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If you get quotes make sure they understand this goes on top of the whole strut/spring assembly, meaning they don’t have to remove the spring from the strut. That fact saves them a fair amount of work.
It's Official -- My First Land Cruiser 200 Series Heritage Edition
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If you get quotes make sure they understand this goes on top of the whole strut/spring assembly, meaning they don’t have to remove the spring from the strut. That fact saves them a fair amount of work.
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Nice truck! Love the front tints.
Yeah, I see that the 10mm spacer doesn't provide that big of a lift. Are you considering changing them out for more front lift?
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What size tires are you running here?
I agree, mine still had a lot more rake than I was expecting after the oem spacer install on my non 3rd row 2021 HE. I just had the Bilstein 6112 kit installed in the front and it's darn near level now.
And also rocking the best HE mod... the roof mounted shopping cart delete
I had my local Toyota dealer installed them. You can expect to pay something around $750 to $900 plus the actual part (I bought it online). It gets a bit more expensive because you need a mandatory alignment after installing the spacers. The cost for the alignment varies among the dealers. Consider also that some of them are simply not used to work in 200LCs, given how rare they are. They probably do maintenance in 30 4runners to every LC. I think I paid around $700 or so and it was less expensive than the local indy shop that lots of Toyota owners use here in my city. They had quoted me close to $1300 without the part. Needless to say, I did not bother to respond their quote.
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I’ve been thinking about that, what “perch” did you go with the get it level? Did you change out uca’s too?
Looks perfect!
How does it ride? Debating options....
It’s a little more firm than stock but also more planted in turns and braking. A bit harsher in town at speeds below 45mph but once on the highway at around 55mph to 65mph it is super smooth. I never really felt like it had a floaty feeling before but the first time I hit the highway I felt like I was driving on rails it was so tight, and then I understood the difference. I have yet to get it up around the 85mph range to test it out. I had the original Dunlops replaced at the same time so it’s a little hard to do a direct comparison of just the front suspension. With the Dunlops I felt every road seam there was whereas my new tires soak those up. Around town manhole covers and smallish bumps/holes are a little more prominent with the new tires and front suspension. Hope this helps. BTW love your handle, that was my first choice but you'd already taken it hah.
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This has a front lift kit I presume? Not something that can be achieved with spacers?
Looks awesome.
Thank you. I replaced the front suspension with this kit - Fully Assembled Bilstein 6112 Front Suspension Kit for Toyota Land Cruiser 2008-2011, 2013-2021 - https://www.wheeleveryweekend.com/products/fully-assembled-bilstein-6112-front-suspension-kit-for-toyota-land-cruiser-2008-2011-2013-2021
You won't be able to achieve this amount of lift with the oem spacers. I had the oem spacers before the Bilstein kit and was still unhappy with the amount of rake. Westcott Designs makes a spacer lift that you may be able to achieve a similar amount of lift that the Bilstein kit provides.
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I heard it can be unsafe to use anything more than 20mm front spacer to lift the truck, and that if you want more than 20mm you should just use a proper lift kit.
I've seen the Westcott spacers go as high as 35mm but think that would be inadvisable.
Congrats on the new truck!
Where in NJ are you located? Let me know if you find a dealer that can install the OEM front spacers for a reasonable price. I'd like to do the same on my '21 HE. It lives in Central NJ now.
