joint free. And then we can fully remove our castle nut and slide our tie rod end out of our knuckle.Next, we can remove our upper ball joint from our knuckle. So, once again, we'll get a pair of needle-nose pliers for our cotter pin. And then we can take a 19-millimeter socket to remove the nut. I'm using a swivel adapter here to get in there easier. And then we'll also leave that one on a couple threads. And then we can take our hammer and bang on the knuckle. And then we can fully remove our nut.Next, we can remove our lower strut bolt. So, we're gonna grab a 19-millimeter wrench on our bolt side and a 19-millimeter socket on our nut side to take this out. And then we can tap out our bolt with the hammer. And if that bolt doesn't wanna come out, you can get a pry bar just to get the leverage you need to pull it out. Next, we can take a 14-millimeter ratcheting wrench to remove the 3 nuts at the top of our strut. Now, we're gonna get that back one out first just because it's harder to get to, and the two in the front will hold it in place so that you can just screw it off by hand. Make sure not to drop this into the pit of no return. And then just hold the strut as you take off that last nut.And now with our upper and lower strut mounts removed, we can maneuver our strut out of place. Now, once you have your strut removed on one side, you can repeat that same process on the other side. Now, to remove our upper control arm, the first thing we need to do is remove these two covers. So, it's just held in by a bunch of push clips, so we'll get a clip removal tool just to pop these out. Then next, we have a 10-millimeter bolt that holds in our ABS line bracket. So, now we can grab that 10-millimeter socket to take that bolt out.And now we have the fun task of removing the super-long bolt. So, we'll get a 19-millimeter socket on the nut side and a 19-millimeter wrench on the bolt side to get our nut off. And then we'll pop off our washer. And now we're gonna have to start sliding our bolt behind this inner lip of the fender here. You might have to grab a pair of vice grips to pull back on the metal. So, we'll start feeding that through. Might have to get some wires pushed out of the way. And then we can do that same thing on the other side.Next, we can remove our splash guard. This is held in by a bunch of 10-millimeter bolts. There are two tucked away on the inside of the splash guard on either side, so we'll get those first and then remove the whole bunch of them across the front. So, we'll grab a 10-millimeter socket and take these out. And then we can do that same thing for the two inner bolts on the other side. So, now coming to the front, we can remove the rest of our 10-millimeter bolts. Next, we can remove our skid plate. We've got four 12-millimeter bolts that hold it in, so we'll grab a 12-millimeter socket to take these out. And then we can just pop these off our two hooks and remove it.So, now we can bring our factory strut over to the spring compressor. We're gonna need to transfer over our top hat onto our new strut. So, we'll get it all lined up, and then we can start to compress our spring so that we can remove our top nut and remove our spring and our shock. Once our shock's loose, we can grab a 17-millimeter ratcheting wrench to remove our top nut. And then we'll also get a vice grip on the stud to prevent that from spinning. And once we get to the end of our threads, we'll grab our shock. And then we can relieve tension on our spring. We'll get our new spring in with our top hat and then install our shock and tighten down our new nut.So, now I've got the new spring that's included in our kit. We've dropped our top hat on top of our spring in the same orientation that we took it off of our old one. And now we can compress our spring enough so that we can get our shock into place. So, now we can grab our new shock. We're gonna transfer the lower plate from our stock shock over, and then we can raise this up through our spring. And once we get it through the hole, we'll install our washer and our nut. And then we can grab our 19-millimeter ratcheting wrench and our vice grips for our stud, and tighten down our nut. And then we can start to relieve tension on our spring while making sure that our bottom collar is lining up with the end of our spring. And then we can finish completely tightening down our nut. So, we'll get that same setup as before. And then once you're done with your first strut, you can do that same thing for the other one.So, now we're ready to install our new strut. So, we'll raise that in, snake it behind our sway bar, and we can get our nuts on top. And then just be careful with the one in the back. Next, we can raise our lower control arm up so that we can get our lower strut bolt into place. And then we can get our washer and nut and install that on the other side of our bolt. Now we can grab a 19-millimeter wrench on our bolt side and a 19-millimeter