fit out of new 200 series

Phil,
New car feeling is great.
The 200 has a remarkable wheel travel as stock. Suggest that the 'lift' you are referring to shoul only be as a default when upgrading the shocks and springs.
Many a topic has been had wether to go OME or Lovells or another, leave that to be researched and debated separately. A 'lift' in using the upgrade above would give you 50mm or so depending on the selected system. No more is needed.
Snorkel etc are your choice, nothing to do with a 200 as such.
As to descending, not sure why you are concerned, or what the question is. The 200 will do it as good or better than what you previously had. All you beed is a good set of rubber, but again that is not a 200 specific thing.

Enjoy
CJ

You might think about a GVM upgrade before you get it registered, apparently it is easier to get it approved.

Hi Phil.
I have 2 200 series, one is fitted with heavy duty King springs on the rear with Dobinson shocks, and a medium spring and shock on the front, this car has an alloy bull bar. With this combo you will need to put weight in or on the rear, believe me the ride is sensational and still going strong after 2 years of pretty hard work.

The other has Drummond motor sport front springs and shocks, the rear are King springs and Drummond motor sport shocks, I was given these to try for the manufacturer at no cost. These shocks have 22 adjust settings, however they are hard to adjust to the work I do ( 50 / 50 ) dirt tar, with the dirt road deteriorating over the year, how ever they are still ok, this car has a steel bull bar and you could adjust the rear shock instead of putting weight in the rear.

The price for the first set with wheel alignment was $1900.

The price for the second one would have been $5200, there is not $3300 difference in set up in fact it is not even close.

As for snorkel the better of the 2 is the Safari as the TJM one is crap in the set up and in my opinion looks.

I have just put 285 70 17 Wranglers on one and they bring the speedo to exact, they lift it a bit more but are a little noisy.

Guys, Forgive my ignorance but honestly, I would like to understand.
Why is any lift or upgrade needed at all? There was no mention of carrying excessive loads or the like and I thought Toyota had got the 200 Series pretty right.

My young bloke just bought a second hand 2012 (I think) 200. It came with a steel winch bar and 8000 lb Warn winch and a snorkel.
He has added a roof rack and also bought a Jayco expander caravan. About a 16'er. With his 3 kids, camping gear and the van loaded and hooked up he wasn't happy with the ride height so has just had a 2" lift kit fitted. OME I think. I took it for a quick blast around the block and it seems to ride fine when empty. No complaints from his cook or kids either.
I don't think he had a GVM upgrade done, just the lift, but maybe the rear springs have a higher rating anyway.

Cheers
Pop

Just on payload....Toyota have full fuel tanks built into their tare specs (apparently, some other popular makes don't).

With the 200 series I would consider getting the front suspension upgraded as it is a bit marginal. My brother bought a new 200 series Sahara in March this year and he fitted a half ARB wiinch bar and winch and by June with only a few thousand kms on it, it had started to sag.

By Aug the front suspension had gone - could have been replaced under warranty but he opted for a full aftermarket kit which is holding up quite well and he is quite happy with his 200.

Garry