Suspension mods/lift kits

[cyberhonky]

buzzy- $165/pr for the springs

[cyberhonky]

well just got the dobbies fitted- 50mm lift (currently) taking me to 560mm (pics in my profile). i'll see what it is after it settles for a week or two. thus far i'm happy with it.

[Bubbalucci]

i tired on a set of MT285s rubbed on the rear guard up front
i have the ome suspension its great
why do the 285s not fit on my truck?
this pissed me off
265s what i end ed up with
good enough
im jealous but

[rick]

thats weird mate,my 285's fit beaut with the iron man lift and ive still the front mud flaps on

[zulujack]

I'm getting my new Triton this week, and I'm trying to find the best value suspension upgrade. So far it seems to be between Ironman, and Dobsons. Both claim only 45mm, yet everyone on the forum say 50-55mm? How does that work? I have been able to get hold of Martin from Dobinsons (Sydney) who quoted me about $1200 for the parts. He did say that without a spacer (not currently available) the rear gets vibrations. So it might be worth waiting until this gets sorted out. I don't know whats going on with Ironman. The Ironman shop here in Melbourne quoted me $1013 for the kit, while A Toyota dealer in Ballarat who sells Ironman products quoted me $700 for the same kit. How is that possible. This leaves me with the inevitabl question: What should I be paying? Those of you who've had this done... Where did you get the best price from (either Ironman, or Dobinsons), and ho mutch did it cost?

[Henk Bos]

Totally ignorant here, but what is the function of spacers? they were not on the quote Dobinson sent me....

[cyberhonky]

gave mine a fair old workout over the easter break and its still sitting at 560mm- and even though i didnt replace the shocks it still performs really well

[Austblue]

The shudder that is brought on by lifting is due to the change in the drive shaft angle. Take a picture of your car and raise the chassis and body but leave the rear diff in the same spot and you'll see that your drive shaft is steeper relative to the horizontal ground. This can be adjusted by installing an caster wedge (I think that's what its called) which matches your diff up with your drive shaft.

BTW I have dobinsons and have a shudder on take off and it certainly doesn't ruin my drive.

$700 does sound too cheap, I'd ask them for a list of what that includes and go from there.

What you want is:
front struts
front coil springs
rear shocks
rear leafs
greasable shackles
new u bolts

[rick]

and a bloke with a spanner

[fireball]

does lifting the car affect towing ?? just bcos the towball is higher in relation to the object being towed ?

[andyj]

And a set of spring compressors

[cyberhonky]

fireball- if it presents too much of a problem you can get a dropper hitch (or an adjustable one) to correct the height.