socket on our nut side and tighten that down. Now we can go back up top with a 14-millimeter ratcheting wrench and tighten down our nuts. Now, I like to get the two in the front done first because then you can thread on the one in the back since it's harder to get to, and then just tighten that the rest of the way down.And now we can reconnect our upper control arm to our knuckle. So, we'll remove our castle nut. Gonna slide that in and thread our castle nut onto the bottom of our stud. Next, we can take a 19-millimeter socket to tighten that down. And then we're gonna wanna line up the hole in our stud to the cutouts in our castle nut. You never wanna loosen this, always tighten it. And then we can take our cotter pin, slide that into place.Next, we can reconnect our sway bar end link into the knuckle. So, I'm just gonna pry up on our sway bar to get our end link through. And then we can install our nut on the other side, and tighten that down with a 17-millimeter socket. And then we can reinstall both of our brake line brackets. So, we'll remove that 12-millimeter nut. And then we can tighten that down with a 12-millimeter socket. And then we can reinstall the bracket on our upper control arm. And then we'll take a 10-millimeter socket to tighten that one down.And now we can reconnect our tie rod end. So, we'll remove our castle nut, slide that into place, and then reinstall our nut. And then we'll take our 19-millimeter socket to tighten that down. And then again, same thing we did with the upper control arm, you're gonna tighten this down until you have that gap lined up so that you can get your cotter pin through. And then you can take your needle-nose pliers to bend the ends in opposite directions. Now, at this point, you can repeat that same install procedure on the other side.Next, we can reinstall our skid plate. So, we'll get it up onto our hooks, and then we can reinstall our 12-millimeter bolts. And then we'll tighten these down using our 12-millimeter socket. And then we can reinstall our splash guards. So, we'll get our front bolts in first. And then we'll take our 10-millimeter socket to tighten these down. And then we'll come to the inside on either side of our bumper and reinstall our two remaining bolts. And we'll tighten these down with that same 10-millimeter socket. And then we'll do that same thing on the other side. And now we can reinstall our two covers on each side. We'll just push the clips into place. And we'll do that same thing on the other side.Now, moving on to the rear. To remove our shock, we have a 14-millimeter nut at the top. We also have a piece of the stud up here that we can grab with a set of vice grips to prevent the whole stud from spinning. And then at the bottom, we have a 17-millimeter bolt with a 17-millimeter nut. So we'll take that off with a 17-millimeter socket and wrench.So, now we'll get our 14-millimeter ratcheting wrench onto our nut. And then we'll slide our vice grips onto our stud. And then we can put the vice grips against our frame here to prevent it from spinning, and loosen up our nut. Now we can remove those vice grips and get our nut the rest of the way off. And then we can remove our metal plate and bushing, and then work on our lower shock mount.And now we'll come to our lower shock mount and get a 17-millimeter socket and wrench to remove our bolt. Now, if you have trouble getting this out, you can just compress the shock to remove it, and then we can use a prybar to get it out of our lower mount. And then we can do that same thing on the other side.So, next, we can remove the four nuts that are holding our axle to our leaf spring. You're gonna wanna get a pole jack on each side for this to support the weight of the axle. And then we'll grab a 19-millimeter socket to loosen up these nuts. And then we'll do that same thing on the other side. And now we can just pull up on our U-bolts to remove them. And do the same thing on the other side.So, now that we have our U-bolts removed and our axle supported by a pole jack or jack stands, we can work on getting our leaf springs removed. So, the first thing we have to do is remove the 13-millimeter bolt that holds our e-brake cable bracket onto our leaf spring, and then we can tackle our leaf spring bolts.So, now we can take a 13-millimeter socket to remove the bolt holding our bracket into place. So, we're gonna start at the back here. We have a 19-millimeter nut and a 19-millimeter bolt on the back. We're gonna remove our nut but leave our bolt in place until we're ready to grab a buddy to take the whole leaf spring out. So, I've got a 19-millimeter socket and a wrench, and we'll remove our nut.So, now we're gonna be starting at the rear of our leaf spring. We can remove this bottom bolt. We're just gonna pop the nut off, leave the bolt there until we loosen up the front. And then we'll grab a buddy, and we'll remove the bolts from both sides and lift the leaf spring out. So, we'll