Airbags for LC200 series

Papou · Senior Member

Airbags for LC200 series

Bass · Senior Member

I have an ARB 200kg kit with a 50mm lift fitted. at the same time had Airbags fitted. My caravan is 2.9t whether the airbags help (in my instance) is debatable, I have tried with 0 psi, 10 psi, and 15 psi next trip will ramp it up again to 20 and see what happens. At a guess I reckon I wasted my dollar ride is no better.

Hey Jim · Guru

Papou wrote:
How many onboard had these added to their suspension and do they help enough to warrent fitting :)??.

Hi Papou,

I have a 2012 TTDTRD GX smile smile smile fitted with Coil Right air bags set at 20psi towing 2650kg +.

Perfect. smile With No WDH.

Dhutime · Senior Member

We have a new 200 on order and getting the lovels GVM upgrade installed next week .
The installer recommended that we install airbags at the same time . Hope he's right.
Dhutime

patrol03 · Senior Member

Air bags do a great job of lifting the rear of the vehicle to the level situation,but do not distribute the added downball load to the front wheels of the vehicle. A combination of air bags and a WDH would be a better and safer choice. In fact with the GVM upgrade a WDH would do the job on its own. I know a lot of people are out there are using airbags and find them satisfactory but I have seen too many vehicles come into the workshop with damaged chassiscombination of overloading and airbags..LC200's included.

kezngaz · Senior Member

Air bags would improve the ride if you had airbag suspention, ie with no coils or leaves.
I cant imagine stiffening up your springs with airbags would improve the ride.
Yes you can adjust the ride height when loaded.
A wdh throws a little weight forward onto your steer axle.
I guess you need to find out what suits you best as there are a lot of options and opinions out there.
Cheers. Kezngaz.

Bass · Senior Member

Hey jim, we have the same car and about the same van, I also do not use a WDH as van and car sit level just playing with the air bags to help with the ride a bit.

Dickodownunder · Guru

Papou wrote:
How many onboard had these added to their suspension and do they help enough to warrent fitting :)??.

I have a 200 gxl with stock standard suspension.

i have fitted Firestone air bags to the rear suspension and I have a WDH.

Without the bags and with the WDH the vehicle had a slight "nose up" attitude.

With the bags I hooked up the van and measured the height of the Toyota with the bags deflated.

I then inflated the bags until I achieved the standard height (as per the vehicle specifications) and found a that the pressure in the bags to achieve this result, is 20 psi.

When the van is not hooked up I run the bags at 5psi which maintains the wagon at the standard height specification. I might add that I have a set of drawers and a fridge in the rear of the Toyota which does drop the height from standard specification by an inch or so.

In my opinion the improvement in handling of the combination was well worth the cost of the bags and I have not sacrificed the standard ride by upgrading springs and shock absorbers which, in my opinion, turns the tourer into a truck.

I have also not spent a lot to achieve this result.

I am aware that any overloaded vehicle with overinflated air bags can and will damage the vehicle chassis. I do not intend to do either of these things with my Toyota.

Papou · Senior Member

Thanks folks for feedback :), now just need to know which are good quallity airbags to fit??

Dickodownunder · Guru

Papou,

This is the kit I had fitted to my 200 series.

www.airbagman.com.au/resources/testimonials/42-200-series-land-cruiser-air-suspension-airbag-man-kit-cr5051hp

Be sure to buy the correct kit for your suspension as they make bags for Toyotas with a 2inch lift kit as well.
As I said in my post above, my bags are fitted to stock standard suspension.

My local TJM dealer in Port Lincoln fitted mine but you can fit them your self if you follow the instructions in the link above.

Apart from the differing suspension height bags there are two types of kit for the 200 series.
The original kit did not have the teflon protector around the outside and could not take the higher pressures that the new kit can.

I did research on the web and the Lcool.org forum is very helpful for all things Toyota.

When buying the kit you can buy them direct from the USA at a much reduced price than what the kit is in Aus if you wish.

I hope this helps.

-- Edited by Dickodownunder on Saturday 10th of December 2016 06:02:21 AM