adjustable panhards - experience/recommendations

[striped tomato]

Hi All,

Looking to replace my panhard rods. Need to get some adjustable ones but they must be strong. What do you use and what do you think. I have 2 fairly bent Wizard ones on at the moment. Car is used for competition work so it cops a hiding.

Interested in knowing about 3rds, BATC, any others?? already know about Wizard. Materials, quality of construction, strength, any issues with fouling on brackets etc.

Steve

[Tiny]

Hi All,

Looking to replace my panhard rods. Need to get some adjustable ones but they must be strong. What do you use and what do you think. I have 2 fairly bent Wizard ones on at the moment. Car is used for competition work so it cops a hiding.

Interested in knowing about 3rds, BATC, any others?? already know about Wizard. Materials, quality of construction, strength, any issues with fouling on brackets etc.

Steve

3rds for sure

[viperguy]

x2 without a doubt

[ozy1]

i say 3rds also, their products are strong, and without a doubt will last a life time,


you best bet would be to give Fernando a call, ask him about his product,
02 8814 9037

[giantracing]

why dont you use a fence star picket like every one else stev

[GQ Bear]

I've got Lovell's in mine, haven't had a problem, yet!

What's the difference with 3rd's? I did a fair bit of shopping around before getting mine and they all appeared the same, 32mm solid bar with a cut thread for adjustment.

[bru21]

i am not that happy with my 3rds in terms of thread sloppyness and the physical size of the "nut" ment that i had to relocate the diff backwards as it was hitting the panhard bracket and pumpkin even in std position. when used for a 7" lift the thread imo is not far enough in. personally i hate adj ones as they always work loose. fitment wise i was happier with my wizard ones (although the bushes were not rubber but with a 5 ling they couldn't have been! I have never given either a hiding.

cheers bru

[bogged]

Whiteline were the gears to get few yrs back...

[Simo63]

Can't speak for the other brands but I had wizards front and rear on my old GQ ... never a problem .. fitted up straight away and once they were adjusted (easy enough to do) they were never thought about again.

I'd buy them again without doubt if I needed another set.

[HeathGQ]

I have BATC with 4". Fitted nicely, doesn't knock on anything. I never recieved the engineers certificates though, so i couldnt tell you the materials. I know he mig welds everything, cause he told me if he changed wleding type he would need to get it re-assessed.

Cost IIRC was $480 (dont quote me), plus bushes - I put gen nissan ones in.

I'd personally have a chat to Les... he's in Tingalpa.

[nissan_onroids]

i would go tough dog they wont bend at all

[ludacris]

I replaced my BATC's as they bent. The last 4 way pahnards I ordered for a customer were solid with rubber bushes. Superior Engineering have a good product with fine thread and rubber bushes. 3RDs are solid with rubber bushes but are a bit short on thread when fitted to large lifts.

LudaCris

[weeman]

why not just make your own and get the correct length its a comp truck its not like your always going to be changing the level of lift.

much stronger all adjustable panhards come loose and arent as strong as straight bit of pipe.

[ludacris]

If anything comes loose on a panhard it is the nut but it is impossible for the panard rods to completly come apart.

ludaCris

[fatassgq]

I would like to know otherwise for our own benifit but we have never had a complaint from any of our customers that one of our panhards have come loose!
Ours are a very fine thread and use two (2) proper half nuts/lock nuts. We make our panhards so that there is at least 80mm of thread inside the end with a lift of 4-5 ". If required we could prolly make one for you in a one piece design.

solid will generally bend easier than hollow bar too.
Genuine nissan bushes are the only way to go imo

Superior Engineering ask for me (Brian) 3889 6778 0407 002 057

[scorched]

Ive got BATC ones cost 180 each no rubbers.

Seem fairly strong and havnt damaged them at all.

Definatly an improvement on standard ones which i bent the rear.

Just with the engineers cert i asked twice and it never came so dunno what hes up to there.

[rover1]

i got a 6" spring lift and using a JT enginerring custom bar, heaps of thread in the bar, if i had a 4"lift the bar would be too long. it has a bend around the diff to.

[Cossie]

I would like to know otherwise for our own benifit but we have never had a complaint from any of our customers that one of our panhards have come loose!
Ours are a very fine thread and use two (2) proper half nuts/lock nuts. We make our panhards so that there is at least 80mm of thread inside the end with a lift of 4-5 ". If required we could prolly make one for you in a one piece design.

solid will generally bend easier than hollow bar too.
Genuine nissan bushes are the only way to go imo

Superior Engineering ask for me (Brian) 3889 6778 0407 002 057

I've got Superior adjustable panhards and HD drag link from Brian in my GQ - all extremely good quality and no fitment dramas (although the draglink was a touch long for a 4 " lift even wound all the way in )