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LN106 4x4 standard ride heights?

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LN106 4x4 standard ride heights?

Post by mrflibbles »

Hi guys i need to get the standard ride hieghts for a 93 LN106 diesel dual cab leaf sprung 4x4, the vehicle got defected for too tall (evidently the cops are going to be doing a blitz on 4x4s here in Adelaide), have spoken to regency park (vehicle inspection place here) but getting the car to that height means it will sit on the bump stops.
Have also rang the toyota technical hotline and they were about as useful as a wet fart, just told me they had no heights for it but they came from the factory with 3 or 4 different height specs?
anybody know where i can get these elusive measurements? weather its bumpstop clearance or sill panel hieghts or eyebrow hieght?

cheers in advance guys
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Post by thehanko »

Can you get an engineer to say its ok? if it physically cant sit that low, seems a little crazy.

my ln 106 single cab sits at 96cm passenger side 94 drivers side with full tank, from ground to the top of the wheel arch /panel.

Im 99% sure its standard suspension and would have sagged a bit for sure.

Would a tech manual have the specs you need? gregorys or haynes etc
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Post by mrflibbles »

havent found the info in any of the manuals weve been able to get hold of. i dont really want to pay for an engineer to look at it if its going to standard height, but if need be i will put the lifted leaves back in and get an engineers certificate then.
the height that i have been given by regency park is way to low in my opinion and they are telling me there is no chance they could be wrong, but they cant tell me if the heights they have are for a hilux with leaves all round or one with independent front. if they cant answer that simple question i wonder what sort of monkeys they have working there!
i have been fairly polite and non abusive to them explaining the issue with the hilux heights and they just dont seem to want to help at all....
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Post by crack »

if i remember correctly the heights are in the gregorys manual. i dont have access to mine at the moment but im sue someone here can find theris
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Post by Highway-Star »

crack wrote:if i remember correctly the heights are in the gregorys manual. i dont have access to mine at the moment but im sue someone here can find theris
Yeah, my Fathers Gregories manual for the 60 series Hilux diesels has a bottom of chassis height (not sure if it gives both IFS and Solid axle heights). Cannot remember what it is off hand. If no one posts up data for sure I'll try to scan in the page for you tonight or tomorrow. If I forget and your still after it, PM me a reminder.
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Post by thehanko »

mrflibbles wrote:havent found the info in any of the manuals weve been able to get hold of. i dont really want to pay for an engineer to look at it if its going to standard height, but if need be i will put the lifted leaves back in and get an engineers certificate then.
the height that i have been given by regency park is way to low in my opinion and they are telling me there is no chance they could be wrong, but they cant tell me if the heights they have are for a hilux with leaves all round or one with independent front. if they cant answer that simple question i wonder what sort of monkeys they have working there!
i have been fairly polite and non abusive to them explaining the issue with the hilux heights and they just dont seem to want to help at all....
dude it sounds like your stuck in a dic head shit fight. the sort of thing where you bang your head against the wall because of other peoples incompetence.

good luck with it.

it it lifted at all?
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Re: LN106 4x4 standard ride heights?

Post by trains »

mrflibbles wrote:Hi guys i need to get the standard ride hieghts for a 93 LN106 diesel dual cab leaf sprung 4x4, the vehicle got defected for too tall (evidently the cops are going to be doing a blitz on 4x4s here in Adelaide), have spoken to regency park (vehicle inspection place here) but getting the car to that height means it will sit on the bump stops.
Have also rang the toyota technical hotline and they were about as useful as a wet fart, just told me they had no heights for it but they came from the factory with 3 or 4 different height specs?
anybody know where i can get these elusive measurements? weather its bumpstop clearance or sill panel hieghts or eyebrow hieght?

cheers in advance guys
according to the pedders website.

Measured bottom of rim to lower guard.
15" rims
Front 800mm
Rear 820mm

Raised springs from them
Front 830mm
Rear 850mm

Hope that helps.

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Post by mrflibbles »

thanks for your help guys, yes it had raised springs in it, but only 2 inch taller than standard, i have bolted the old leaves (yes the origional standard 15 yr old leaves) in it and the front is ok, but the rear is still too tall! go figure! i managed to find some specs in an old service spec book by boyces, so i will go from there...
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Post by montana »

Toyota didnt really have a standard measurement,very few where the same and all sagged.make up some short shackles.
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Post by Sic Lux »

Drop leaves out of your packs till it's on the bump stops, Take it down for inspection and see how much they like it then. Does this think have a bodylift
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Post by mrflibbles »

no body lift and the standard shackles are in it. the only non standard thing on it now are the tyres, but they wont affect the measurement regency park want. i have put the standard leaves in the beast and am considering taking leaves out of the packs now! looking forward to having it inspected!
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Post by crack »

overall height according to redboomk is 1760mm i measured mine and it sits roughly 5" higher then this.
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Post by ferrit »

ye gods... theyre giving you that much crap for a hilux, and i drive past DOT inspectors near daily with a 79 series thats 800kg over its GVM, has tyres poking nearly an inch clear of the guards, and can often have pipes unsecured just hanging out of the back of it!

And they dont even look! :D
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