shocks and suspension
Submitted: Friday, Feb 04, 2005 at 14:30
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stans truck
hi
forum hope you can advise me, have 1999 petrol gas land cruiser cruiser is stock standard except for running boards and rear wheel on the back,want to put 4coils springs and new shocks.At this time no
camp trailer yet but soon will have one ,off road,where to go arb or tjm or pedders all have diffrent ideas pedders say put foam filled shockers and arb say put there system wich is old mam emu gear there shocks are nitrocharger shocks , the load i will carry will be aprox 1000-12000kg when loaded ,most of the time the tojo will be a town 4x4 except once a year for 4weeks in my holidays thanks REGARDS STAN
Reply By: Peter Guy - Friday, Feb 04, 2005 at 17:00
Friday, Feb 04, 2005 at 17:00
I don't know if your weight estimate is correct, but for what its worth, my 7 yo Patrol with 220,000ks on the clock and the original stock standard
suspension and after many trips on long hot rough dirt roads is still going strong. Our off road camper was a heavy duty one - but if you load it right with the weight evenly distributed there appeared to be little impact on the cars
suspension-even with a fair amount of weight in the rear compartment and 4 adult passengers.
I sometimes think that big
suspension upgrades are unnecessary for most people especially when Toyota and Nissan do such a good job in the first place!!!
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Feb 04, 2005 at 17:02
Friday, Feb 04, 2005 at 17:02
You wont go wrong with OME kit.
Aussie wide warranty if needed, some of the best aftersales service too.
Mention to them the weights of your car, and planned trailer etc.
Your best bet is to wait, setup your truck completely, and trailer, go to a weigh
bridge, find the correct weights, tell who ever you get the
suspension from these figures, they can then work out the best solution for you.
We can all guess and suggest, but
yea, do it right do it once.
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