Toyota HZJ75 L'Cruiser Ride Comfort - Suspension vs Seats

Thanks a lot David,

Your seats sure look comfy and leave some useful space in between. The price was 'right' too - a long way from $3,000!! Many thanks.

Cheers, Ian

Hi Ian

They were very comfy seats with good lumbar support and height adjustable. I made a two box centre console to fit inbetween. You can see the black padded top of one and the smaller skinny one next to the handbrake.

For your suspension - for the price you could try what I had on this one - with coil on leaf springs - a lot cheaper. Again I found the coil springs at the same recycle centre. I just recently replied to another thread on suspension. Doesn't make the ride harder but did pick up the rear by about 50mm and when I loaded it up it did not drop its arse - just seemed to get tighter. The coils came into play at that stage.

David

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How did you fit the coil springs please .

Hi Luther

At the top I welded a 5mm angle to the chassis with a 50mm pipe welded to it on the downward angle. At the bottom I fabricated a 3mm plate U section of three plates welded together with a 50mm pipe welded upwards. The bottom just sits over the spring loose. To get the spring in there I needed to drop the rear connection off and right down to the ground - even lifting the ute as high as possible to squeeze the spring in there. Of course if you had a set of spring compressors (cheap enough from supercheap) you could put them in easier.

When living in Darwin your vehicle must be pit inspected every year - it passed with these coil helpers and the bucket seats for another 3 years before I moved to WA. In WA I had to re-register for this state - no problems with the seats or the springs or the 12ht turbo diesel I had put under the bonnet.

David

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Much appreciated , thanks .

That sounds like a good solution thanks. My touring is only with my camping back on my tray - I don't tow. The Air Bags could be just the shot. Cheers, Ian (Thanks for the link).

Look at the Firestone bags, kit No.2115. Cheaper if you buy from the USA. Cheers