get a 19-millimeter socket on our nut side and a 19-millimeter wrench on our bolt side and pop our nut off. And now, moving to the front of our leaf spring mount, we can do that same thing with a 19-millimeter socket and wrench.So, now once you got yourself a buddy, you can pull the bolts out of each side. We'll maneuver our leaf spring out of place, and then we'll do the same thing on the other side. So, now with our factory leaf spring removed, we can transfer over everything we need to our new leaf spring, as well as assemble our bushings. So, we have one side of our bushing that's gonna go in from either side and then we have our rod that's gonna go straight through the middle. And then once we have those in place, we can transfer our bracket over to our new leaf spring, and get this installed into the truck.So, we can grab the first half of our bushing and slide that in from the bottom. And then we'll do that same thing from the top. And then we can get our sleeve and push that right through the two. And then we'll do that same thing on the other side of our leaf spring to assemble it. And then we can transfer over our bracket. So, we'll take a 19-millimeter socket on our bolt side and a 19-millimeter wrench on our nut side to pop that off.And we're just gonna transfer that over in the same orientation as we removed it. Slide our bolt through. And then we'll put our washer and nut on the bottom side. And then we can slide our wrench on there. And we'll tighten that down. And then we can do that same thing for our other leaf spring and get this back into the truck.So, now you can grab your buddy again to help you lift the leaf spring in. We'll get our bolts through to hold it into place, and then we can go back and tighten everything down.Man 2: Push it that way a little bit.Man 1: Now we can reinstall our washer and our nut. And then we'll grab our 19-millimeter wrench on our bolt side and 19-millimeter socket on our nut side and tighten this down. And now we can do that same thing on our front mount. We'll get our 19-millimeter socket and wrench and tighten this down. Now we can reinstall our bump stop from our factory leaf spring. And then we'll reconnect our e-brake cable. So, we'll just thread in that 13-millimeter bolt and then we'll tighten that down with the 13-millimeter socket. Now, at this point, you can repeat that same install procedure to the other side of leaf spring.So, now we can begin to install our U-bolts. Now, before you do that, you're gonna wanna make sure the pin in the bottom of the leaf spring falls into the hole in our axle tubes. When we installed ours, it just sat in there because of the height of our axle. But if not, you're gonna wanna make sure that you get that pin in there.So, then we'll just take our U-clips and U-bolts and slide them over our leaf spring. And then we can get our lower bracket on. And then we'll start installing our flat washers and nuts onto the bottom of our studs. So, now with our nuts threaded on by hand, we can tighten these down with a 22-millimeter socket. We're gonna go in a cross pattern to tighten this down evenly. And then we can do that same thing on the other side.Next, we can install our rear shock. So, we're gonna have to build our bushing. So, we have a flat plate that's gonna go at the bottom followed by a flat bushing. Now, this plate with the raised center is gonna be going on next. And then we'll put that up through the hole. And then we have another flat plate and flat bushing that are gonna go on top. Now we can install our locking nut on the top of our shelf.So, now we can wrestle the bottom of our shock into our shock mount. And we'll get our bolt through. Now, once we get it poking through to the other side, we can take a pry bar and a hammer to tap it the rest of the way through. And then we'll put our washer and nut on the other side. And we'll tighten that down with a 17-millimeter socket and 17-millimeter wrench. And then we'll do that same thing on the other side.Now we can go back up top and take a 17-millimeter ratcheting wrench to tighten down our nut. And then we'll do that same thing on the other side. So, now working our way forward, we can install our drive shaft spacers. So, we're gonna remove these two 14-millimeter bolts. We have a couple new bolts that are longer to replace that, and then we can slide our spacers in. So, I've got a pole jack under our drive shaft, and we can remove our two bolts. Now we can lower our pole jack. Then we'll slide our spacer in with our new bolts with the lock washer and flat washer. We'll do the same thing on the other side. And we can raise our pole jack back up. And then we'll take our 17-millimeter socket to tighten down our 2 bolts.So, that'll wrap up this review and install of the Old Man EMU 3" Medium Load Suspension Lift Kit for your 2005 and newer Tacoma. Thank you for watching. And for all things Tacoma, keep it right here at extremeterrain.com.

