Fortuner: how to improve riding comfort?

**vinj** · June 25th, 2007 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by niky

and the rear as being Frontier-level...

Haha.. that's bad indeed.

**ET1** · July 15th, 2007 08:32 PM

Meron na ho ba sa mga Fortuner owners na nagpalit na ng shocks and springs? Nag improve ba ang ride significantly? Share naman po ang inyong experience.

**HardCharger** · July 16th, 2007 03:00 PM

You can try changing out the applicable suspension components with Old Man Emu parts.

Since it does wonders for pick ups, I reckon it should really help with the Fortuner.

An before anyone says anything, I'm not affiliated with them. I'm just a happy and satisfied customer.

Hope this helps.

:regards:

**Memphis Raines** · July 16th, 2007 03:34 PM

You can check out the newest tech for that. Fortuner aftermarket springs.

It's available at Kart Plaza Motorsports (Kilton Bldg. 1106 P. Binay St., corner Borner St., Makati City)

The developer is JA Motorsports of Japan. It promises softer spring rate but will not reduce the Fort's ride height.

Hope this helps!

Ganda talaga ng Fort

**kpy555** · July 16th, 2007 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by Memphis Raines

You can check out the newest tech for that. Fortuner aftermarket springs.

It's available at Kart Plaza Motorsports (Kilton Bldg. 1106 P. Binay St., corner Borner St., Makati City)

The developer is JA Motorsports of Japan. It promises softer spring rate but will not reduce the Fort's ride height.

Hope this helps!

Ganda talaga ng Fort

I plan to change the springs soon for my Fort. I might get H&R.

A relative of mine told me that he has a friend who changed springs and used JA Motorsports. It's not that good daw.

**niky** · July 17th, 2007 11:47 AM

How much are the JAs? I'm seeing more and more springs for the Fortuner on the market now... one set of rears even going for as low as 15k pesos.

**megatron** · July 26th, 2007 09:37 AM

i am a believer that if a vehicle's riding comfort isn't so good when it's brand new, then you can only "improve" or tweak it slightly. But you'll never be able to remarkably or miraculously change it and make it feel like a sedan (or something better). Changing the shocks, springs, tire pressure, etc. can only do so much, but the bottom line is, the ride will remain stiff or bouncy. My uncle had a 2nd gen nissan patrol and that car was bouncy. He changed the shocks, lowered the tire pressure and changed to street tires but it only resulted in marginal (at best) improvement. Basically, matagtag pa rin. My brother has a Fortuner and I have to say nahilo ako when I took a ride at the 2nd row. He changed tires, softened the tire pressure, changed shocks, etc. It improved the ride a bit, but it was still matagtag.

Kung baga sa tao, parang genetics din yan.

In my opinion, the best and cheapest way(s) to improve the riding comfort of your vehicle:

1. Lower your standards of expectation.
2. Wait until your butt gets used to the bouncy ride.

**1D4LV** · July 26th, 2007 09:42 AM

my friend got a fortuner just recently. upon test driving it, i really felt the bounce...
but guess what, when we checked the tire pressure, it was at 45 psi, so we lessened it to 35 psi, and the ride quality improved a bit.

to fix the bounce at the rear end, we did a very primitive solution....

we put a sack of sand sa likod....

ngayon ok na...

**clazzic** · July 27th, 2007 11:09 AM

when iam using my fortuner yun heavyduty yaya ng anak ko ang lagi sa last row to minimized d bouncy ride he he always yan

**junnquinto2006** · July 27th, 2007 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by happy_gilmore

my friend got a fortuner just recently. upon test driving it, i really felt the bounce...
but guess what, when we checked the tire pressure, it was at 45 psi, so we lessened it to 35 psi, and the ride quality improved a bit.

to fix the bounce at the rear end, we did a very primitive solution....

we put a sack of sand sa likod....

ngayon ok na...

so parang owner na jeep. matagtag pag 2 lang pasahero. nong puno kami, di na matagtag. better lagi pag mabigat ang likod mo. makabilingi nga ng buhangin ...