![]() ![]() This vehicle retained its manufacturer’s GVM, so there were no compliance issues with the shocker swap. The hard-worked HiLux had been fitted with a 50mm-lift OME suspension kit that was also losing its damping effectiveness. (We checked with the engineer concerned, John Wilson, to be sure that the proposed shocker change wouldn’t void our GVM upgrade conditions.) ![]() Years ago, the old workhorse had a 50mm suspension lift, a 700mm wheelbase extension and a post-registration, engineer-approved GVM upgrade to 3.5 tonnes. However, after seven major bush trips to remote, rugged areas, over badly corrugated roads, they were starting to show some wear and tear: hardly surprising! We’ve been running Bilstein monotubes on ‘Harry’ – the 75 Series – for several years and have been very happy with their durability and effectiveness. We wanted to check out whether adjustable dampers could manage ride quality and handling better than non-adjustables, under varying load and road conditions. ![]() Trying to make a fixed-setting shock absorber handle both damping tasks isn’t easy: hence, the adjustable shock absorber.Īt the outset, it needs to be understood that our evaluation of Tough Dog adjustable shock absorbers was not intended to impart race-vehicle dynamics to our LandCruiser 75 Series and HiLux crew-cab OTA Team vehicles. Most 4WDs spend their time relatively lightly loaded around town and fully loaded on bush trips. ![]()
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