New King Suspension For the LC! (1 Viewer)

[Ali M]

Here they are installed. They were preset at 2". You can barely tell a lift in the pics. Plus they will settle. But you can def notice the lift getting in and out.

May add another inch then let them settle back down to a solid 2.5 - 2.75.
May need to do something with the rear to take it up an inch or so to match.

Rides and handles great. I notice the improvement most on really bad roads.

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My 16 is blizzard pearl too

Those rims and tires look great but you are right I can hardly see the lift in the photo. Which rims and tires did you go with?

 

[Evoking]

My 16 is blizzard pearl too

Those rims and tires look great but you are right I can hardly see the lift in the photo. Which rims and tires did you go with?

Wheels are Fuels. Tires are BFG K02's.

 

[Ali M]

Wheels are Fuels. Tires are BFG K02's.

Are the KO2’s 285/70/18?

 

[Evoking]

285/65/18

 

[Evoking]

I ran into this truck with an OME kit today. This makes me want to get the OME rear springs so I can crank the front up at least another inch. But I am afraid the ride will be bad. Can anyone comment on this?

 

[TexAZ]

If you are happy with the spring rate and want more height, just add spacers.

Toytota makes a factory fit spacer that is 10mm thick and yields about 20mm of lift. (a little less if already lifted)
OME and others make spacers for the rear, from 5mm to 30 mm.

If you have adjustable coil overs, add spacers to the rear, then determine how much additional lift you need in the front to get the rake you want. the front can be fine tuned with the coilover adjustability.

 

[TexAZ]

@Evoking, post up the extent of what has been added so far and what your intended plans are.
depending on what you are going to add weight wise, would determine what springs/spacers to add.

 

[Evoking]

@Evoking, post up the extent of what has been added so far and what your intended plans are.
depending on what you are going to add weight wise, would determine what springs/spacers to add.

Truck is stock except the lift and wheels. This is all I will do. It is used for family errands and occasional wheeling.

 

[Evoking]

If you are happy with the spring rate and want more height, just add spacers.

Toytota makes a factory fit spacer that is 10mm thick and yields about 20mm of lift. (a little less if already lifted)
OME and others make spacers for the rear, from 5mm to 30 mm.

If you have adjustable coil overs, add spacers to the rear, then determine how much additional lift you need in the front to get the rake you want. the front can be fine tuned with the coilover adjustability.

They say they cannot stack spacers. So in terms of Toyota Parts I would be limited to 10mm. I have not found one bigger than 10mm from OME either... do you have a link?

 

[TexAZ]

most Tundra spacers will work, if you are looking for Cruiser specific they can be found on ebay and google.
the tundra versions are much more common, but may require some modification. the 25mm spacers I got have studs pressed in and would rotate the shocks in a way that the reservoir line wouldn't work. I just pressed out the studs and used a little bit longer bolts than what came with the Icons.
here is a link to cruiser specific spacers for reference:

Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series - Coil Strut Spacer Kit

 

[TexAZ]

cheaper, version:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N5AYP8A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Evoking]

most Tundra spacers will work, if you are looking for Cruiser specific they can be found on ebay and google.
the tundra versions are much more common, but may require some modification. the 25mm spacers I got have studs pressed in and would rotate the shocks in a way that the reservoir line wouldn't work. I just pressed out the studs and used a little bit longer bolts than what came with the Icons.
here is a link to cruiser specific spacers for reference:

Toyota LandCruiser 200 Series - Coil Strut Spacer Kit

Those are for the FRONT. My King kit is coil-over. We are only talking about the rear right now!

 

[TexAZ]

My mistake, there are several threads discussing lift options.
If you want different spacer thickness for the rear, they are available as well.
Google it.
search for 80 series spring trim packer, or spring spacer. They are interchangeable with the 100 series and 200, but most searches won't show anything for the 200

 

[Evoking]

Ok. Cranked the front coil-over up an inch. Then added rear OME light load spring and also a 10mm spacer.

Front looks great. The rear seems way too high.

