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budget suspension swap?

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:57 am
by fredzz
hi guyz, ive read and read and read. ive got a wt feroza 92, and i need to replace the front and rear shocks and also the rear leaf springs.

has someone replaced all these items with donor car ones?
what exactly did you use?

ive heard ln130 hilux ones but am unsure.

help would be greatly appreciated as im sooooo confused!

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:59 pm
by MightyMouse
A lot depends on what you want to spend and what your going to use it for. You need to plan ahead and stick with it - poor choices for your future use will cause you to waste money. My opinions.....

Shocks

If its for road use only then Pedders do some but wouldn't recommend them for offroad use

ToughDog are good all rounders and more expensive but last well

Bilstein are as good as they come IMO but are expensive - you get what you pay for ( $1000 Retail )

Feroza rear shocks are very critical to a reasonable off road ride, springs and shocks need to be well matched to prevent "interesting" handling

Rear Springs

Personally I don't think Ferozas work well with heavy rear spring rates, they get very "hoppy" in the rear on rough roads already ( good shocks help ).
If you can't get second hand aftermarket ones ( and I'm the only person I've heard of the has them ). then I'd have the old ones reset. If you want some extra lift then you can use extended rear shackles ( illegal ) or do a body lift.