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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:12 pm
by tna racing
these r all sweet lookin rigs
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:23 am
by Patrolguy
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 12:24 pm
by blade828
My old GQ, now have a GU
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:10 pm
by wharf
Sorry fellas a bit off topic,but on the subject of cool stickers heres one on my truck
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:08 pm
by mud_runner_GQ
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:41 pm
by turbodave
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:46 pm
by CWBYUP
turbodave wrote:
Can i get some specs on this mate ?
Looking at buying a GQ and your dosent look to high but it got plenty of flex.
Cheers Nick
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:42 pm
by j-top paj
theres a nice one in my avatar
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:21 pm
by turbodave
CWBYUP wrote:turbodave wrote:
Can i get some specs on this mate ?
Looking at buying a GQ and your dosent look to high but it got plenty of flex.
Cheers Nick
Yeah, sure. 4inch springs, 15mm coil spacers in rear, 2inch bodylift, 5degree castor plates. Procomp ES9000 shocks. Rears measure around 750mm extended, springs only just stay in! The bushes are a bit worn in the front so that's why it probably flexes as well as it does.
Good luck with the GQ hunt
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:01 pm
by tna racing
ours is 4 inch coils 800mm travel in front and rear 2 inch body lift 35's extended brake lines a;; the goodies soon 2 go in is 2 inch coil spacers due to cant keep the springs in
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:22 am
by Fathillbilly
flex
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:12 am
by vanbox
ozy1....
whats the setup in the rear of your truck to get sort of flex?
cheers
PAUL
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:03 pm
by badger
id say his setup is no different from half the cars in these pics
mine included
just its a ute wich means no stupid wheel arches to limit travel
Re: flex
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:58 pm
by ozy1
vanbox wrote:ozy1....
whats the setup in the rear of your truck to get sort of flex?
cheers
PAUL
lets try lower traiing arms just over a meter long and an a frame with a dobbins joint in the centre, the only things limiting travel in the rear are the shocks, and the length the coils can stretch too,
the shocks are the llongest rancho i could get, which are about 950mm extended,
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:40 pm
by badger
i guess i was wrong
not trying to be a prick or anything but that flex dont seem very impressive now ive seen the specs
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 pm
by rvh96
adam penfold wrote:ours is 4 inch coils 800mm travel in front and rear 2 inch body lift 35's extended brake lines a;; the goodies soon 2 go in is 2 inch coil spacers due to cant keep the springs in
You have 800mm of travel thats 32 inchs of travel how long are your shocks 2metres long you must have them mounted to the roof how do you keep your 4 inch coils in considering they are not even 800mm long un loaded they would be about 300mm out of their seats at full drop
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:15 pm
by tna racing
its built for a 8 inch lift kit wich is soon happening there compertition shocks.pritty sure there about 800 fully extended rvh
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:54 pm
by rvh96
my rear shocks are 780mm long fully extended and have raised my lower mounts 50mm i have 6 inch coils and they just come out of the seats at full drop i have a total of 480mm of travel in the rear and about 400mm in the front and at that both driveshafts touch the x members and i have double cardans front and rear on custom shafts and rear x member is clearanced it is just not possible to go 800mm in the rear even with a standand 5 link and standand driveline.
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:41 pm
by tna racing
ok boss but its had a bit of work 2 the suspension i may b rong.but there huge shocks ill pull 1 out 2 morra n mesure them up 4 u at full length
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:49 pm
by badger
just because you shock is 800 long doesnt mean you have 800 travel.
mine are 960 long and i can get about 500mm of travel.
to get 800mm of travel your shock would have to be about 1500 long. and buggered if i kno how much lift ud need
ps i got 7 inch coils and mine are just captive at full droop
re:gq flex pics
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:59 pm
by Nelso
adam penfold wrote:ours is 4 inch coils 800mm travel in front and rear 2 inch body lift 35's extended brake lines a;; the goodies soon 2 go in is 2 inch coil spacers due to cant keep the springs in
No one can keep the springs in in a GQ. I had to retain my 7" springs in the rear as they fell out at full droop. Fix your springs top and bottom rather than fitting coil spacers as you'll need to adjust everything like panhards, drag links, pinion angles etc. Another advantage of having your springs retained is you'll increase your stability when you are on those sphincter puckering angles. The weight of that diff and wheel could be the difference between a roll and a close call.
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:35 pm
by rover1
my rear shocks are rancho and measure 830/480. 6" dobo springs sometimes fall half out at the top.
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:24 pm
by tna racing
cool rover 1 sounds great i havnt mesured ours.but there custom built
Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:26 pm
by tna racing
and ive been told that there 800 fully extended.
