I put Terrain tamer springs in my 40 and pulled them back out after 4 months because they sagged back to the height of the 40 year old Toyota ones. I hope these last longer.
Great review….any chance you’ll be putting these on your short wheelbase 40? I’d be very interested to see how they do on a shorty. Also, what side mirrors are those on Minty? I need to get a set of mirrors for my 40 and I really like how they look.
I'll be some time off having my Shorty ready for driving, but I would also be keen to see how they go. I did a video on the mirrors a couple months back.
Two things. 1. The vehicle still looks 'jittery' on uneven terrain 2. I am still to fine anyone who explains why they are called 'parabolic'. I understand the leaves taper, but why does this make them 'parabolic'? A parabola is a graph with the equation Y = n multiplied by x squared.
Great review mate, I'll have to take a second mortgage out and fit them to my HJ45. Worth pointing out (and you already know this mate), perfect time after that shakedown to re-tighten everything on the suspension ESPECIALLY the u-bolts on the axles to the springs! Cheers, Andy.
How do you think they would go with a decent load on them. Do you think the extra leaf would come into play too much. They don’t seem to hang down as much as other parabolics so I don’t think they would get hung up but what do you think
The clearance is the same as the original leaf spring. As for load, we had the rear loaded up with around 400kgs, and there was no difference in height or ride.
I’ve just fitted them to mads landcruiser HJ 47 landcruiser they good the front but they can not carry the weight for Touring an towing just be careful when making decisions since they rated to 400kg
I wanted to keep this video as simple everyday driving. I will put together something down the track with harder off-road 4x4 driving. This video took over 400km and hours of filming and editing. So, I ran out of time.
How do you think they’d go on a shorty? To be specific, a shorty with no load? I see you are running standard shackles, did they come in the kit? Any need for anti-inversion shackles? Have you got new body mounts in Minty?