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5 inch lift cast arms

Tech Talk for Nissan owners.

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Post by MissDrew »

Nick has had his rig off the clock with these arms and 5 or 6 inch lift springs and said it was still sweet.

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Post by Butt Craic »

Guts wrote:Nick has had his rig off the clock with these arms and 5 or 6 inch lift springs and said it was still sweet.


Nick's also told me before that he copped a speeding ticket doing about 140 with the 5 link and 38's on so maybe that says more about his driving than it does about the suspension set up :shock:

I like the fact that they are simple and from the flex on the ramp, they look like they work a treat.
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Post by ozy1 »

Nicks truck looked sweet, and with myself doing about 20 000ks a year, they will appeal to myself as well, Also, i ran castor plates for 6 months, and went through a set of bushes, im now running drop boxes and went through a set of bushes, the lift has been in about 14months, so if they will stop all my dramas, life will be sweet.
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Post by MissDrew »

for those that haven`t seen nick mannells new rig.
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Post by turps »

Guts wrote:for those that haven`t seen nick mannells new rig.


Got any pics from the front as that pic shows that the rear flexs well. But not a real good idea of what the front can do.
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Post by MissDrew »

when it was on the ramp only the drivers side had twisted in its mounts by no more than 1mm, the passengers side was still straight. The front still had atleast 4inches left in it. With so many people looking at the rig and climbing under it this was as far up the ramp as we would take it for safety reasons. Yes it was also strapped to it.
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Post by ozy1 »

And what a sweet ramp it was too, it hooks stright up to the towbar of the car, has air bag susp[ension and pump it up, hook it up and your off, runs around on 35" Muddies if im correct.
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Post by hotrod4x4 »

well from the pic , looks like no way it would outflex a 5link

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he runs his rear springs way too soft , as its not forcing the front to work at all
an we all kno how easy the rear flex's already

so yeah , my thoughts r he needs firmer springs in rear or softer in front
but i'd prefer the firmer rear
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Post by ozy1 »

from what i believe this truck has hardly been driven to this date as it hasnt been finished for all that long, so the springs still havnt had time to settle yet, so after a few runs it may be entirely different flex wise....
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Post by GRIMACE »

from that pic it doesnt seem to be flexin in front end at all :roll:


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Post by dumbdunce »

M&M Custom Engineering wrote:standard nissan arms are cast steel not cast iron


cast or forged? pretty sure the toyota (bundera, 80, 105) are forged, and they are bendable/straightenable in a 20 ton press.
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Post by OVERKILL ENG »

Guts wrote:when it was on the ramp only the drivers side had twisted in its mounts by no more than 1mm, the passengers side was still straight. The front still had atleast 4inches left in it. With so many people looking at the rig and climbing under it this was as far up the ramp as we would take it for safety reasons. Yes it was also strapped to it.






Hate to burst your bubble but I wouldn't say that that has much flex. The rear is definately to soft and then front ain't doing shiat as for going up the ramp further I doubt it as the rear is about to lift.

I would say all the five links on the market would have more flex.
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