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      Features, Description, Reviews, Q&A, Specs & Installation

      Features & Specs

      • Medium Load Suspension Lift Kit
      • Raises Front and Rear by 3 Inches
      • Boosts Off-Road Capabilities
      • Keeps Ride Quality at Factory Levels
      • Hardwearing Steel Front Coil Springs
      • High Strength Steel Rear Leaf Springs
      • Professional Installation Recommended
      • Fits 2005-2023 Toyota Tacoma Models

      Description

      Enhances Road and Trail Performance. Give your Tacoma the capability to take on more aggressive off-road trails without compromising its on-road ride quality with the Old Man Emu 3-Inch Medium Load Suspension Lift Kit. This medium load suspension lift kit is engineered to provide 3 inches of overall lift for Tacomas that do not regularly haul heavy loads. What's more, this lift kit includes components designed to keep your ride quality virtually like factory levels so can continue using your truck as a daily driver.

      Advanced Nitrocharger Sport Front Struts. This suspension lift kit replaces your factory struts with the Nitrocharger Sport front struts. These struts use a nitrogen gas-charged design with tunable dual-stack deflective discs to give you a faster damping response and a more accurate handling feel. What's more, these struts are engineered to work the included lifted springs, helping maintain factory-ride quality and handling control.

      Premium Nitrocharger Sport Rear Shock Absorbers. To match its new handling feel upfront, this suspension lift kit includes a pair of premium Nitrocharger Sport rear shock absorbers. Just like the struts, these shocks utilize a twin-tube nitrogen gas charged to design and tunable dual-stack deflective discs to deliver exceptional handling control and responsive damping. What's more, these rear shocks are built to last using thick-walled tubular steel bodies and chrome-hardened piston rods equipped with durable plastic dust boots.

      Hardwearing Front Coil Springs. This suspension lift kit provides its front lift courtesy of lifted coil springs. These coil springs are tuned specifically for your truck to provide excellent off-road performance that doesn't compromise ride quality. Additionally, these springs are machine-formed from high-quality spring steel and are finished in a protective black powder-coating for long service life.

      High Strength Rear Leaf Springs. For the rear lift, this kit utilizes a pair of lifted leaf springs. These leaf springs are precision-cut and machine-formed from premium steel before undergoing a specialized hardening process for consistent performance. These springs are then finished in the same black powder coating as the coils for exceptional corrosion protection.

      Installation. This suspension lift kit's individual components are designed to install in factory locations on your truck. That said, installation may require the use of a strut compressor which can be hazardous if used improperly. You will also need a complete set of mechanics tools and advanced mechanical skills to make installation more efficient. As such, professional installation is recommended.

      Application. The Old Man Emu 3-Inch Medium Load Suspension Lift Kit fits all 2005-2023 Toyota Tacoma models.

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      Installation & What's in the Box

      Installation Info

      What's in the Box

      • (2) Front Struts
      • (2) Rear Shocks
      • (2) Front Coil Springs
      • (2) Rear Leaf Springs
      • (4) U-Bolts
      • (1) Driveshaft Spacer
      • Installation Hardware
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