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GQ ute q's

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GQ ute q's

Post by dont_follow_me »

guys

2 q's

1. Can anyone tell me if the GQ ute came with 4 coils and a bench (3) seat

2. will my 4 inch lift (coils/shocks/castor bushes/panhard rods etc) on my GQ LWB (1988) fit into a GQ ute (if they made a 4 coil one)

before the search Police hunt me down, searching revealed no topics.

any info appreciated.
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Re: GQ ute q's

Post by its aford not a nissan »

dont_follow_me wrote:guys

2 q's

1. Can anyone tell me if the GQ ute came with 4 coils and a bench (3) seat

2. will my 4 inch lift (coils/shocks/castor bushes/panhard rods etc) on my GQ LWB (1988) fit into a GQ ute (if they made a 4 coil one)

before the search Police hunt me down, searching revealed no topics.

any info appreciated.

i would have to say yes and.............yes :D
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Post by nastytroll »

I have a st coil cab, buckets, cloth, carpet.

My mate had a dx coil cab, bench, vynal trim, vynal mats.

coil cab and wagon are all same running gear. utes have stiffer rear factory coils and stonger tierods (female thread tierod, male thread linkage). All coilcabs are 4 wheel disk too.
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Post by love ke70 »

yep, got the dx with the bench seat. 2 and a third people if you wanna use second or forth gear :P

everything should bolt over, one to the other.

but be-aware, if your considering carrying load on the rear of the ute, you might want some very stiff springs, or polyairs, the coils just cant hack it when you really load them up, but by that point your probably exceeding GVM anyway...
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Post by dont_follow_me »

thanks guys. I just need to be able to convince SWMBO to make some funds available.

I really like the GU ute in the ex-telstra fit out with the hard body rear. That would make a ball tearer of a tourer with a roof top tent but they are out of my price range.

But if I could find just the rear tray from a telstra ute for a few grand and it would fit onto the GQ chassis without any mods, that could be an option. I guess that at the worst, it would just be a matter or fabricating some new mounting points to suit the GQ's chassis.

the idea (money pending) is to get a GQ coil ute and swap all the goodies from my GQ LWB wagon onto it ie 4 inch lift, 35's etc etc to make a weekend warrior truck and then when I can accumulate some holidays, fit the telstra rear and go touring in a well decked out truck. Get home and change trays for more weekend warrior stuff.

any idea's
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Post by vanbox »

Never seen a telstra body on its own for sale...but heard from several people they are approx $12g add-on to the ute!

Ill have some hard canopy pics up of my GU next week, will put specs etc up with it, definitely wasn't 12g :cool:

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Post by love ke70 »

any idea what a steel tray weighs, let alone a full built in?

i put a new tray on my GQ last week, its not particularly difficult once you ge the fucker high enough in the air to get the ute out from under it, cab and all, to turn around and reverse in the right way to drop it down on.

but anyway, my steel tray, 2.6 x 1.8, standard triple m, 320kg.

wouldnt wanna be the sort of thing id wanna swap over too often...
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Post by nastytroll »

coil cab rated to 750kg, leaf rear 1000kg. If you got the tray off brace the rear spring mounts before they crack.
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Post by coxy321 »

Ever notice why all of the telstra kitted out patrols are leaf rear?? Ever seen the leaf packs??

If you are keen on the telstra fitout down the track - start saving for a good set of bags to help the rear end.
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