The Ironman suspension and bullbar went onto the ZR this week. I only picked it up tonight but my initial thoughts are this.
1. The ride is a LOT firmer. The stock 3 door has a very soft ride. It is not bad around town but the handling was terrible with a ot of dive under brakes. With the new suspension the ride is a bit firmer than I would have liked but it handles a lot better with no dive. Slightly softer springs would be better but I guess you cant have everything.
2. It is very high. My main worry with the lift was that it would be too high if they used the LWB springs.What I didnt do was take some before measurments. Could someone with a stock SWB please measure the hub to guard at front and rear, thanks. I will measure the new hights tomorrow.......and hope that it settles down a bit. They had to install a new panhard rod in the back ( I assume a longer one), is this normal on a Toyota? My main reason for the suspension was that I will be doing some heavy towing. I tow my 2T Range Rover on a car trailer with it and also a 2.5T caravan and the new setup should be perfect for this use.
3. The Ironman protector bar looks good. Although I havnet really had a good look in the light, they seem to have done a good install job, including transfering over the front parking sensors. My only criticism is that the top of the chrome tube refelects some headlight light back at the driver. I will have to look at putting some matt black paint on the offending areas.
Will post some pics tomorrow.
1. The ride is a LOT firmer. The stock 3 door has a very soft ride. It is not bad around town but the handling was terrible with a ot of dive under brakes. With the new suspension the ride is a bit firmer than I would have liked but it handles a lot better with no dive. Slightly softer springs would be better but I guess you cant have everything.
2. It is very high. My main worry with the lift was that it would be too high if they used the LWB springs.What I didnt do was take some before measurments. Could someone with a stock SWB please measure the hub to guard at front and rear, thanks. I will measure the new hights tomorrow.......and hope that it settles down a bit. They had to install a new panhard rod in the back ( I assume a longer one), is this normal on a Toyota? My main reason for the suspension was that I will be doing some heavy towing. I tow my 2T Range Rover on a car trailer with it and also a 2.5T caravan and the new setup should be perfect for this use.
3. The Ironman protector bar looks good. Although I havnet really had a good look in the light, they seem to have done a good install job, including transfering over the front parking sensors. My only criticism is that the top of the chrome tube refelects some headlight light back at the driver. I will have to look at putting some matt black paint on the offending areas.
Will post some pics tomorrow.
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