XGS shockers

Tony

I had them all round on my Landcruiser for about 150,000 km. Pretty mushy when they came off but boy they had done some hard work.

I'd have to give them a tick.

Max

I had the same experience a couple of years ago with TJM XGS shockers with them fading very quickly and the vehicle pogo-ing continually on the Oodnadatta track. I ended up getting credited for them and moved up to Bilsteins that were much, much better. Even the standard Toyota shocks were better than the XGS units so it makes you wonder if anyone has a good run out of them unless they just stay on the bitumen...

Think I recently heard from a TJM branch that the XGS product comes in both plain hydraulic (non gas) and the high pressure gas version - which ones did you get ? And are you towing when you get this pitching ? For what it is worth, I had HP XGS on the rear only of my Jackaroo for some decent outback trips and they went very well over several years - chose Koni mono HP gas for the front (also top shelf) - I'm about to go HP XGS on the rear of the cruiser - I already have Billies on the front.... my rough plan is the 'cooler' mono tubes front where stone damage is far less likely, and twin tubes on the back due to the constant shrapnel in that area.

My XGS shockers on the patrol (complete with bullbar and winch) have done 40,000Km in the past 12 months. This includes the CSR and Gibb River, plus up to the Major Mitchell Falls (all good (horrendous) corrugations). After several hours of torture, they would be almost too hot to touch, but not once faded out. They are still holding out and show no signs of extra bounce.

I recently sold my 99 Hilux that had XGS's fitted at 80K as one of the Toyota fronts had leaked. The Toyotas were shockers, and no I don't mean they did their job LOL. Talk about pogo I would've got airborne on the whoops if i didn't know the tracks so well. The XGS were a fantastic improvement, on one particular dirt hwy the sand forms into waves a couple of meters apart so at speed you get a roller coaster effect - try that on crap shocks and you would keep on bouncing as you head over the shoulder and off into the scrub. With the XGS's I could take the corner flat out no drama's. I've done the same stretch in many 4wd's with varying setups and I found the TJM suspension with XGS the best out of the bunch.

Sold the Hilux at 180K and they were still v.good.

We live out remote so the car lived on some of Australia's worst dirt hwy's as well as all the usual tracks for camping, touring, exploring, river crossings yadda yadda..

I assume you upgraded the suspension as well as the shocks?

I don't know Triton's that well but I'm guessing torsion bars - as it's new - so what height have you got the front setup at?

I'm also concerned the torsion bars have been wound up to accomodate the heavier front end. It seems strange that TJM should be blase about it?

Regards,

Slammin.