Pete'90 wrote:Gulfstream8 wrote:Pete'90 wrote:Has anyone fitted the trd bilstein kit to their hilux? Sounds like a good kit
Yep - best change I made to the lux from Sydney Shock Absorbers.
If you use the standard front spring instead of the TRD spring but install the TRD shocks it raises the front by about 25mm
A lot of R&D went into these shocks for Aust Roads and if you read the reviews of the TRD Hilux most are blown away by how well the TRD Hilux handles on the road and also off road espically corrugations!
Oh and one last thing - what the TRD and Bilstein shocks have over the others is long life but most importantly they don't go "off" after an hour of heavy corrugated roads like other brands can.
So did you do a 50mm lift all round or just raise it back to the standard height of the trd prior to sag?
In the rear did they change the leaf suspension as well or just the shocks?
Are the trd springs a thicker gauge wire or longer
I'll go checkout you page
If you have a standard Hilux - ie non TRD and you replace the standard Toyota shocks with TRD shocks but put your standard spring back in it will give you a 25mm lift at the front.
The standard Rate Toyota spring with the TRD shock works very well - unless you have a very heavy ARB steel bar.
I don't know if this will work on the MY14 Hilux as Toyota finally raised the new model at the front by 25mm and I don't know if they did it by using a longer shock strut or taller spring.
Your TRD spring question
TRD used a stiffer spring (higher rate) in the front of the TRD Hilux plus it was also shorter which lowered it by about 20mm