Ride quality on 3rd Gen with stock shocks

[Big Face]

I currently have Bilstein gas shocks fitted to my 3rd Gen Hilux Surf/4Runner. The Bilsteins are a great damper for road holding & corners (on good roads) but with the condition of british roads they are very harsh over pot holes etc. & you get a lot of feed back through the steering wheel when hitting pot holes.

I want to keep the vehicle at standard height & I have already fitted new Genuine Toyota coil springs, & I am thinking of replacing the Bilsteins with Genuine Toyota dampers.

Are there any 3rd Gen owners running on stock dampers & standard height?

How does the vehicle feel on pot holed roads?

What I don't want to do is change the dampers to find that there is no or little difference.

Many Thanks

Regards

Lewis

 

[GamecockRooster]

I currently have Bilstein gas shocks fitted to my 3rd Gen Hilux Surf/4Runner. The Bilsteins are a great damper for road holding & corners (on good roads) but with the condition of british roads they are very harsh over pot holes etc. & you get a lot of feed back through the steering wheel when hitting pot holes.

I want to keep the vehicle at standard height & I have already fitted new Genuine Toyota coil springs, & I am thinking of replacing the Bilsteins with Genuine Toyota dampers.

Are there any 3rd Gen owners running on stock dampers & standard height?

How does the vehicle feel on pot holed roads?

What I don't want to do is change the dampers to find that there is no or little difference.

Many Thanks

Regards

Lewis

Lewis,

I have a Limited '99 4wd and my truck is still very stock. While I haven't felt the difference between upfitted dampers vs. stock I do a good bit of riding around the Appalachian Mountains and many of those roads are gravel and really nothing more than back road cut-throughs that are not under any sort of state maintenance. (Further, the smallish, worn roads up in the North Carolina mountains are probably close to if not exactly the same as the British roads you're referring to.)

I have no problems and don't have any desire to change anything around. My ride is good and really I have no complaints.

I hope this helps.

Cheers!