Offroad-Express

I came across a set of Lovells Rear Gas Legend 36mm Shock Absorbers, (their part # 64612525), for the right price (read 'free'). Having a look in their catalogue, I couldn't find a LN107 specifically, however for nearly every other Hilux around the same year, and specifically those that were torsion bar/leaf, the part number above was the one to use.

Figuring I was onto a good thing, I've fitted them up. I did notice that there isn't a lot of travel left in the shocks when the wagon is sitting normally (about an inch on one side, inch and a half on the other) but didn't think too much of it until I went for a drive. I can hear/feel what I assume to be the shocks bottoming out when going over bumps - it's kinda hard to tell without having someone hanging out of the tailgate watching but it wasn't there before so I guess that's what it must be.

Has anyone else had this happen/fitted these shocks to a 92 Hilux? I'm wondering if my springs are sagged, but even if they are, I would expect the bump stops to hit before the shocks bottomed out.

Suggestions/solutions? Otherwise it's going to be old shocks back on (glad they haven't been thrown out yet!) I did think about longer shackles to lift the back up a bit, but wonder if I'm just hiding the problem with that rather than actually fixing it.

Cheers.

best thing to do is measure between the bump stop and the axle,compare to your shock travel,if distance between bump stop to axle is more than shock travel its the shock bottoming end of story,if however its less than shock travel what your feeling is the bump stops in action and the shocks are either crap or a lot softer than the old ones

that's my advice without knowing anything to do with model numbers or anything,its simple maths

hope it helps