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I put a set of rancho 9000's in my GQ with about 6" lift with 3" body lift. Just grab the adjuster dial and wind it all the way up to "slot car" for use on road. Less body roll than stock and no need for sway bars.

Steve

Check out ecklers.com

It's mostly corvette specific but they used t 700's and you should be able to find what you're after there.

look in the transmission part.

Hope this helps.

Steve

So, would just before the diff centre on a long wheelbase gq be legal???

The floorpan should be sealed the whole way down shouldn't it.


Steve

Does anyone have the specs for how far back the exhaust has to finish.

I've been told 6 inches past the last opening window..

Just need to know before i go for a blue slip.


Steve

Correct me if i'm wrong, but i thought you needed all 3 #'s to work out the height. in that crappy style anyway. if it was 225/75r15 it would be a 15"rim, 225mm wide and the 75 is the sidewall heaigh as a percentage of the width... But i've never know'n for sure. i like 37x13.5x15 much better. Steve

Auto alliance is (I think the distributor) for rancho's and they can ship same day, cod at post office. i broke a 5 stage knob, cleaned the shock as per his instructions and now the shocks are 6 stage.

Steve

I just straightened mine then welded 2 pcs of 20x20x3mm angle to it. Does the job just fine.


Steve

I got the longest rancho's available at the time that didnt need adaptors.

I think the rear was 33" and 28" front.


Steve

I had mine running down through the inside of the chassis. plenty of access holes along the way to help out. i also used arb locker hose instead of rubber. made the whole process alot easier.

Steve

It could also be the castor.. sounds stupid, but if it's had a castorline or proaxle castor adjusters put in you have to put the top and bottom bearings back in exactly the same way or it can throw the castor out upto 4 deg. usually they're only put in the passenger side though.

Steve.

No, he's not on here. but he is a mate of mine. Dit his up after coming out with me one day.
He's a good bloke though.

Steve

I changed mine from drum to disc. all i did was change the whole axle setup over. brake lines hooked straight up. drum setups still have the prop valve and the master cylinder was fine from original.


Steve

what car? what engine? what transmition? and nissans run a spiggot bush instead of thrust bearings Half right. Nissans do have a spiggot bush. but that in no way replaces a thrust bearing (same shaft, different place) If it's not whining or whisteling it's probably not the thrust bearing. Could be ...

Thanks Mate

Does anyone know what came standard in the 90 mod 3.0l petrol?


Thanks Steve

Definatley worth the dollars. good for about 150,000 k's self cleaning etc. last time you should ever need to change the plugs. Active auto sportique in homebush is the distributor for them, if thats close enough to you pop in. They will tell you the best one's for the job and i cant see you finding ...

Sounds like fun..

I'll be there.


Steve

Tom, I would look at just a plain non rtc for the patrol, rtc will not help to prevent shimmy if it appears, and will be the first thing you will remove in the process of elimination if the shimmy does appear. The rtc dampers are good, and will help if the caster is borderline on wandering, but ...

I had a elect dizzy on a fairlane i had... worked great till the bushes in it wore a bit. then it stoped turning and the engine kept going.. for a lil bit.. result..

broken gear on the bottom, and a broken cam..

great dizzy, but watch for wear...


Steve

wtf???

what is 4x4 tv and what is channel 31????? fox, optus or some weird community free to air channel?? if free to air what band etc will i find it on, if its fox (i'm a tad pissed and lazy here) what's it called?


Steve

Geez, from what i got from the rep at the show. the smaller ones have more in common to the rancho's than the maverick had to the gq patrol.

He said"different colour, different name, same factory."


Steve

I'd say leave it the way it is. out of the factory nissans have 4 degrees positive castor. the specs are 2 degrees plus or minus 2. take the 4 you've got and the 3 that'l come off you're left with one degree, well within spec and alot closer than stock.. I got done with mine.. an expert put 7 degree ...

According to endless air, they don't have a bracket for the 4.2p with air con.

I was just looking to see if anyone makes, has plans for or has any advice for mounting an aircon type compressor to a 4.2p gq with air con.

I still want to keep the air con and dont want to go through all the r&d if someone else already has.

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True, mine did loose adjustability too, but all you've gotta do is pull the adjusters off (as in unscrew the allen screws) spray in some wd40 and keep pushing and releasing the piston inside. keep spraying as necessary.

Once i did that i actually got 6 stages of adjustment instead of only 5.

Ok, why is everyone going away from the Rancho's now. I've got em on mine and i think they're great. plus aren't the toughdog shocks a single wall design which means a few dings that wouldn't bother the rancho's and they'd be stuffed???

I've broken 2. first was a 12 yr old genuine one. pulling someone in reverse 37" claws loosing and getting traction, high revs and on full lock. completely shattered everything on that one. replaced that with an aftermarket job and broke that about 6 mths later. smashed the bell, stripped the axle ...

This is just what i've heard, but the GQ's running gear was still made in the truck plant (as we know most is straight from the 7T trucks, thats why they are so bloody strong and heavy) where as the GU's gear is now made in the car plant and just isn't as strong. But as i said, thats just what i've ...

I've got 37" claws on mine and i've only broken 1 cv (doing something stupid but necessary at the time. towing someone, in reverse, full lock, big rev's and bouncing. nissan cv's dont break as much as toyota items. (geez, will i cop a bashing over that won't i. but it is true)


Steve

I've got a lwb with a 4" lift with 3" body lift and 37" baja's. i had to cut 2" out of the back of all the arches. I'm not too sure about the 35's but logically i'd say you would deffinately need the body lift and/or cut the guards. I've also got the petrol carby motor and with 37's it still has all ...