Pedders Suspension

From dealings that I have had...walk away, springs aren't the best, shocks are cr@p and most of the time they haven't got a clue about 4wds.

Cheers
Dave

You can get a much better suspension package for less than that. I had king springs and bilsteins installed on my 90 series last year, total cost was a bit over $1600 fitted. This is considered to be one of the best spring/damper combinations for the 90 series.

G'day Wherehegon,
After my original 1Hz 80 ser suspension had sagged after 6 years and reduced my ground clearance, I went to Pedders. I had foam shockers and springs fitted for $1300 in 2002. Now 8 yrs down the track after copping a fair bit of rubbishing about pedders stuff, they are still going strong. Since fitting i have travelled Cape, canning, Simpson 3 times, Tas incl West coast, High Country heaps of times. I had one shocker break off the front diff in the high Country and we welded it back on with batteries, and it is still there. The foam shocks can take a fair bit of denting without affecting their performance.
On the Cape and canning trips I was really impressed with the shockers when we hit deep bulldust holes and you think - this is going to be nasty - and it floated over no problems.
BUT -
Their workmanship is atrocious. I instructed them to fit lock nuts (not nylox) on the shocker rubbers. I have shredded a few. At Mt Dare i chenged the top front ones in 20 minutes. However when i got home and decided to change the bottom ones they had fitted nuts with the wrong thread, probably with an air gun and i had to cut them off. They repaired the shocker for free.
They did a crap job on my sway bars, tigthened so tight it wouldn't flex and ripped off the mounts.
Warranty - they do stand by their work and even after 8 years supplied me replacement sway bar rubbers free.
Initially I explained the work the shockers would be doing and they gave me black rubber bushes for the shockers - i shredded them in a couple of thousand k's. They supplied their red poly type bushes (free) and they have lasted well. Canning corrugations are legendary.
This is another subject you ask 10 people and get 12 answers. So my Pedders suspension has lasted longer then the original Toyota.


Hope this helps,
Bill

MyHj80 came with Pedders 2"lift kit
I have not had the vehicle long but last weekend I did some reasonably serious 4 wheel driving and found them to be ok

Vehicle sits level side to side slightly tail high which is ok for towing

Dont know how long they have been on the vehicle but they are certainly not new.
Cheers
Wayne B

Hi Steve,

I have Pedders Track rider long travel shocks and springs fitted to my 80 series. They also fitted airbags and did a few other bits and pieces. There gear is excellent value and works well in my opinion. I had tried tjm, ome and ironman shockies(ironman lasted less than three months, replaced under warranty but failed again!). I tow a van and am fully loaded all the time as we are travelling around aus at the moment. I cant fault it.

Hope this helps

Matt

Put pedders on a Camry, springs and shocks, all the work done by them.

Rides like a dog and I won't deal with them ever again.

I reckon that it depends on what branch you go to. In some places the workmanship will be good, in others not so good. I have used them on a few occasions and found them a bit on the dear side but the actual product has been OK for me.
Mike

My GQ had only recently been fitted with Pedders springs and foam cell shocks when I bought it.The were OK on road (ride was a bit harsh though).Off road they were appalling.The front end would bounce skyward at the sight of any sort of pot-hole.
They were replaced with Lovells Springs and OME shocks which were a huge improvement on and off road.There are probably even better combinations around than this.

As they are all owner/operated you are gunna get different views of them. MY personal opinion of my contact with them, OVER PRICED, UNDER KNOWLAGE and ARROGENT to boot. My $$$$$ went to Tough Dog gear.

Cheers