ARB BP 51 feedback

[Greenie Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Greenie]

Hi all. Recently upgraded my old (65000kms) tough dog adjustable shocks and springs to the BP51s and thought i'd give some real world feed back on the product.

Have travelled around 5000kms since installation on all types of terrain and so far so good.
Very happy with the ride of the prado over hunderds of kms of corrigations. No fade whatsoever and no bumpsteer at all.
High speed washouts are where the BP51's really shine. I can now hit a washout at much greater speed than before without bottoming out or any harshness.
It does feel slightly twitchy and understeery on loose gravel roads which is probably an adjustment issue. (possibly a little softer on the compression dampning?)
Is there anyone else running this gear willing to share their shock settings for comparison? (I haven't had a chance to play with the settings myself)

cheers

[Digiblack Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Digiblack]

Hey there, I have them on my FJ Cruiser (the same suspension is interchangeable with the Prado 150). Have probably done over 10000km on them, a lot of 4x4ing, and lots of gravel roads.

There is a remarkable difference in comfort when you set the compression and rebound to low, but then as expected it wallows a bit. Driving fast on gravel, I felt more confident when I tightened them up halfway.
For just around town I set them fairly low. When off roading, especially rock crawling I set the front compression higher to stop the clearance drops when coming off a rock.

This jump was with it about halfway
https://youtu.be/Hwd5kx1WD54