Hi everyone,
Needing some advise on how to improve the comfort of the Fortuner ride please...!!!
I've got a 2015 plate Crusade that's 10 months old.
Love the car but have always considered the ride to be quite stiff.
Thought it might settle after a while, but it now has 30,000km on it and it's still rough as guts in my opinion.
I live in a fairly remote area and do a bit of highway driving, but mostly back road bitumen and unsealed road driving, and I feel every bump.
Have to say it does go a lot better on the dirt than bumpy tar.
Swapped the tyres over after 1000km's to Bridgestone Duelers LT265/60R18. Wearing well.
Am aware the 18" rims that come standard on the Crusade will never ride as well the smaller size rims.
Running 32 psi in the front, otherwise the tyre appears too flat with the weight of the bar and I was worried about damaging the side wall.
Not sure if you can put smaller rims on with the brake setup.
Also not sure if I can run bigger profile tyres.
Have recently put on a big alloy bull bar with scrub rails and side steps and there's been a bit of sag, nothing drastic yet.
Not sure how much all that weighs, maybe 60kg???
Hoping that changing the shocks and springs can solve everything.
With a suspension change I'd like two outcomes:
a) to make the ride less stiff and truck like
b) to take the weight at the front
Not interested in a BIG lift.
Not interested in setting up the car for towing.
Not going to be doing any mad off roading as I do enough dirt road driving as it is.
Would love some advise!!!
Needing some advise on how to improve the comfort of the Fortuner ride please...!!!
I've got a 2015 plate Crusade that's 10 months old.
Love the car but have always considered the ride to be quite stiff.
Thought it might settle after a while, but it now has 30,000km on it and it's still rough as guts in my opinion.
I live in a fairly remote area and do a bit of highway driving, but mostly back road bitumen and unsealed road driving, and I feel every bump.
Have to say it does go a lot better on the dirt than bumpy tar.
Swapped the tyres over after 1000km's to Bridgestone Duelers LT265/60R18. Wearing well.
Am aware the 18" rims that come standard on the Crusade will never ride as well the smaller size rims.
Running 32 psi in the front, otherwise the tyre appears too flat with the weight of the bar and I was worried about damaging the side wall.
Not sure if you can put smaller rims on with the brake setup.
Also not sure if I can run bigger profile tyres.
Have recently put on a big alloy bull bar with scrub rails and side steps and there's been a bit of sag, nothing drastic yet.
Not sure how much all that weighs, maybe 60kg???
Hoping that changing the shocks and springs can solve everything.
With a suspension change I'd like two outcomes:
a) to make the ride less stiff and truck like
b) to take the weight at the front
Not interested in a BIG lift.
Not interested in setting up the car for towing.
Not going to be doing any mad off roading as I do enough dirt road driving as it is.
Would love some advise!!!
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