Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Yeah i recon !

Down south is swarming with 4x4 engineering shops.

I have already done my suspension with L & S but im looking at something a bit more extreme.

Do ARB or TJM have a decent workshop ?

Anyone know of a 4x4 shop that does custom work, tube bars, suspension in Darwin ?

(apart from the generic guys )

cheers.

Thanks. To anyone who has done the conversion, or been in both the leaf and coil rear utes is there much difference in comfort ? I have been in heaps of wagons and they are like being in a Limousine, compared to the ride in my ute. Is it worth farting around with a heavier tray and custom leaf packs ...

Yes i have searched.


00 model GU Ute DX.


Who does the coil conversion for them, engineered, drive in, drive out and how much ?

Im looking at crossing back to the dark side ...... again, and looking at buying a well kitted out, solid axle 2.8 hopefully with a snail on the side. QUESTIONS. What is there weak points ? (ie, cv's , gearbox, engine, common rust area's etc.) What is a resonable price for one with a few goodies and ...

After swapping my heavy steel tray for the light shortened alloy tray, the ride is terrible ! Whats my best option, as its currently running a 3 inch spring lift with extended shackles. Should I take out a few leafs. Buy a set of parabolic leafs ( are they any good anyway ?) Take out all the load ...

Hey all. After taking the steel tray off my ute and replacing it with a shortened ally one, the ride is rough as guts. Im running a heavy duty 2 to 3 inch lifted pack with superior extended shackles and i need a light, soft and flexy pack instead. I dont want to take out leaves and play with the ...

How much do the 12 HT 's sell for ? What came out in these rigs originally as an oil burner?

As i said i can get it for a really good price so paying a little for an engine is no problem.

There is no engine or gear box in it currently mate.

I am in the position of getting a fairly good nick 45 series ute for cheap and I was wondering if there are any gurus on these out there to give us a hand with a few questions. 1. Engine wise, what is the best bang for buck ? I have a mate who has a 308 on gas in his and i have heard of heaps of ...

Check if 5th gear has shat itself yet before you buy it ! I got my 99 model leaf rear with whinch bar side rails/steps and tow bar with a service history for $20,000 2 years ago. It had 200,000 wen i got it and at 215,000 fifth gear spat out on the way to work without any warning. Research the ...

looks like gas is the way to go for the future. Up here in NT we have the most expensive fuels of all kind in Australia, couple that with having to drive a fark load to get any where and it gets a bloke thinking on how to save a few $'s on juice. You blokes running the petrols and gas ........ ever ...

22R - is that the 2.4 diesel NA ? How do you find it when its trying to spin bigger rubber like 33's or 35's ?

Just curious as to what economy figures people are getting out of there engines after they have done a bit of work to there rigs. The reason i ask is, i once had a 84 model Lux 2Litre petrol with 4 inch lift 35's and barwork and compared to my new rig with a very similar set up it was heaps cheaper ...

What a shame Nissan didn't get the contract ! If anyone has driven around in a Landrover 110 for a while you will know what i mean !

Its got it over a shorty forty anyday if you ask me !

And i absolutely agree about the drop shackles. There awesome for ramp comps but after seeing what they did to a mates rig after a day ( basically fu!@#ed his leaf pack in its twisty weird way) im not a fan. They only rely on the weight of the wheel to drop in the first place, so how is that ment to ...

Has anybody tried taking all the load barers out, chamfering (spelling) the ends of a few remaining leafs and running air bags ? The poly air kits are not very expensive at all and claim to give much better on and off road performance. Im running a 4 inch lift (3 in the springs 1 in the shackle) and ...

Righto cheers.

Is that his username hobzee ? If so i will PM him.

Does any body know if you can air bag the rear of a GU ute leaf sprung ?

I have searched and made a few phone calls but have not found any info.

Cheers !

Very Nice !

Thats exactly what im talking about ! Mine will be a little different were it meets the tube front bar thats all.

Yeah that would be sweet !

We are still peicing it together and or contemplating using just the tube from the original ARB welded back on to good strong sliders.

Are you making yours in one peice, or making a bracket to bolt to the front bar ?

you have just convinced me to incorporate a brush bar and sliders into the tube bar im building ! I have the ARB ones just like yours and there faarken piss weak ! My side steps are bent up so they nearly touch the sills but i never thought that the brush bar may twist and smash the guard ! Thanks ...

Who has Inverted the shocks in the arse of there leaf sprung ute ?

How have you found it ?

Was it worth it ?

Righto, stupid question but how do you set up drop shackels ? Is it just getting the right leaf packs to allow them to work properly or is there more involved ? Do drop shackles give more extra lift over normal shackles ? Just wondering because if i do buy them from superior i may have a rig ...

Oh, yeah.

I have also seen is it a "scissor shackle" with the leaves joing both ends of the shackle. How do they work ? are they effective ?

I know the Superior boys down south do wonders with leafs.

Im currently running a 2 inch OME lifted leafs and 2inch extended anti inversion shackels and was wondering how i can get a better ride and flex ? Is there a custom spring mob who specialise in this ? Are parabolics anygood ? The car carries little to no weight so it doesnt have to have any load ...

http://www.freds4wd.com.au/comfort.html


Here is one of the sites.

I'm a bit sceptical myself but was just chasing some opinions.

Was looking thru a mag the other day and saw this add a coil system for leaf springs. They basically just mount a coily in the middle of the leaf pack and mount it to the sub frame. Anyone tried em ? Supposedly a much more comfortable ride, which i admit i could handle in my ute. Just wonder how the ...

Im a painter by trade so hopefully i should know. Okay, i did my apprenticeship at a contracted business to none other then Ford. Even working at a new car dealership you would be surprised at the amount of repairs we did after the factory inital respray. Especially metallics as the robots still ...

Make sure you ask a lot of questions about the 5th gear / gearbox. These rigs have this problem and can be quite expensive to fix if you dont know anyone in the game. I paid 20K for my 2000 model, coil/leaf. Luckily being a council car and having a full service history it had the 5th gear repaired ...