Mate of mine has a 1986 4 door Rangie and wants to replace the shonky standard suspension, now we've been hearing that if you take out a stock suspension from a 80 series landcruiser it'll go straight onto the rangie and give it about 3 inches lift.
Is this correct ?
Can anybody help me ?
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86 Rangie Suspension
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86 Rangie Suspension
1998 Toyota Landcruiser 100 series GXL
1976 FJ45 Landcruiser ute
1976 FJ45 Landcruiser ute
The ONLY thing I know of that can come from an 80 series LC is the FRONT shocks.
NOW, shocks do NOT "lift" a truck (except for the bling bling ones, but we need not discuss these). The "springs" lift truck, and to my knowledge, 80 LC springs are not compatable with Rover ones.
NOW, shocks do NOT "lift" a truck (except for the bling bling ones, but we need not discuss these). The "springs" lift truck, and to my knowledge, 80 LC springs are not compatable with Rover ones.
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LR D-90 TD5 ST:
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you will have to add a two inch spacer under the shock tower or cut and extend the tower. You can use the rears but you have to re make the rear shock mounts to accept the pin end which I have seen done and there is not that much fab work in it. I am in the proces of making these rear mounts now.
Keep the exisiting springs and just retain them with some L shaped flat steel that you can weld onto the top of the spring mounts, this will hold the springs in and improves stability (i.e. they don't disconnect)
I have had the 80 fronts and Sam's holey bushes and while it did increase body roll slightly it was certainly wasn't a problem. The truck was a DD and it handled well (I used to run bilstien - like going from one extreme to another
)
I have a set of holeys to go into my new rangie, putting the fronts in this weekend and will have to get some workshop time before I can get the rears done.
If you did this you will get as much if not more travel than those 30% kits you see around and this should cost you a shite load less
Tom
Keep the exisiting springs and just retain them with some L shaped flat steel that you can weld onto the top of the spring mounts, this will hold the springs in and improves stability (i.e. they don't disconnect)
I have had the 80 fronts and Sam's holey bushes and while it did increase body roll slightly it was certainly wasn't a problem. The truck was a DD and it handled well (I used to run bilstien - like going from one extreme to another
)
I have a set of holeys to go into my new rangie, putting the fronts in this weekend and will have to get some workshop time before I can get the rears done.
If you did this you will get as much if not more travel than those 30% kits you see around and this should cost you a shite load less
Tom
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