2011 lx570 w around 90k and a recent (successfully implemented) ahc fluid change and a vehicle that goes from low to high in about 24 seconds.
I noticed lately that my suspension in the rear was surprisingly rough and pogo like while passing a particular 10mph “bump” in the neighborhood.
I suspect that the addition of an Ironman bumper, winch, Wilco hitch swing, cargo carrier, and a storage area laden with a moderate amount of tools and recovery gear is putting me outside the lx570 suspension envelope.
I’ve been researching a way to solve this without ruining the ride, doing unnecessary labor, or making unnecessary purchases.
I assume I needed to augment my springs somehow.
What I notice is that when I hit that bump in low, it’s worse. Neutral it’s moderate…and in hi the bump doesn’t result in any pogo’ing. It feels normal.
I’m not an engineer so I don’t know what the long term solution is. I think the short term solution is a mild sensor lift to basically “add” more pressure to my suspension…this changes some of the geometry for how the vehicle will handle, however, and won’t “improve” safety.
Long term I think a set of terrain tamer coils might work in the rear. In the front I am not sure of a coil that has a slightly uprated capacity…and I don’t quite understand the trick with a coil spacer. I don’t see how a spacer adds to my vehicles ability to handle a load…to me it seems like adding a front suspension spacer would, in essence, make my truck’s front ahc shock “feel” as though it was in low…being that the spacer would place more of the trucks weight on the coils the same way it does when the car is placed in low…and in low is when the pogo’ing is the worst.
I’ve looked through a lot of the threads and there’s some indication that the coils from nestle in Germany (whatever that is) are used in armored vehicles.
Does anyone know whether some version of tundra coils might work? Like from a tundra with the 4.0 or something? Or the lc200 with a 4.0? Ideally I’d like a terrain tamer type uprated/augmented coil for the front…or something close to it.
I noticed lately that my suspension in the rear was surprisingly rough and pogo like while passing a particular 10mph “bump” in the neighborhood.
I suspect that the addition of an Ironman bumper, winch, Wilco hitch swing, cargo carrier, and a storage area laden with a moderate amount of tools and recovery gear is putting me outside the lx570 suspension envelope.
I’ve been researching a way to solve this without ruining the ride, doing unnecessary labor, or making unnecessary purchases.
I assume I needed to augment my springs somehow.
What I notice is that when I hit that bump in low, it’s worse. Neutral it’s moderate…and in hi the bump doesn’t result in any pogo’ing. It feels normal.
I’m not an engineer so I don’t know what the long term solution is. I think the short term solution is a mild sensor lift to basically “add” more pressure to my suspension…this changes some of the geometry for how the vehicle will handle, however, and won’t “improve” safety.
Long term I think a set of terrain tamer coils might work in the rear. In the front I am not sure of a coil that has a slightly uprated capacity…and I don’t quite understand the trick with a coil spacer. I don’t see how a spacer adds to my vehicles ability to handle a load…to me it seems like adding a front suspension spacer would, in essence, make my truck’s front ahc shock “feel” as though it was in low…being that the spacer would place more of the trucks weight on the coils the same way it does when the car is placed in low…and in low is when the pogo’ing is the worst.
I’ve looked through a lot of the threads and there’s some indication that the coils from nestle in Germany (whatever that is) are used in armored vehicles.
Does anyone know whether some version of tundra coils might work? Like from a tundra with the 4.0 or something? Or the lc200 with a 4.0? Ideally I’d like a terrain tamer type uprated/augmented coil for the front…or something close to it.
Last edited:
