Suspension upgrade

[Whitey]

An upgrade is now legal in Qld?

Hey,

It was passed onto me by a Queensland suspension engineer, I'll check with him if it is federal.

It's only legal to change if you have the GVM upgrade plate on already.

Best

Mark

[mjrandom]

The new law also allows you to pay for the official GVM upgrade with whoever sells it and certifies it, then once you have the plate on the Prado with the official GVM upgrade suspension on it, you can put in whatever after market suspension you want as long as the valving, coil rates and load carrying capacity of the coils are the same as the original GVM upgrade suspension.

This of course means getting struts and shocks dyno tested to check the valving matches, but this isn't too expensive.

Best

Mark

An upgrade is now legal in Qld?

[Whitey]

You're paying for the certification.

The new law also allows you to pay for the official GVM upgrade with whoever sells it and certifies it, then once you have the plate on the Prado with the official GVM upgrade suspension on it, you can put in whatever after market suspension you want as long as the valving, coil rates and load carrying capacity of the coils are the same as the original GVM upgrade suspension.

This of course means getting struts and shocks dyno tested to check the valving matches, but this isn't too expensive.

Best

Mark

You're paying for the certification.

[mrwinta]

Has anyone actually done a GVM upgrade?
I was of the understanding that we have 500kg to play with which quickly gets used up with 2nd battery, bull bar, UVP, full tank of fuel, boat attached, passengers etc but I never see many comments on PP about having that done. I believe the struts/ springs are the same as what Zordo sells just with an engineer's approval.
I plan on upgrading soon and the GVM U/G is twice the cost what Zordo sells his kit for so with the above extras is it really necessary...?

[TOURER777]

Change the front strut to 24-173032-1 15mm longer than the 24-173032
Buy the kit from me & you get 4 grooves on the struts
Cheers

Righto, you've talked me into it
I've sent you an email.

Cheers

Is there extra cost for the - 1?

[Whitey]

Hey Tourer777,

Zordo is spot on, I forgot the -1, the front strut you want is the 24-173032-1 which will be 570mm open length. Give Zordo a call, he'll sort you out!

If you haven't already, you can find some more details on the Bilsteins here;

http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...hs-and-Valving

Best

Mark

[ZORDO]

Change the front strut to 24-173032-1 15mm longer than the 24-173032
Buy the kit from me & you get 4 grooves on the struts
Cheers

[Whitey]

OK, done all the reading, big thanks to the suspension gurus, now I'm ready to order.

From what I've understood of the theory I'm going to order the follwoing bits:

Front: Bilstein 24-173032 with Dobinson C59-352
Rear: Bilstein 24-238830 with Dobinson C59-327

I have a Smartbar with winch and a dual battery setup(approx 100kg front) .
Drawers, fridge slide and towing a camper trailer(approx 300kg rear).

Appreciate any feedback on this if I'm off the mark, or anyone whose doing something similar.

Cheers

Hey,

Good on the front, just change that rear 24-238830 to a 24-217897. I'd look at airbags for the rear as well!

Best

Mark

[TOURER777]

OK, done all the reading, big thanks to the suspension gurus, now I'm ready to order.

From what I've understood of the theory I'm going to order the follwoing bits:

Front: Bilstein 24-173032 with Dobinson C59-352
Rear: Bilstein 24-238830 with Dobinson C59-327

I have a Smartbar with winch and a dual battery setup(approx 100kg front) .
Drawers, fridge slide and towing a camper trailer(approx 300kg rear).

Appreciate any feedback on this if I'm off the mark, or anyone whose doing something similar.

Cheers

[Whitey]

OK back from the wheel alignment and on a flat surface, 805mm ride height front (both sides), 820mm rear (both sides).

Hey,

I only got 810mm at the rear of my 120 with 327 coils, with a false floor, fridge slide + engel, and secondary battery.

Best

Mark

[maulbeagle]

OK back from the wheel alignment and on a flat surface, 805mm ride height front (both sides), 820mm rear (both sides).

[maulbeagle]

just with a 40L Engel, which doesn't weigh much. I'll measure again on a perfectly flat surface, as both places I've measured on so far have given different results.

[RBJET]

Is that with any weight in the rear?

Mine sits at 840mm empty.