GVM stands for Gross Vehicle Mass, this is what your vehicle’s maximum weight is allowed to be loaded to and is also heavily affected by axle load capacity. On the standard 79 Series Landcruiser your complete vehicle can only weigh a maximum of 3300kgs and if you use our calculator below you will see how easy it is to load your vehicle up to maximum GVM quickly.
Now when it comes to purchasing a GVM upgrade not all kits are the same, there are 4 key areas a GVM upgrade needs to address.
- SUSPENSION: Can the springs carry the extra load and are they rated correctly for the application? The same for the shocks not only can they control the extra load, but is the dampening up to the job? When all that extra weight is being thrown from side to side or up and down is your suspension up to the task?
- BRAKING: Are the factory brakes up to the job with the extra weight? Can they stop your vehicle in the required distance with all the extra weight?
- DRIVELINE: Will the vehicle’s driveline be capable and reliable with the extra load? What’s the point of being able to carry all that weight but your driveline isn’t up to the job such as the clutch, gearbox, engine, differential.
- AXLE LOADS: Can the stated axle loads of your GVM allow practical loading of your vehicle? GVM doesn’t actually mean anything if you have small axle load capacity as this is the limiting factor of what can be loaded in your vehicle
- So when it comes to choosing a GVM upgrade for your vehicle does it tick those four boxes? If not you have to ask yourself is it a true and usable GVM upgrade or are you just wasting your money?
GVM stands for Gross Vehicle Mass, this is what your vehicle’s maximum weight is allowed to be loaded to and is also heavily affected by axle load capacity. On the standard 79 Series Landcruiser your complete vehicle can only weigh a maximum of 3300kgs and if you use our calculator below you will see how easy it is to load your vehicle up to maximum GVM quickly.
Now when it comes to purchasing a GVM upgrade not all kits are the same, there are 4 key areas a GVM upgrade needs to address.
- SUSPENSION: Can the springs carry the extra load and are they rated correctly for the application? The same for the shocks not only can they control the extra load, but is the dampening up to the job? When all that extra weight is being thrown from side to side or up and down is your suspension up to the task?
- BRAKING: Are the factory brakes up to the job with the extra weight? Can they stop your vehicle in the required distance with all the extra weight?
- DRIVELINE: Will the vehicle’s driveline be capable and reliable with the extra load? What’s the point of being able to carry all that weight but your driveline isn’t up to the job such as the clutch, gearbox, engine, differential.
GVM stands for Gross Vehicle Mass, this is what your vehicle’s maximum weight is allowed to be loaded to and is also heavily affected by axle load capacity. On the standard 79 Series Landcruiser your complete vehicle can only weigh a maximum of 3300kgs and if you use our calculator below you will see how easy it is to load your vehicle up to maximum GVM quickly.
Now when it comes to purchasing a GVM upgrade not all kits are the same, there are 4 key areas a GVM upgrade needs to address.
- SUSPENSION: Can the springs carry the extra load and are they rated correctly for the application? The same for the shocks not only can they control the extra load, but is the dampening up to the job? When all that extra weight is being thrown from side to side or up and down is your suspension up to the task?
- BRAKING: Are the factory brakes up to the job with the extra weight? Can they stop your vehicle in the required distance with all the extra weight?
- DRIVELINE: Will the vehicle’s driveline be capable and reliable with the extra load? What’s the point of being able to carry all that weight but your driveline isn’t up to the job such as the clutch, gearbox, engine, differential.
- AXLE LOADS: Can the stated axle loads of your GVM allow practical loading of your vehicle? GVM doesn’t actually mean anything if you have small axle load capacity as this is the limiting factor of what can be loaded in your vehicle
- So when it comes to choosing a GVM upgrade for your vehicle does it tick those four boxes? If not you have to ask yourself is it a true and usable GVM upgrade or are you just wasting your money?
GVM stands for Gross Vehicle Mass, this is what your vehicle’s maximum weight is allowed to be loaded to and is also heavily affected by axle load capacity. On the standard 79 Series Landcruiser your complete vehicle can only weigh a maximum of 3300kgs and if you use our calculator below you will see how easy it is to load your vehicle up to maximum GVM quickly.
Now when it comes to purchasing a GVM upgrade not all kits are the same, there are 4 key areas a GVM upgrade needs to address.
- SUSPENSION: Can the springs carry the extra load and are they rated correctly for the application? The same for the shocks not only can they control the extra load, but is the dampening up to the job? When all that extra weight is being thrown from side to side or up and down is your suspension up to the task?
- BRAKING: Are the factory brakes up to the job with the extra weight? Can they stop your vehicle in the required distance with all the extra weight?
- DRIVELINE: Will the vehicle’s driveline be capable and reliable with the extra load? What’s the point of being able to carry all that weight but your driveline isn’t up to the job such as the clutch, gearbox, engine, differential.
