LC 200 series GVM upgrade

It's got me beat how they can produce such a hulking beast of a vehicle with a tiny little GVM like the LC 200 has.

I reckon if you put a family of 5 in the thing plus all their luggage and a couple of tanks of fuel you'd be over the GVM, let alone anything useful, like drawers and cargo barriers etc.

Sounds like opening Pandora's Box Mark but I suppose if you need to do everything by the book then by all means.

Have a read of thread 74472 I went down this road with my Patrol but it got to hard in the end

Apparently the LC200 is rated at 3850 Kg GVM in the USA but in Australia 3500kg.
There are quite a few LC200 owners who have upgraded to 3800Kg through Lovells (they do all work and provide engineers certificate). It is possible to upgrade towing capacity as well and its cheaper to do it allk at the one time.
Cheers

Have a look in back issues of Overlander November 2008 to be exact

There is a complete articlel on what gets done by whom and how much.

WORD OF WARNING It does NOT upgrade the GCVM so although you can carry more you can tow LESS.


Costs were Ironman

$1890 plus wheel alignement

Ridepro $1936 Both of these after registration

ARB Depends on suspension options BEFORE FIRST REGISTRATION

Prices and conditions of course may have change since then

You gotta think laterally Mark

My GU weighs less than standard and does a lot more by carefully considering what is really needed in the way of add ons and what can be removed !

Many of the accessories people fit can detract from the overall vehicle performance or are not really necessary !

Hi Mark,
we upgraded our GVM on our 200 series in November 09. It was bought new in October 09. We went the upgrade because we are fitting a long rang tank and dual spare wheel carrier as well as a draw system along with fridges, tools, winch, bull bar,kids etc etc etc. I am not really interested in others opinions on why or how Toyota should or should not make their cars as the 200 series was by far the best choice of car ( for me ) to do what I wanted to do in remote Australia.

After much searching, I chose to upgrade with Bilsteins and used a suspension specialist in Perth to have them fitted. Price wise they were more expensive then other options but from my research they were the best option.

The suspension place fitted them and gave me a Eng Cert which I then took to a registered inspection mechanic who then checked it all again. Once this is done the DPI then upgrades the GVM on file and it is all done.

It was a simple process. The most expensive part was actually the suspension not the paper work side of things.
After the fact - very happy with the ride.

Cheers
Cape Kid