APS coil Springs?

[Prado91 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Prado91]

hi, anyone heard of this brand...my dad bought these a few years back. On the box its say APS australia, Leading spring maker etc. Its red i colour n pretty thick....will try to take pics tomorrow...

Just wanna know the review on the springs

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

King Spring ,,,,,,, Automotive, performance spring ... Pedders springs are also Red

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this is the coil springs...went tru them n no markings of brand besides the ones on the box printer APS australia. its a 20mm thickness. So what do you guys think? ok to install but using with factory shocks?

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The smaller of the coils looks like really heavy duty to me. What accessories have you got on the front of your Prado?
- Steel bullbar
- Winch
- Dual batteries

If you can take some measurements, I might be able to work out which one you have. I will need:
- Total height
- Number of coils
- Outer diameter
- Wire diameter

[Prado91 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Prado91]

Amts,
I'll be driving to the neighbouring country to install Steel bullbar, winch not sure yet...

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The smaller of the coils looks like really heavy duty to me. What accessories have you got on the front of your Prado?
- Steel bullbar
- Winch
- Dual batteries

If you can take some measurements, I might be able to work out which one you have. I will need:
- Total height
- Number of coils
- Outer diameter
- Wire diameter

smaller one (left) bigger (right)
- Total height 35cm 38cm
- Number of coils 11 7
- Outer diameter 10cm 14.5cm
- Wire diameter 1.5cm 1.5

hope this data is enuff

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Would u think after 14 yrs the original coil springs would loose its compression rate? Coz on my long drive to Sabah,Malaysia ...when I go over a bump I can feel the rear would bottom-out I.e classist hitting feeling....n currently I'm using new stock absorbers (tokico) n 14yr old stock coil springs.... Or do I need to replace the coils with the APS springs which I mention earlier....fyi will buy steel bullbat later

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Yes change the coils, the 14 yr old ones will be stuffed.

[Prado91 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Prado91]

Yes change the coils, the 14 yr old ones will be stuffed.

Both front n rear? So my APS springs would be ok.?

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

Always change all 4 corners, so that the suspension matches correctly.

[Prado91 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Prado91]

Double checked again n the springs are Pedders.... Any review on these brand?

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

I had pedders springs on my 90 series , I found their springs good (not like their shocks, shocking ) I used Bilstien shocks on the front

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I've installed the Pedders springs and using Amada Adventure shocks
http://www.amadaxtreme.com/en/shocks_adventure.php
n feels good.