Hi fellow Prado'ers
10 days ago had ARB install new OME shocks & springs replacing the original Toyota suspension (with 29k on the clock) on my 2012 Altitude having a ARB Delux Winch bar (winch to be installed shortly), dual batteries (installed), Drifta Drawers will also shortly go in and I tow a Lifestyle Extenda Elite C/T.
After the install, the front has been raised 75mm (745 to 820mm Rim to Guard) and 85mm left rear (780 to 865mm) and 80mm right rear (785 to 865mm) which is basically a 3 inch lift compared to the 2 inch I was expecting. OME 2887 & 2898 heavy duty coils went in along with 90010 heavy nitro sport shocks in the front & 60080 medium nitro sport shocks in the rear
Living in beautiful Brissy, the max lift without an expensive certification test is 50mm suspension plus 25 mm wheels & tyres - or under the old code, an additional 1/3 shock travel is allowed. ARB have told me that the lift is ok because it is based on the vehicle standard when new without being able to tell me what the standard actually is.
Simple solution me thinks... go to Toyota and check with them what the standard rim to guard height is, however disappointed to find out both from local Toyota service & Toyota Customer Service Team that they do not have this information
I did mange to measure a new 2013 GXL on the showroom floor, and based on its measurements, my front has been raised 55mm left front, 53mm right front, 65mm left rear & 60mm right rear which is still above the legal limits. Once I put the winch on, my front should be ok, but I suspect the back once the drawers goes in will still be over based on putting about 120kg worth of people in the rear.
All this is driving me nuts as I need to replace my original tyres with some AT's (either BFG's AT's or General Grabber AT2's) and cant' decide whether to go up to a 265/70/17 (raising it another 27mm), 275/65/17 (raising it about 10mm) or stay standard 265/65/17.
Can anyone please shed some light on the standard rim to guard heights, as if I need to go back to ARB I will need some ammunition to fight with.
Cheers
Geoff
10 days ago had ARB install new OME shocks & springs replacing the original Toyota suspension (with 29k on the clock) on my 2012 Altitude having a ARB Delux Winch bar (winch to be installed shortly), dual batteries (installed), Drifta Drawers will also shortly go in and I tow a Lifestyle Extenda Elite C/T.
After the install, the front has been raised 75mm (745 to 820mm Rim to Guard) and 85mm left rear (780 to 865mm) and 80mm right rear (785 to 865mm) which is basically a 3 inch lift compared to the 2 inch I was expecting. OME 2887 & 2898 heavy duty coils went in along with 90010 heavy nitro sport shocks in the front & 60080 medium nitro sport shocks in the rear
Living in beautiful Brissy, the max lift without an expensive certification test is 50mm suspension plus 25 mm wheels & tyres - or under the old code, an additional 1/3 shock travel is allowed. ARB have told me that the lift is ok because it is based on the vehicle standard when new without being able to tell me what the standard actually is.
Simple solution me thinks... go to Toyota and check with them what the standard rim to guard height is, however disappointed to find out both from local Toyota service & Toyota Customer Service Team that they do not have this information
I did mange to measure a new 2013 GXL on the showroom floor, and based on its measurements, my front has been raised 55mm left front, 53mm right front, 65mm left rear & 60mm right rear which is still above the legal limits. Once I put the winch on, my front should be ok, but I suspect the back once the drawers goes in will still be over based on putting about 120kg worth of people in the rear.
All this is driving me nuts as I need to replace my original tyres with some AT's (either BFG's AT's or General Grabber AT2's) and cant' decide whether to go up to a 265/70/17 (raising it another 27mm), 275/65/17 (raising it about 10mm) or stay standard 265/65/17.
Can anyone please shed some light on the standard rim to guard heights, as if I need to go back to ARB I will need some ammunition to fight with.
Cheers
Geoff
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