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is it worth putting a frame on a gq ute and is it legal
is it worth putting a frame on a gq ute and is it legal
looking at a A frame set up for a gq and was wondering what its like to drive on the road cornering and is it worth it
Re: is it worth putting a frame on a gq ute and is it legal
is it worth it for what?Nookpatrol wrote:looking at a A frame set up for a gq and was wondering what its like to drive on the road cornering and is it worth it
What sort of driving do you do? What do you want from the truck?
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Along the lines of what you are talking about.... I found a wizard a frame kit for reasonably cheap once and was considering throwing it on my shorty. I have the housing rolled and a factory locker w/bashplate so the panhard was initially cause clearance issues, by putting the a frame on I could get rid of the panhard rod.
I was urged not to do it unless I was going to change the arrangement of the lower rear trailing arms as well. I think the advice was to lengthen them and built a little more triangulation into them ? I dont know the first thing about aframe/4 link calculation.
Basically its not a simple as turfing the upper arms and panhard, a bit of thought has to go into it to prevent unpleasant handling.
I was urged not to do it unless I was going to change the arrangement of the lower rear trailing arms as well. I think the advice was to lengthen them and built a little more triangulation into them ? I dont know the first thing about aframe/4 link calculation.
Basically its not a simple as turfing the upper arms and panhard, a bit of thought has to go into it to prevent unpleasant handling.
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well, for a start its not legal, your changing the mounting points of the drive train, so it will have to be engineered,
second, they were originally selling them for bolt in apps for gq/GU, i have never used one in that set up so cant comment,
i can comment on the A frame i have im my GQ comp ute, which is alot longer, and my lower arms are alot longer, i a verry happy with it, back end is a little softer, but its a comp ute after all,
second, they were originally selling them for bolt in apps for gq/GU, i have never used one in that set up so cant comment,
i can comment on the A frame i have im my GQ comp ute, which is alot longer, and my lower arms are alot longer, i a verry happy with it, back end is a little softer, but its a comp ute after all,
Not worth it unless you are going to do it properly. I had one that used the original upper mounts and took it out as the roll centre was too low and it was unstable. You need to change your upper and lower control arm mounts to lengthen and change the angle of control arms to sort out the handling characteristics, then it can work well. With the factory mounts don't bother, and don't attempt to set one up yourself until you know a bit about suspension geometry. Also the standard arms flex more than enough for weekend warriors so there is no real need.
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