Outer Limits 4x4 Board

G'day ive got a bj42 that i want sprung over on 60 series diffs. lenghten the wheel base, set up steering etc.. is there any one with the skills to do it in Sydney area for a cashy? lettuce know if ya able or maybe know someone who is. cheers.

HiTech 4x4 at Penrith can do anything like that, especially for cash

Lettuce?

Cheers Nem i'll check em out.

Just to clarify: By cash I meant they will do professional work, for which you can pay the invoice amount in cash

-Nemesis- wrote:Just to clarify: By cash I meant they will do professional work, for which you can pay the invoice amount in cash

Spoke to HiTech today. it'd be 6 months befor they could do any thing though... anyone else got the skills?

Do you want to know the names of shops who can do the work? Or are you asking if there are any members who can do it for you?

Where in Sydney are you?
What's your budget?
What suspension mods does your 40 already have if any?

Macquarie 4x4, Overkill Eng, Lukeys4x4, Mitchell Bros etc. etc. just to name a few are all more than capable of handling a springover.

If you're after a member to do it for you, it may well be cheaper short term but they sure as hell won't offer a warranty, and as most have full time work already, they won't get it done as quick either.

I'm sorry, do shops have warranty on custom work???
seems if they do, they don't hold up their end.
So its no different to a backyarder

I'm sure I'm not the only one with a bad experience......from one of the shops mentioned.

hotrod4x4 wrote:I'm sorry, do shops have warranty on custom work???
seems if they do, they don't hold up their end.
So its no different to a backyarder

I'm sure I'm not the only one with a bad experience......from one of the shops mentioned.

I'd say it'd be pretty hard to have a traditional style warranty with custom stuff.

There would be expectations, which should be discussed and understood by both parties before any work starts. And then inspected before being driven away.

But if you went and got this sort of work done, then went wheeling on the weekend and broke something, its a bit hard to blame the shop.

hotrod4x4 wrote:I'm sorry, do shops have warranty on custom work???
seems if they do, they don't hold up their end.
So its no different to a backyarder

I'm sure I'm not the only one with a bad experience......from one of the shops mentioned.

Actually, that was pure supposition on my part, I've never had any custom work done by a shop. My mistake.


Sorry to hear of your misfortune anyway.

just to clarify "my" situation for you
nothing broke.
but became unsafe to drive.
to the point i had to buy a daily driver.
the warranty i refer to is more on components, fitup, setup and service etc.

and its not so much about my situation, but more the topic of a shop versus someone else......not much difference in my opinion (if they know what they are doing of course)

Maybe i'll just have a crack at it myself. with all the steering kits and parts available its not compleatly out of the question.

AUSDOG wrote:Maybe i'll just have a crack at it myself. with all the steering kits and parts available its not compleatly out of the question.

an engineer will have to approve everything youve done, and if your welds look shit, he wont, and ALL your work will have to be re-done.

If your going to do it yourself, you need to be confident that you can actually do it.

You would have to be very fit to spring over a bj42.

chimpboy wrote:You would have to be very fit to spring over a bj42.

you Egg


what setup did yours run v840 ?

The first ever spring over I did was on that 40. It did the job but I've done a few since then and I would do it much differently/better nowadays.


I re-did a half done job on a mates and he had it passed no worries. I've since lost contact with the other guys I did them for but as far as I know they are all still running them happily. Having done a few, I would now consider them to be quite an easy job.


Would love to do yours for you AUSDOG, but I have only one day a week free atm and would probably need at least two to do it properly (cut & turn the knuckles, mod the front shock towers etc.). Still if the price is right, I may be able to take 1 day off uni.

I would be very careful with going to shops.
there are some which people seem to mention but have unhappy customers and lots of them.

hotrod4x4 wrote:just to clarify "my" situation for you
nothing broke.
but became unsafe to drive.

good comment. which is why it is very important to choose the right people. done well it should handle well. done poorly and it will handle like shite. welding stuff together is one thing, the overall picture is another.

i am currently doing a soa conversion on my 40 now with 60 diffs and im using my mates hoist and there is alot of stuffing around with it, if you could borrow a hoist for 2 weeks then you will be fine but it isnt that easy of a job! checkout my build thread in the members section and you can get some ideas.

mitch