Not a vehicle engineer, but a mechanical engineer in unrelated industry. Usually we design and buy designs that have "ratings" knowing they can far far exceed that in practice. The safety factor on piping materials can be a 2 or even 3. I would...
Good question but you have to try much harder than that to break something. I drove 20+ miles down a highway once with the CDL engaged before I turned and felt some binding. That was 5 years ago. No issues.
I believe the PT cruiser also received some glowing reviews at launch. I bring this up to illustrate that most of the auto journalism industry is outright stupid and/or bought and paid for. Checking forums in 5+ years to read about the actual...
Translation: They try to achieve a consistent sound using a standard structure and modeling/simulations across their platforms. They refine the models in pre-production depending on the results they are getting.
What this can't do is predict...
It sounds like he removed the lower steering shaft from the steering rack to get the steering column out of the way, that is actually a PITA to get aligned once it's off. If he took it off without using match marks then yeah it could take 2-3...
The iron man TBs should be fine once you get proper droop. I dont have a front bumper but I do have a front wench and those bars have been no problem for me.
I took a video, but it doesn’t look like I can attach it here.
Drive hub to fender on ground: 23
Driver hub to fender when lifted: 24.5
Passenger hub to fender on ground: 23.5
Passenger hub to fender when lifted: 24
Wow. That makes sense why...
21.5” Hub to Fender, no need to align right now. Go out and put some miles on it. When I bought mine, the front was at 23” and it rode, and drove like a dump truck.
The front end of your truck is way too high.
In my experience, at 23-23.5” front center of hub to fender lip, you have very limited droop (down travel), combine this with oversized torsion bars, which limits compression (up travel), and you end up with a very uncomfortable ride.
A 21.5”...
You need to start by lowering the front. You can try starting 1/2” and move in 1/2” increments, but my guess is you’ll find 21.5” is the right spot. If you can, jack up the truck at the frame and measure the hub to fender. You want to have 2.25”...
Just sending the 300 here in various trims from low spec to GR-S would have solved this. It wasn't hard. Instead we got the weird bait and switch, "guys, call it Landcruiser ok?" And now we have basically the same vehicle in a different skin in...