[Fielies]

Hello Guys,

Its come to a point where I have to make piece that I cant fit BF's mud terrains on my IO, unless I go to 15'' rims and lift my body to get higher ride height. So I have to settle for the 215/70/16 All Terrain one


Performance Ratings:
Wear Life - 9
Fuel Efficiency -6
Off Road - 9
Braking - 8
Comfort - 6

Compare to the Mud Terrain:


Performance Ratings:
Wear Life - 6
Fuel Efficiency - 4
Off Road - 10
Braking - 7
Comfort - 5

Well looking at the figures above its maybe better to go for the all terrain tyre as it wears slower, give better fuel efficiency and is only 1 point less that full points on off road cababilities.

On the other side I found some Mud Terrains also in 16'' (235/70/16) but its a little bit bigger than mine.

Going bigger means I have to change my front shocks as well as it. Dont have a picture at the moment but its one of those coil shocks in the front. I have to change it and where thinking of chucking the coil shock out and putting gas shocks in. What do you guys think? Shocks & Tyres?

[Zantus]

I would definitely go for the slightly larger muds if available and if they can fit, it should make a big difference to offroad ability.
The KM2's on my Triton are just wearing away at an alarming rate, but on the lighter IO with much less torque on the wheels, they should last quite a bit longer.

[Gerrit Loubser]

Just a few comments:

There is no way that the off-road ability of the AT can be 9 if that of the MT 10, at least not on a linear scale.

The iO uses a coil-over-shock strut at the front, just like the Gen3. You would not easily be able to change that fact, but you could find aftermarket springs that would lift the car. To fit these, you have to remove the pre-assembled coil-over-shock strut, remove the coil and fit a stiffer coil. If you do this yourself, be careful; a lot of energy is stored in that strut and you might find that the average DIY coil compressor is a little light-duty for the job.

Of course, you could fit aftermarket shocks as well while you are at it, but the lift is derived from the stiffer coils. You could also get some lift by fitting spacers above the strut, but this is likely to be limited to 20 mm or so.

[Zantus]

AFAIK, you do get an Old Man Emu lift for the IO.

[Zantus]

BTW, I agree with Gerrit about the A/T's offroad ability compared to the M/T.....many people hate me for this, but it's just my opinion that the BF A/T is rather pathetic offroad.

[Fielies]

On the A/T performance, those figure I got from BF's website and copied them into the post. To be honest with my experience in the 4x4 world I also cant see that the A/T would be so close in the off road capability's as the mudd's.

If I put spacers in and increase the height wont it affect my camber on the wheels? I can't see if there is a adjustable rod to adjust my camber?

I found some new info on the Air Spring website. I know most of there products is to increase pay load on our vehicle but will this work as a replacement for a gas shock?



Coil helper springs are tough polyurethane cylinders which are installed inside the coil springs of your vehicle. Inflate your coil helper springs through tyre valves at the garage, or install one of our top quality compressor kits. Ideal for levelling your vehicle left to right and front to back. Air spring kits are available for most coil spring suspensions in use in South Africa. This excludes coil springs with shock absorbers through the centre. Most basic kits are DIY or call us for your nearest fitment centre.

[Loehis]

I found some new info on the Air Spring website. I know most of there products is to increase pay load on our vehicle but will this work as a replacement for a gas shock?

Coil helper springs are tough polyurethane cylinders which are installed inside the coil springs of your vehicle. Inflate your coil helper springs through tyre valves at the garage, or install one of our top quality compressor kits. Ideal for levelling your vehicle left to right and front to back. Air spring kits are available for most coil spring suspensions in use in South Africa. This excludes coil springs with shock absorbers through the centre. Most basic kits are DIY or call us for your nearest fitment centre.

My personal opinion is no, you should not install the coil spring helpers in the place of the original suspension components. The reason being that the coil spring helper is exactly that, a helper and not a replacement of the original equipment.