Series 100 Handling Woes

[straycatboat]

The handling is clumsy and the vehicle rolls and yaws over bumps and in turns, seems like the suspension is super plush.
I would like to make it more precise with out sacrificing the comfort a lot like on long highway runs.
Would a new set of shocks help with this?
1999 L/C Mileage 60K, michelon tires, all hwy miles, all rubber bushings look intact.

 

[uHu]

Depends on what kind of suspension you have. If you have the air/hydraulic AHC system, there is a lot you can do. If you have conventional suspension, it might be that you only need new shocks. Toyota original shocks are very good.

 

[Shayne]

Seems very unlikely genuine shocks are fubbered at 60k to me or bushes are worn . Do you have the fancy automatic height suspension ? which i know nothing about , other than you can buy conversion kits to replace it with traditional suspension .

 

[straycatboat]

I do not have the air/hydraulic AHC system.
I noticed that the space between the front lower control arm and the bump stop (rubber) is only1". Is this a concern?

 

[uHu]

Measure the height according to FSM specs. Then you'll know.

 

[Shayne]

Up far too early and bored I found the specs originally posted by uHu way back on 2007 so all credit to him

 

[straycatboat]

I installed new OEM Toyota shocks and adjusted the front height per the chart by adjusting the torsion bars.
Next trip will tell the story.
Thanks