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increasing width
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:10 pm
by killalux
does anyone know wat the rules are in qld regarding increaseing the width of a vehicle.
was lookin at using a leaf gq front diff which is 100mm wider then standard hilux and ifs rear which would be 25mm narrower then the gq, and maybe using 12mm spacers on back to even it out.
front tyres will be covered by fiberglass flares and scrub rails.
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:37 pm
by ORSM45
why not GQ all round?
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:39 pm
by slosh
I wouldn't have a clue what the rules are, but I bet they would suck badly.
What would it be worth to build an all out machine as an Individually Constructed Vehicle? The amount of those weird Harley trike thingys around has me wondering about this.
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:46 pm
by NICK
383FJ45 wrote:why not GQ all round?
i was thinking the same thing, dirty old MQ snot!!
As far as i know it is illegall to widen the wheel track, you can do it with rims to a max of 20mm. i could be wrong.
NICK
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 8:54 pm
by killalux
383FJ45 wrote:why not GQ all round?
because the leaf gq use the huge rear diff, big ground anchor. and i cant afford new lockers front and back
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:08 pm
by ORSM45
ah k. wouldnt the old lockers help finance the newwies?
wheel spacers are illegal so thats another thing to think of if you take the GQ / IFS rear option.
im goin with nick on this one. think its around 15-20mm.
put the bigger diffs in with bigger tyres
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:19 pm
by killalux
yeah thats what i was thinkin
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:26 pm
by NICK
killalux wrote:383FJ45 wrote:why not GQ all round?
because the leaf gq use the huge rear diff, big ground anchor. and i cant afford new lockers front and back
your right they do, they also have different axles, bearings and brakes to any other nissan, rocking horse shit is more common in wrecking yards.
They have a 3.9 and a 4.1 ratio, very very very few have 4.3 and it is only the rear that is bigger.
NICK
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:36 pm
by hotrod4x4
not certain with Qld
but in NSW
if u use a complete diff from donor vehicle.......u go by the track width of the donor vehicle
we can put the nissan diffs under a suzy , an all we gotta do is cover the tyres
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:37 pm
by killalux
yeah, the only reason i was thinkin of usin it is cause my mate has a leaf gq rollin chassis he will be selling soon.
Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 10:32 pm
by hypo
hotrod4x4 wrote:not certain with Qld
but in NSW
if u use a complete diff from donor vehicle.......u go by the track width of the donor vehicle
we can put the nissan diffs under a suzy , an all we gotta do is cover the tyres
yeah good hey so now my lux is 7.5 odd inchs wider than std but still legal coz its got the track width measurements from the GQ i got the axles from