Land Cruiser 100 TD IFS

i gather you mean independant front suspension due to the fact that the
turbo diesel 100 comes out on the same chassis as the V8
well i have seen plenti of these lill suckers and the ifs is totally bleep house on a 100......they have no clearance poor travel and sag very quickly
dont know about the 70mm lift but youll need that much to bring it
level with the back..if youve seen one youll know that they sit right down at the front and usually lean to the left badly when viewed from the back
the first time i saw one i asked if there was anything wrong with the truck...this rather upset the owner as it only had 9k on the truck
but after talking to a mate at toyota and having seen a few more of them i found that to be standard.
you poor sod i dont half feel for you trying to get decent clearance for off road use....they are good for towing.as for tyres well thats a personal chioce really muddies for mud at's for the road depends where it gets most of its use..my bfg at,s are not a bad tyre
you probably should have bought a 100 diesel gxl and had a turbo fitted ......much better truck chassis set up similar to an 80.......the 100's have suspect transfer cases i have heard that there are many fixed on warranty...from the same mate.....but you wont hear that from toyota so be nice to it if you want reliability

can't speak for the suspension, but i think that you are a lucky sod. You've bought yourself a great engine on a proven chassis, it's just the front end that needs some tweaking, I have no doubt that someone, somewhere, sometime will have a shmick aftermarket option for the front end, until then you may just have to take it farily easy. As for tyres why not look at the Bridgestone range, I had a set of ATs that gave me 50000 kms before i traded them in on MTs which have now done 55000kms and still have at least 30-40 left in them. There is much said on this board about coopers (perhaps rightly so as i have not heard a negative comment yet) and BFG (and not all the comments are good), but in my town every second cruiser, patrol, jack etc..... is on Bridgestone.

Dave

LC100TD, I think this setup might be the pick of the whole Toyota/Lexus line up. I'll be interested to hear what your fuel consumption is like. The petrol V8 can be pretty thirsty and after 110,000km I am looking to change over. The original front end (in the LX470 at least) has coped well with dirt road, dune (desert) and towing work. It is not a great handling vehicle compared with the TD5, but is an effortless highway cruiser. You are right about the tyres. The originals had chopped out after 20,000km. I think they are designed to protect the lino in the showroom from rim damage! Why rush into tarting up the suspension? Give the original a chance and then make a decision based on your needs.

LC100TD,

As you want to change the tyres why not get the dealership to do it before you take delievery. They will do it generally for around $500, but some have been known to do it for free with a little negotiation. It will be cheaper then doing it afterwards. I would recommend going to 285/75/16 in either the BFG MT or Coopers ST's, another option would be Goodyear MTR's. You will find the MT's are more of a comprimise then AT tyres on road, especially in the wet.

As regards susension I would be surprised if they can get 70mm above standard out of the IFS with out effevting your downward travel significantly. Most IFS setups usually only go to 40mm so as to maintain downward travel. I would recommend King springs for the back and Bilstien shocks all round. You will also prodably need new torsion bars for the front to get over 40mm with the bar and winch.

Hope this helps

Cashy

The new BFG M/Ts KM series worth a look at especially the 32" version - not sure of the 16" spec but check the website. the reason I mention them - the rubber compound is softer, deeper (16mm) but more durable and wet bitumen performance better than a lot of harder compound ATs Seem to be getting 60 - 80,000ks out of them - lots of debate on tyres so do a search but you need to work out what you are using them for.
kezza

Richard,

Check out the September issue of 4X4 Magazine as it has a write up on suspension for the IFS Cruiser.

Apart from a recommendation for the TJM torsion bars and Bilstein shocks they also produced a well-worded and effective argument for going for the 30% stiffer bars if you add bar work and a winch to the Cruiser. Seemed to make sense to me.

Enjoy the new truck – Wish I had one to play with !

Thanks everyone for your replies. Most helpful. Richard