70 series on an 80 frame
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Yeah- remember this is an 80 frame with coil springs at all 4 corners. I’m pretty sure I have stock (and worn out) OEM Toyota springs and shocks from the original 1996 FZJ80… And with the heavy FTE and the ARB bumper on the front, it’s really quite saggy. And we can’t have saggy fronts in this household.
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Ah yes, forgot about the frame sitch.
I’m collecting parts to redo the suspension in the Highlander, learning about more complicated systems whether I want to or not. Though, I did redo the suspension in my tundra but all I remember from that was how sore I was after.
G, @Broski got my wheels spinning. Go to the 80’s section and look at the suspension sticky. You only need to see the first free pages where the stats on a stock spring starts. Your front is going to be significantly heavier that your butt. Spring ratings and their flex from original free height is based on the weight of the truck, ie an 80! I’d think about weighing the trucks front and then rear, then call david otero or crickymike. With weights you could end up on a small lift front coil and a stock height rear. You could even have a stock 80 coil in the rear! I can’t remember what the compression of a stock coil is, or it it’s in the sticky. If not, you could as someone with an 80 with new TEQ springs to measure the installed length of the rear coil, then do the math to determine how much a stock spring compresses from its free height. You could end up on Dobs up front and stock rear with a spacer.