Castor correction advice please

[timbo2410]

Had an interesting chat with another tyre company today who deals with 4x4 mods. They had a Toyota L/Cruiser customer who wanted his wagon done to factory specs after a lift. After a lot of research they could not find anybody who could tell them the exact specs on the castor angle. They contacted Toyota who couldn't answer them. They got a hold of the local Toyota dealer who brought down 4 brand new (unregistered) cruiser wagons to see what the castor angle was from factory. Not one was the same and there was a 2 degree variation between them! Very interesting. The chap I spoke to (who actually owns a GU Patrol) has said to go down to the local truck suspension specialist (the cheapest price listed above), and to get him to do his own alignment testing and come up with the associated "rubber" kit. He has access to 2, 2.5, and 3 degree kits. The apparent problem with the Ironman springs is that they may be upwards of 70mm in lift height, and where a 50mm height may get away with no radius correction kit, it is widely known (by them), that people often have a problem after they are fitted. I would like to thank everybody that has offered advice on this forum :-) I intend to go down the castor correction path and see where it takes me. I will of course post back to let you all know how it goes. Won't be for a while though .. cheers everybody