Recent content by ytsejam

Yes, the piston position of the front KDSS link won’t move that much, but the sway bar arm angle will be changed. Since the sway bar joints with the front axle lower arm with a bracket, instead of an ankle, change in sway bar arm angle will make the joint angle bad, and may introduce unnecessary...

Took some photos for max/min length of KDSS link 10mins ago for reference. This hasn’t reach the maximum articulation yet.

Hello dom42, That’s why I feel quite happy when I saw your solution. At the time when I designed mine, I need to use 3D scan for perfect matching so that the pad can joint the bottom of KDSS link without any slip in horizontal direction. For the front one, I only made this for a few team...

One more thing which I think is quite important. You should check the rubber limiter position of the KDSS link sometimes, especially after off-roads. If that slips, just cut the old stainless straps, reposition the KDSS link to make sure it is vertical and the rubber, and fix it with new...

The spacer/pad in the front is an experimental one. I don’t think it is really necessary for a 2” to 3” lift. Although the front sway bar will be pull up along with the lift, buy since the sway bar arm is longer than the rear, the pulled height is not as much as the rear. Hence I the thickness...

No offense. Just to share my experience. I’ve done this in 2017, the lean in the front is about 10 mm only. I’ll say it definitely helps. The way I think is, if you didn’t add the pad to the rear, there will be more pressure in the rear to pull down the KDSS cylinder, and since the front and...

Good stuff, Finally found someone has the same thought!

Though my car is a LC150 Prado KDSS model instead of 4Runner Trail, but the suspension is almost the same except for using air bags instead of springs in the rear. I did my 2” lift with KDSS pads designed by myself. By lowering the sway bar, I think it will have better articulation for...