There was 0 rake before with stock rear
springs and the front coil-overs set at 2" of lift. I just measured and it's 1.75" higher out back than up front. Since it was basically level before I was thinking since I'm going up 1 inch front that the OME rear spring at .75" plus 10mm spacer puts the rear only 1.25" higher than it was which is only .25 higher than the front.

Yet we are are off by 1.5"+. Makes me wonder if OME springs are underrated in their lift... think I may need to either go back to stock spring with the 10mm spacer. Or just pull the spacer - but I wonder if it still will be too high.

 

[Markuson]

Ok. Cranked the front coil-over up an inch. Then added rear OME light load spring and also a 10mm spacer.

Front looks great. The rear seems way too high.

There was 0 rake before with stock rear
springs and the front coil-overs set at 2" of lift. I just measured and it's 1.75" higher out back than up front. Since it was basically level before I was thinking since I'm going up 1 inch front that the OME rear spring at .75" plus 10mm spacer puts the rear only 1.25" higher than it was which is only .25 higher than the front.

Yet we are are off by 1.5"+. Makes me wonder if OME springs are underrated in their lift... think I may need to either go back to stock spring with the 10mm spacer. Or just pull the spacer - but I wonder if it still will be too high.

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OME rear springs are definitely underrated on amount of lift. All three sets of various OME springs gave more lift than advertised (2721, 2722 and 2724). My theory is it's related to lift limit laws in Australia...and they fudge downward on the published specs...but I don't know.

On the other hand, a little forward rake in a 200 is normal, even from the factory. Load up the back, and you might be close to level. If not, no biggie. You don't want your front cranked up so high that you lose available down-travel off road.

 

[Evoking]

OME rear springs are definitely underrated on amount of lift. All three sets of various OME springs gave more lift than advertised (2721, 2722 and 2724). My theory is it's related to lift limit laws in Australia...and they fudge downward on the published specs...but I don't know.

On the other hand, a little forward rake in a 200 is normal, even from the factory. Load up the back, and you might be close to level. If not, no biggie. You don't want your front cranked up so high that you lose available down-travel off road.

You don't think the rake is extreme? The blue one above isn't this much...

 

[drmwvr]

Here they are installed. They were preset at 2". You can barely tell a lift in the pics. Plus they will settle. But you can def notice the lift getting in and out.

May add another inch then let them settle back down to a solid 2.5 - 2.75.
May need to do something with the rear to take it up an inch or so to match.

Rides and handles great. I notice the improvement most on really bad roads.

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I noticed Texas plates. Where are you located and what shop did you use for install? I googled the Allout Off-road and saw that they may be in the Ft. Worth area. Thanks!

 

[Taco2Cruiser]

You don't think the rake is extreme? The blue one above isn't this much...

Depends what you want your truck to do. I have more rack than you and love it. But my truck has one purposed, take a family and a bunch of gear wheeling for weeks at a time. So I need the factory 3” rack to keep my back end up when loaded, or I’ll just scrap off-road all day.

The only thing I would recommend is keeping at least an inch of nose down rake to let your brakes work properly. The automatic proportioning valve in our truck is very good, but it will never know your truck is leveled (front and rear) or bulldog’d (front higher than rear) is because of the user and not a ton of weight in the back.

 

[Evoking]

I noticed Texas plates. Where are you located and what shop did you use for install? I googled the Allout Off-road and saw that they may be in the Ft. Worth area. Thanks!

Allout Off-Road IS who did install/sorting. They have taken good care of me thus far. Just wish I knew OME underrated its spring's height.

 

[Evoking]

Depends what you want your truck to do. I have more rack than you and love it. But my truck has one purposed, take a family and a bunch of gear wheeling for weeks at a time. So I need the factory 3” rack to keep my back end up when loaded, or I’ll just scrap off-road all day.

The only thing I would recommend is keeping at least an inch of nose down rake to let your brakes work properly. The automatic proportioning valve in our truck is very good, but it will never know your truck is leveled (front and rear) or bulldog’d (front higher than rear) is because of the user and not a ton of weight in the back.

I cannot imagine any more rake than mine! You must post pics for proof