cheap lifting an nh

[twinnie]

as you might know form the "you guys are my new friends" thread i have baught an nh swb and now i want to know if i can lift it cheaply i'm a little worryed about getting hung up on a bolws lawn .

can i use coil spacers and crank up the torsion bars?

and what isues would i run into with the bars (like snaping?)

matt

[-Scott-]

C'mon twinnie - surely you've been around OL long enough to know "Search is your friend!"

Try this as a starting point.

And you won't snap your torsion bars...

Cheers,

Scott

[twinnie]

lol i did a search don't worry i know it anoys people when you don't but i couldn't find any thing on coil spacers.

Matt

[-Scott-]

Don't waste your money on coil spacers. Find a 4by wrecker and buy the coils from the rear of a Gen 2 LWB. Check this for more info.

If you want bone-jarring stiff, find some GQ coils - you'll never hit your rear bump stops again.

Cheers,

Scott

[Fatpaj]

Twinnie I have 4 rancho shocks and 2 coils to suit a 2" lift NH LWB only been on the car for 6 months, removed when I sold the car looking for $450.00

Marty

[rhymus]

Twinnie, just swapped to gq coils in my lwb nf. should be the same as nh. would like to get rid of old coils. Fifty bucks would do it.

[twinnie]

thanks for the info guys

the 2 inch lift sounds good but i still owe $2000 on the car

as for the bone jaring ride well i'd rather not my cd player skips at 60 km/h already but i think the lwb coils are a good option that way every thing is still pajero and i can still say to aami that the car isn't modified

so the lwb springs are just stiffer or are they longer too?

Matt

[Bitsamissin]

Some of the US guys have done this mod, putting lwb coils into a swb but on Gen 1 trucks only.
They were reporting lifts of 1-2.5" but ultimately depends on the condition of your previous coils and the donor ones.

[Tas_Dean]

as for the bone jaring ride well i'd rather not my cd player skips at 60 km/h already Matt

I bet it's a Sony!

I have a Sony cd player in my wife's car, every now and then I "borrow" it to go in my pajero, and it skips at 60!

Cheers, Dean

[twinnie]

as for the bone jaring ride well i'd rather not my cd player skips at 60 km/h already Matt

I bet it's a Sony!

I have a Sony cd player in my wife's car, every now and then I "borrow" it to go in my pajero, and it skips at 60!

Cheers, Dean

i think it's a kenwood but it's ooolllllddddd, and hence has no anti shock. for car park doof doofing only

Matt

[Suspension Stuff]

I can get you 30mm spring spacers for $20 each. Surely postage couldn't be that much. Shane.

[Bitsamissin]

Shane are those coil spacers specifically for a Pajero ???
We know that Patrol coils go into the rear of a Paj (it's tight though) but off the shelf Nissan spacers wouldn't work because of the lack of room.

[Suspension Stuff]

I'm pretty sure they are the same as the 80series and 4 Runner.

[J Top]

The "bone jarring ride" would not bother me as much as the lack of artic with such a heavy coil.
Coil spacers can work if the springs are firm enough, but on excessively soft springs they can add to instability.
J Top

[twinnie]

The "bone jarring ride" would not bother me as much as the lack of artic with such a heavy coil.
Coil spacers can work if the springs are firm enough, but on excessively soft springs they can add to instability.
J Top

i see where you are comming from, but surly a body lift will do the same thing, if to a lesser extent. i spose it's all physics and the only way around it is air springs .

Matt