fooman wrote:gaspergartner wrote:fooman wrote:Stock suspension is soft and floaty on road
Stock suspension is pretty crappy off road. I drove on a easy trail and the suspension while soft couldn't seem to respond fast enough with the MT's. Very bumpy and car sickness inducing ride. I have a 75km off road trip coming up. ugh.
How to improve this without lifting the suspension? I know a funny requirement , but just wan't to have better on-road performance, already more than enough ground clearance for European roads and dirt tracks, off-roading is more or less prohibited.
It seems that stock Ranger is in advantage in this department, so still a little undecided what to buy.
I was thinking of fitting all 4 new shocks maybe a stiffer rear sway bar?
A common comfort mod here in Borneo is to fit double shackles to the leaves and add a rear sway bar. Some may replace the shocks. Plenty of parts from Thailand.
Here is a nice demonstration of the drawback of Hilux suspension compared to Ranger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZRTMNg1X24
What I had in mind to improve this is:
- Stiffer sway bars, I think that would greatly improve this floating effect, since this would eliminate leaning leaft and right. Though this would hurt the articulation off-road. Eg. Front and Rear
- 30mm wheel spacers. A wider track should improve handling (tiping over), or will it?
- New shock absorbers, I don't know what to chose and what improvements to expect
- New coils and leaf springs - don't think it's necessary, and hard to get in stock height