Might it be best to leave lx in low while parked?

[highfructose]

If you leave your height in normal when parked, then when you get out and remove 180-220 lbs from the driver’s corner of the car, would this lead to the vehicle slightly rising in that corner?

Which would then unduly place more of the weight of the vehicle on the right side springs…which, over time, might cause them to fatigue and weaken, leading to a persistently weaker spring and thus “lean?”

 

[Lou Gill]

I use my “easy out” button everyday for the last 3 years?

 

[Adrenaline6]

If you leave your height in normal when parked, then when you get out and remove 180-220 lbs from the driver’s corner of the car, would this lead to the vehicle slightly rising in that corner?

Which would then unduly place more of the weight of the vehicle on the right side springs…which, over time, might cause them to fatigue and weaken, leading to a persistently weaker spring and thus “lean?”

I get what you are saying, but you are removing that 180-220 lbs. from the drivers corner no matter what height you are leaving it in.

 

[pvchaitanya]

If you leave your height in normal when parked, then when you get out and remove 180-220 lbs from the driver’s corner of the car, would this lead to the vehicle slightly rising in that corner?

Which would then unduly place more of the weight of the vehicle on the right side springs…which, over time, might cause them to fatigue and weaken, leading to a persistently weaker spring and thus “lean?”

You are worrying too much. I use it everyday as well for past 3 years and enjoy it.

 

[DallasTide]

Feel like you're overthinking this one.

 

[TeCKis300]

I agree. It's not a delicate system. Everything ultimately will wear but AHC was designed by Toyota to last doing whatever you want. If it were an aftermarket system, that's when I'm concerned things won't last.

If you really want to dig deeper. Leaving in AHC normal probably puts more pressure and hydraulic load on the accumulators/AHC. In AHC low, hydraulic pressure is relieved putting more load on the coil springs.

There's things like suspension bushings in the arms that are in a more neutral position in normal. Whereas in low, they will be tweaked.

It's six of one, half dozen of the other.

 

[doru]

I use my “easy out” button everyday for the last 3 years?

If you do not play with the height often, that's the way you should use it. That way you are earlier made aware something starts to go wrong w/ AHC when you notice that it does not lower itself when parking or rising up after start driving.

 

[skrypj]

You are unduly putting more stain on all the springs by running it in low. You depressurize the AHC and then the springs are compressed more and under much higher load for the entire time your truck sits.

If the springs actually fatigue, I would rather risk maybe taxing the one spring hair more in N, than taxing all springs a significant amount in Lo.

 

[04UZJ100]

You are unduly putting more stain on all the springs by running it in low. You pressurize the AHC and then the springs are compressed more and under much higher load for the entire time your truck sits.

If the springs actually fatigue, I would rather risk maybe taxing the one spring hair more in N, than taxing all springs a significant amount in Lo.

You actually lower the pressure in AHC to lower the car….

 

[skrypj]

You actually lower the pressure in AHC to lower the car….

Yeah, thats what I meant obviously since I did say the springs compress more. But thanks.