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Pics of my Coil conversion

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:11 pm
by kond
Not 100% complete just need to bolt up new shocks and put the tray back on. No flex shots yet but will get some up soon

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Old diff out
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New coil diff in
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Cheers Kyle

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:38 pm
by hackisack
lookin good man! what size lift you going?

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:43 pm
by kond
4 inch but the coils are 6 inch lifted.Because they are sitting up higher than standard.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:27 pm
by money_killer
nice work.

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:47 pm
by CDH1987
looks great... thinking of doing it to mine

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:48 pm
by nicksamaniac
nice work mate, hope it flexs as good as it looks! cos it looks great.

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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:10 am
by lukes4x4
looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:42 pm
by booykj
cheers for the fotos mate.

am heading down the same path in the next few months great to see the step by step process...

keep the pics up as it is a conversion that gets heaps of queries on the forum.


cheers

kyle

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:45 pm
by booykj
oh and it looks heaps better with the rear chassis chop too.. looks way to long without being done.

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:37 pm
by pinkfloyddsotm
awesome work

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:34 pm
by booykj
any progress mate?

Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:02 pm
by kond
yep have it home now just stripping it all down again to rust proof the chassis and do all the brakes,wheel bearings ect.Will get some pics up soon

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:17 pm
by booykj
cheers mate..

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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:01 pm
by BIG GQ
lukes4x4 wrote:looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey
What he said

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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:29 pm
by TomSeth
BIG GQ wrote:
lukes4x4 wrote:looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey
What he said
x2

Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:37 pm
by kond
yep cheers for the advice panhard mount has benn moved down to where it should be pics up when i get a chance to get more done on it

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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:48 am
by sw1
I like the build kond :armsup:
lukes4x4 wrote:looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey
im honestly curious - is it better for the panhard to be almost level or level (horizontal)?

i would have thought horizontal

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:26 pm
by kond
Just about back on the road needs mudguards and a couple of other little things

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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:26 am
by nzdarin
sw1 wrote:I like the build kond :armsup:
lukes4x4 wrote:looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey
im honestly curious - is it better for the panhard to be almost level or level (horizontal)?

i would have thought horizontal
In theory the panhard rod should be level at the middle of the suspension travel. This will give the least amount of movement side to side. However, if your ride hieght is nowhere near the middle of suspension travel then you will get better road manners if it is level at ride hieght but you need to be aware this will compromise handling at the extremes of travel.
So there is no perfect solution and everything in suspension design is a compromise. All you can do is figure out what is most important to you and go from there.
The more I learn about suspension design the more I agree with getting lifts engineered. Any lift over 50mm starts to effect so many other things that really a bolt in kit is struggling to do it right. eg lengthening a panhard rod just recentres the diff at ride hieght, it doesnt solve the problem of the angles being wrong.

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:53 am
by sw1
thanks Darin

what you have said makes sense.

:D

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:16 am
by booykj
great stuff kond,

just wondering if you removed your sub tank? was that for the conversion?

did u have to change the brake master?

great progress and flexes well..

any dramas that you found whilst doing the conversion?

cheers

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:13 pm
by kond
booykj wrote:great stuff kond,

just wondering if you removed your sub tank? was that for the conversion?

did u have to change the brake master?

great progress and flexes well..

any dramas that you found whilst doing the conversion?

cheers
Yes mate removed the sub tank didnt really remove it for the conversion the pump never worked so i thought it was time to go.no didnt have to change brake master cylinder kept original.Didnt really come across any dramas bar under estimating how much all the little things costlike brake lines extended, wheelbearings, seals, new rotors,caliper rebuilds,brake pads on so on all adds up really quick

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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:31 pm
by crankycruiser
TomSeth wrote:
BIG GQ wrote:
lukes4x4 wrote:looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey
What he said
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wat they all said..

looks good tho man!

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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:48 pm
by kond
crankycruiser wrote:
TomSeth wrote:
BIG GQ wrote:
lukes4x4 wrote:looks impressive but with the panhard chassis mount up so high it will handle like poo on the back . chop the panhard bracket off and lower the chassis bracket so the bar is almost level. cheers lukey
What he said
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wat they all said..

looks good tho man!
All sorted mount was moved down way further as you can see on the updated pics

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:20 pm
by SuperiorEngineering
Conversion looks good, It will be well worth the effort and it will have added a bit more value to the truck too. :)

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:53 pm
by kond
SuperiorEngineering wrote:Conversion looks good, It will be well worth the effort and it will have added a bit more value to the truck too. :)
Cheers for that mate im lovin the extra flex

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:20 pm
by booykj
kond,

just wondering how you remounted the rear fuel tank back in.did you lift the tank higher?, seeing as you did the rear chassis chop? any chance of a photo or two on how u mounted it. and also the top shock mounts ?

i seen in another post of yours you were talking about a rear gq diff. is this what you got for yours?

A great job on the conversion, and am keen as once finances allow to get the conversion done aswell....

cheers for getting the photos up so far.

kyle

Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:07 pm
by booykj
gday Kond,

any chance of sending me a pm with roughly wat it cost ya do get this conversion done? am about to do the same....

hows it been goin... any dramas since doing it.
cheers

booykj

Re: Pics of my Coil conversion

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:14 am
by MUD-PIGSIERRA
I think the lowered Panhard bracket broke/cracked on an all out trip to conquer one of the hills just out of Darwin before he left. I think it was all fixed up and strengthened soon after.

Re: Pics of my Coil conversion

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:38 am
by WICKED
Hey Kyle, What are you doing with the old rear diff?