Bilstein Shock Absorber Upgrade - 2016 Toyota Tacoma Long-Term Road Test

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Bilstein Shock Absorber Upgrade - 2016 Toyota Tacoma Long-Term Road Test

The failure of our long-term 2016 Toyota Tacoma's shock absorbers during a desert torture test led us to our latest upgrade: high-capacity Bilstein shock absorbers.

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s197gt

Planning a return trip to Death Valley next year to hike up and sleep overnight on Telescope Peak with some buddies. I want to get out to the Racetrack some time, good to know about the washboard road. No doubt will be hard on whatever rental vehicle I have...

I thought it was bad enough when we my wife and I took the rental Rav4 on Titus Canyon Rd (drove fine afterwards); but the road out to the Racetrack sounds much worse. We ran out of time and didn't get out there.

Anyway, sounds a bit more difficult than the four shock-swap I did on my old '01 Ranger. Except mine were so shot and rusted I basically cut the top nuts off the fronts to replace them.

Nice parts there, though...

mrhp

Does this mean we'll see a rematch of Tacoma vs. Death Valley, with the Colorado ZR2 as a new challenger?

bgsntth

You must also include the Discovery in this trip back to Death Valley.

longtimelurker

Wow - another grand so that your off-road-package pickup can actually go off road. This vehicle is less impressive every time I see an update.

actualsize

mrhp said:

Does this mean we'll see a rematch of Tacoma vs. Death Valley, with the Colorado ZR2 as a new challenger?

That is exactly what it means.

radiodeluxe

One thousand bucks without labor for 4 heavy-duty shock absorbers.................