Suspension Measurements

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

I had king springs and bilsetin shocks fitted. Front measurements were 790mm and rear was 830mm after lift. I had ktfr-101 king springs at front and ktrr-102hd(heavy duty) at rear. Theres a arb steel bullbar and dual batteries at the front and i went for heavy duty at the rear because i had a kaymar dual wheel carrier fitted by arb. The funny thing was that arb forgot to put in about 4-5 bolts in around where the hitch is to attach the bar to the chassis i only found out because the guy putting in the lift said it doesnt look right and i towed a trailer two weeks before i found out. took it back and they tell me the fitter forgot.

Darren

Hey mate, how do you find the ride you have now? looking at a very similar set up.
Regards,

Slatts

[ruger.308 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close ruger.308]

Hey mate, how do you find the ride you have now? looking at a very similar set up.
Regards,

Slatts

Slatts,

the ride is pretty good not firm or spongy, alot better than i was expecting due to the heavy duty rear springs. I went away to a place called saunders gorge in the adeliade hills on the weekend and the ride was unbeleivable. I would definately recomend this set up.

Darren

[Kev7762 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kev7762]

Booked the Prado in on Thursday for a set of Koni's and king springs in the standard height (won't fit in the garage with a lift).
Front has dropped about 40mm since new and it's starting to eat tyres.
FL 734mm
FR 740mm
RL 786mm
LR 786mm
Rears have the airbags at about 6-8psi
Mmmmm,
Bit of a fail here, front stayed the same despite the Kings apparently being about 30%.stiffer, going to try a set of lovells, as they apparently give a little bit of lift over standard. Maybe this is made worse by rear going up?
Rears have gone to 810, so had to remove rear roof bar to get into garage.
Bugger!!!!
Koni's are set to standard damping, seemed a little more settled on the road than before.
Starting to think I may have spent $1700 bucks for not much return though and SWMBO is not overly impressed.

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

Slatts,

the ride is pretty good not firm or spongy, alot better than i was expecting due to the heavy duty rear springs. I went away to a place called saunders gorge in the adeliade hills on the weekend and the ride was unbeleivable. I would definately recomend this set up.

Darren

Thanks Darren, the guy I spoke too, recommended the same set up but with medium springs in the back with air bags..... for the heavy days lol...

[matt150 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close matt150]

Update on my 150. Buying some superior engineering rear coil spacers in a fortnight. The rear end is sitting at 835mm and it's dropping abit with the camper on. I don't want the harsh ride of HD springs, so I am buying 30mm spacers to add to the rear springs. Next month I am planning to buy some snake racing alloy spacers for the front struts. Again, i am happy with the ride, but want another 20/25mm of lift. This should result in front height of 805/810mm. I will give this a run and see how it goes, I really like the ride of the current medium springs, pity the height needs a kick in the pants !

[yowie Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close yowie]

Update on my 150. Buying some superior engineering rear coil spacers in a fortnight. The rear end is sitting at 835mm and it's dropping abit with the camper on. I don't want the harsh ride of HD springs, so I am buying 30mm spacers to add to the rear springs. Next month I am planning to buy some snake racing alloy spacers for the front struts. Again, i am happy with the ride, but want another 20/25mm of lift. This should result in front height of 805/810mm. I will give this a run and see how it goes, I really like the ride of the current medium springs, pity the height needs a kick in the pants !

Have you considered air bags? I have Poly Airs, at 25psi when the van is on, and MD springs in the rear, and the van sits level at this set up.

[matt150 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close matt150]

Yeah, comes down to price. $280 for air bags verses $80 for spacers

[Ryzz Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryzz]

I put in ToughDog Adjustable 40mm lift, and got the following

Before lift, w Winch/Winch Bar/Second Battery/etc
FR 720mm
FL 715mm
RR 775mm
RL 760mm

After the lift i ended up with the following
FR 790mm
FL 785mm
RR 855mm
RL 855mm

[Kev7762 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kev7762]

Yeah, comes down to price. $280 for air bags verses $80 for spacers

Matt,
Where you getting the strut spacers for $80, I looked at snake racing and they were $180, superiors didn't have them for the 150, but the 120s were about $220.
Fitting the strut spacers is my plan B if the lovells don't pick up the front enough.
Starting to really think I should have stuck with an OME kit as I never had any dramas with the kit I had in the Patrol.

[matt150 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close matt150]

Front strut spacers are $180 a pair at snake racing. Rear coil polyurethane spacers for a 120 (should be same as 150) are $80 a pair for 30mm thick units at Superior engineering.

[vscorsa Member Find all posts View Profile Close vscorsa]

Hi Ryzz,

Pretty impressive numbers when it is supposed to be only 40mm, did the mechanic say whether the springs would drop anymore?

What hardness did you go with and how is the ride?

Cheers

Dave

I put in ToughDog Adjustable 40mm lift, and got the following

Before lift, w Winch/Winch Bar/Second Battery/etc
FR 720mm
FL 715mm
RR 775mm
RL 760mm

After the lift i ended up with the following
FR 790mm
FL 785mm
RR 855mm
RL 855mm

[Ryzz Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryzz]

Hi Ryzz,

Pretty impressive numbers when it is supposed to be only 40mm, did the mechanic say whether the springs would drop anymore?

What hardness did you go with and how is the ride?

Cheers

Dave

Ive measured the ride height a number of times since having it installed and it has not dropped at all. I cant remember what springs they put in the front, however they put the heavy duty (+300kg Load) in the rear + Polyair bags, however im having the rears swapped for the normal rate springs with polyairs instead as the back is way to bouncy as i dont have enough weight in the back to compress the springs.

Otherwise ride is perfect, i tend to run the shocks pretty hard, which does make the ride a little more harsh, however it makes the handling, close to a race car

[Kev7762 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kev7762]

Front strut spacers are $180 a pair at snake racing. Rear coil polyurethane spacers for a 120 (should be same as 150) are $80 a pair for 30mm thick units at Superior engineering.

Now worries, I thought you may have found a secret stash somewhere, I'll see how the lovells go this Friday and if they don't pick up the front, the spacers will be the next plan

[barryswanson Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close barryswanson]

Im also thinking about putting some snake racing strut spacers in the front end to bring it up level with the rear. I really dislike car suspension lift kits that leave the arse all jacked up it looks crap.

[Kev7762 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Kev7762]

Im also thinking about putting some snake racing strut spacers in the front end to bring it up level with the rear. I really dislike car suspension lift kits that leave the arse all jacked up it looks crap.

At the moment there is about 35mm difference between the front and rear of the side steps, noticeably nose down attitude (bad enough for the misses to comment on it)