Lift on 120 Prado GXL
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:22
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jondg
The clearance on the prado is quite poor. What methods of are available to give some lift? Will 50mm affect road handling alot? Is there any way of having adjustable lift eg pneumatic?
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jon
Reply By: Member - Rick A (QLD) - Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 10:45
Reply By: Member - Stan (VIC) - Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:12
Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 12:12
Jon,
Road handling will depend a lot on the type/brand of the
suspension you get.
If you wanted the adjustable lift then you probably should of got the VX or Grande
model, although they are not suited
well for offroad because of the air bag
suspension on the back...
The best
suspension I seen for the Prado is the Bilsteins shocks/Lovels springs
setup and it is actually improves handling a fair bit compared to original
suspension
and much less body roll (if any) on the corners
Also have a look at www.lcool.org and 120 series forums
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/120scool/
Hope this helps,
Stan
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Reply By: 120scruiser - Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 20:42
Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 20:42
Try my site
PRADO LIFT
This has some info on it about the lift on
mine. Heights etc and I used the original shocks.
If you want any further info you can get me at the contact link on the site.
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Reply By: ShnogDog - Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 21:09
Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 21:09
LOL.. I was bout to say.. Check 120scruisers site... has good info on this and other 120 Prado matters, but he beat me to it.
Following an earlier post I am looking at going for the Lovell springs for 50mm lift front and rear, and keeping the OE shocks for now. I'd rather do this and upgrade the shocks later, and have a quality
suspension set up, than go for a cheaper option straight away. 120s says the OE shocks are pretty good.
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Follow Up By: 120scruiser - Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 22:09
Thursday, Sep 15, 2005 at 22:09
Gday Steve
I fitted my coil rite air bags this after noon. Leaving it a bit late I know but there is still 24 hours left before I leave.
Catch ya when I get back.
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Reply By: prado_95 - Tuesday, Sep 20, 2005 at 23:26
Tuesday, Sep 20, 2005 at 23:26
The biggest issue you will have is the angles of the front CV's when you go over about 2.5" lift. This is common to almost all production 4x4 with IFS.
However there are several vehicles with 4" or more running around.
Theres recently been some discussion on this topic on the Toyota Prado list at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/90seies
Dave
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