75 series coil sprung questions

[84sloth]

i recently bought a 75 series ute and i want to coil it. ive seen the build ups in here. with blokes using 80 series diffs and nissan diffs. i would like to keep it toyota. would it be worth coiling the 75 series diffs using nissan hats and stuff. i can get nissan mounts and links for a carton. also living in queensland how would i go engineering somethin like that?
help would be muchly appreciated

[pinkfloyddsotm]

75 diffs are to narrow ,the coil will be sitting right on the ball joint or pretty close to it , 80 diffs is the easier way to go. the rear drive shaft would sit pretty crooked to line up with the diff (nissans are central) 75 and 80 series diffs are offset to line up ..

[84sloth]

ahh i c how hard is it to set up the rear links. should i use the origonal setup or triangulate the top? what about the front? radius arms on top or standard(underneath diff)

[Barno111]

80 series rolling chassis! easiest way to do it! dont have to worry about any of the links or radius arms!

[Thommo 73]

you cant use gq coil hats on standard diffs.
79/80 series hats and mounts are your best bet.
mine done with 80's stuff on standard diffs, it's alot of grinding

[hulsty]

Thommo 73 how do you go with clearance from the coil hat to the tyre on articulation? they seem rather close. On my leaf middy on articulation my tyres nearly hit the stock shock towers.

[84sloth]

ok so i rang a engineer up today and i asked him about fitting 80 series difffs under my 75. he basically said i cant use the diffs coz there a different width to standard 75's. and i know it would be a whole lot of work coiling what ive got. i think i would go a body conversion onto the 80 chassis. just have to fiddle around with body mounts. does anybody know the difference in body mounts? also wat else would be needed if i was doing this. radiator mounts. ill use my engine and box seen as though its a brand new box and motor done 300 xxx 1hz.

[bIg_ReD_bOiNs]

ok so i rang a engineer up today and i asked him about fitting 80 series difffs under my 75. he basically said i cant use the diffs coz there a different width to standard 75's. and i know it would be a whole lot of work coiling what ive got. i think i would go a body conversion onto the 80 chassis. just have to fiddle around with body mounts. does anybody know the difference in body mounts? also wat else would be needed if i was doing this. radiator mounts. ill use my engine and box seen as though its a brand new box and motor done 300 xxx 1hz.

i dont think thats right mate, maybe you should try a different engineer, mine is engineered with nissan diffs and they are wider again...

it probably works in your favour if a professional is doing the work too, rather than them thinking its just going to be some backyard bodgey-up. i dunno... just a thought

ps. i reckon that the 80 series chassis is the way to go, as there is a lot less of the really vital fab work to do, ie linkages, mounts, steering, crossmembers etc, so therefore alot eaiser to engineer.

dunno bout it being less work... i would think there would be a lot of things attached to the body and chassis to move across, heaps of things you will have to fiddle around with to make fit... could be wrong though...

[land8079]

mate go the 80 series chassis as two my mates have done it and both are approved in qld. Body mounts are not a problem as one of the rears is in the right spot and is able to be used a arefence point to place all the others.

[84sloth]

yea i think the 80 chassis is the go. does anyone know of engineers in qld??