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Marvellous, i feel a purchase coming my way. Thanks again.

Hi Starider, did the springs affect the ride quality in a negative way?

Hi Starider and Picasso Thanks for your responses. Can I just clarify you have both fitted the heavy duty springs with the part number Picasso provided. If so did the new springs affect the quality of the ride? The supplier of the springs provided the specs for the springs from the manufacturers, as followers: “360lbs per inch so each spring has 3000lbs, total weight on rear with two springs 6000lbs”. All this doesn’t mean a great deal to me other than a solution for more payload, and probably over the top for me, but haven’t been able to find another solution as yet. Put an email to SVTech but not had a response yet. I have been told by another that the heavy duty springs ‘totally reck the quality of the ride’ so interested what you think. Thanks again.

Many thanks Picasso and Starider for your responses. I found the springs on eBay. Million dollar question, do you know what extra payload these springs give you? I managed to find the net and gross vehicle weights (my terminology) for my vehicle. I have also weighed my vehicle post conversion, the end result being I don’t have much payload, so need to do something! I note there is a discussion about vehicle weights/payload on this forum, and problems people have had trying to find vehicle weights. Just in case you are interested I managed to find a web site which had all the original Alphard brochures which you can download, and the two I looked at contained the net and gross vehicle weights, the link is autocataloguearchive.com. I will also post this link in the discussion thread about weights.

Hi Starider, I am also considering heavy duty springs for our Alphard. I tried the Ebay item number you provided but it did not find anything. I appreciate this post is a bit old now, and wondered if you had any further information on the springs that I could use to locate them. There are also lots of posts on the forum about vehicle weights, payloads and stronger springs, and I wondered if anyone has successfully upgraded their springs to achieve a bigger payload.

Apologise if I have missed a post, but has there been any further progress on sourcing the service schedule. I have just purchased a Alphard 3l 2006 and would like know what the service regime is.

Happy days, have sorted radio and camera. Just needed to adjust settings. Panic over. Thanks again for your responses.

Hi Rojie Thanks for responding. We also have the MZ G edition. Collected yesterday so lots to learn. Yes we do have a camera, we actual had a new Kenwood head unit fitted with integrated camera. However at the moment we don’t seam to have any guide lines/boxes. The instructions seam to suggest there should be guide lines? Need to digest the instructions and review the settings. Only have one DAB channel as well. Lots of head scratching at the moment.

Hi, have just purchased an Alphard 3.0L 2006model. When reverse is selected the passenger door mirror angles towards the floor. However, it does not reset it itself when a forward gear is selected, is this normal?