How many miles were on your truck before you put in brand new suspension?
Also, where are OME882's listed on the Tacoma application page by ARB? Getting back to what ObGobOobaleeney was saying.
http://www.arbusa.com/uploads/PDF/accessorizeYourRig/toyotaTacoma.pdf
Do tell, what is the application for 882's? ARBUSA sure stocks a bunch of them, is there that many Prado 90's in the Americas market?
I won't speak for all the other shops that list he 882 as the 'heavy' option for Tacoma's or 4Runners but there is a reason I offer it, because I got sick of the winch/bumper equipped trucks with 881's complaining about the 1.5" or less lift they were getting out of 2" advertised suspension. You'll find plenty satisfied with the 882's, that speaks for itself no? The spring rate (ride quality) is the virtually the same, so if czenkov's complaints were purely height then yeah its a no brainer the 881's would be the better option.
The ARB application guides are a great staring point, but they are incomplete/outdated in some instances and in those cases, experience trumps. Take for instance the OME 881 coils, in 2002 OME listed them as a
1.75" heavy load Tacoma lift, but by 2004/06 they were back to calling them a
1.50" heavy load lift (feedback from customers?), now we are currently back to calling the same coils (specs have not changed per the application guide) a
2.00" lift. Likewise on the 4Runner, the 881 was advertised as
1.25" with a "heavy" load, its most recently advertised as
1.75". I'd be interested to know how this variance came to be because in my many installs the older advertised heights we par not exceptions.
May sound trivial to discuss 1/2" of difference but I can assure you that a customer whom thinks he's getting 2"
with load isn't too happy when they are getting just over an inch when loaded after a years use. Combine that with a net of 3" unloaded out of an advertised 2.25" in the back and the rake is unbearable for many. I've run the 881's on my personal Tacoma with an ARB bar and 9k winch, under the 110-220 lb load recommendation and I can promise you that after 6 months I did not get 2" of lift out of them, 1.5" would have been nice even. As customers continue to build, modify and use these trucks, they are getting heavier and heavier particularly permanent mods in the front. While the back loads are transient, loaded when on trips, the fronts are often constants. It used to be a bar and a winch, maybe a couple lights. Now its dual batteries, motor swaps, shower systems, welder systems, compressors. Vendors have responded to that and imo the 'heavy 881' has morphed to the medium option and the 882 has proven to be a successful heavy option for many. If you want a list of other things that are missing or incomplete from ARB's application guides I'd be happy to forward them your way
