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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:19 pm
by SIMMO84
Has anyone been able to get the surf rear engineered in Qld?
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:06 pm
by Pagey_1
Ok im sold on the rear coils also
Im just curious about front coil conversion, bearing in mind i was gonna go the TG front set up, which involves crossover steering, new shockmounts etc anyway, what is exactly involved in a front coil conversion? whats easiest to weld in? Has anyone here done it?
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:37 pm
by Mr DJ
Talk to Bubs, he did mine
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:06 am
by Pagey_1
Dougster wrote:Talk to Bubs, he did mine
Ah cool! Can you tell me anything about it? What parts he used etc?
What did it cost for someone to do it if you dont mind me asking? PM me if you like.
Cheers
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:45 am
by hixi126
im all for the 4runner coil real i bought a full rear cut for 170 and cut it into my chassie , engineer is happy im happy its easy as
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:30 pm
by coopster
that sound cheap hope i can find one that cheap
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:48 pm
by Evski
I have just bought everything needed for $300 bucks. I just need to find someone in sydney to weld it up for me. I really need to learn how to weld one day.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:03 pm
by Mr DJ
Pagey_1 wrote:Ah cool! Can you tell me anything about it? What parts he used etc?
What did it cost for someone to do it if you dont mind me asking? PM me if you like.
Cheers
There is more work in setting up a 3 link coil front properly than a leaf front so price reflects this, bout 5k incl. engineering as a ball park figure then add lockers, custom bits, etc. if you wish.
Mine came in at 6.5k, incl. sale of IFS parts, bundera 1/2 chassis cut, new air locker, rebuilt diff, custom radius arms, shaved and braced diff, new C&P & longfield CV's.
Some stuff I could do myself and the rest professionally done (e.g. setting up new C&P + locker to centre).
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:04 pm
by hixi126
but again for the like minded as myself , it cost me 4k roughly to do my front end properly with a 60 series diff and it will end up being around the 2 mark for the rear after its finished and ticked off in the engineers book
what i cant see is why cant i put a surf tank where the hilux tank goes , the hilux one is just too long so the surf would work fine .. or cut a top corner out of a hilux tank if you like fighing with the engineer.
maybe becaust the extra cab chassie is tha6t little bit longer i dont know
Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:42 pm
by Mr DJ
hixi126 wrote:but again for the like minded as myself , it cost me 4k roughly to do my front end properly with a 60 series diff and it will end up being around the 2 mark for the rear after its finished and ticked off in the engineers book
what i cant see is why cant i put a surf tank where the hilux tank goes , the hilux one is just too long so the surf would work fine .. or cut a top corner out of a hilux tank if you like fighing with the engineer.
maybe becaust the extra cab chassie is tha6t little bit longer i dont know
Thought you could put a Surf tank in a leaf lux but not the other way round
The Surf tank has a recess in the top back section to allow room for the drivers side upper control arm & mount.
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:52 am
by booflux
Dougster wrote:hixi126 wrote:but again for the like minded as myself , it cost me 4k roughly to do my front end properly with a 60 series diff and it will end up being around the 2 mark for the rear after its finished and ticked off in the engineers book
what i cant see is why cant i put a surf tank where the hilux tank goes , the hilux one is just too long so the surf would work fine .. or cut a top corner out of a hilux tank if you like fighing with the engineer.
maybe becaust the extra cab chassie is tha6t little bit longer i dont know
Thought you could put a Surf tank in a leaf lux but not the other way round
The Surf tank has a recess in the top back section to allow room for the drivers side upper control arm & mount.
Thats the way I understood it also
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:35 pm
by hixi126
i think that will be the plan as im not too keen on running the tank at the back as its gonna hit the ground alot
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:55 am
by ferrit
im planning on running the surf stock tank and the 4runner long ranger. with 33's i dont have many issues with it touching down at the back (even with the low arb rear step) and for what i do with the vehicle (outback touring) the 200L of fuel is more important to me than rear clearance.