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coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:45 am
by meataxe
well went on a trip with some mates the other day in some pretty un level and rutted gorund and found the old nav was getting wheels up everywhere and loosing traction.I was following a mate in a gq troll and noticed he had no probs as all 4 wheels stayed on the gorund.Now i have the idea of coil all round in the nav but not sure if this is possable or just a silly idea.the prob i have with the nav is its stiff as and feels like im driving a skateboard.is there any way 2 improve this any ideas?

Re: coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 9:55 am
by BadMav
All you can do (budget wise) is get the rear end to do the articulating, longer shocks, different spring rates and sway bar removal/disconnected etc etc. The Nav has independent front suspension and they don't flex real well in the front. Really the best you can do with it is remove/disconnect the sway bar. What you propose can be done, but at great expense and time designing and building it then getting it engineered.


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Re: coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 2:56 pm
by AFeral
Diff locks will help you, as when wheels the air the other will still be driving.
Converting to coils all round can be done, can you do the work yourself ? Could get fairly exspensive to have shop do it for you.
Could alway use a patrol chassis, running gear and put your navara shell on top

Re: coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 3:22 pm
by grimbo
Better off investing in lockers then it doesn't matter if you lift a wheel. An IFS Navara is never going to flex as well as a coil sprung live axle car so don't even bother trying to match it unless you have good fabrication skills or want to put a fair bit of money in it

Re: coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:52 pm
by stimpy
have a look at lukey4x4.com he done a full coil set up in a nav

Re: coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:12 am
by mud4b
With a bit of work they fit on a gq patrol chassis.

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Re: coils all round on nav d21

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:59 pm
by stool
:armsup: :armsup: :armsup:
The ute nissan should had built from day one

Well done whoever glued that together .