Pajero Solid axle conversion

Post by **OffRoad Industries** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:33 pm

We have finally finished the front end of the pajero, its been engineered and drives very well on the road. we still have to fit airbags to the rear and powder coat and plate a lot of the parts but its driving around for now. Here is a list of what we ended up doing.

-Hilux diff housing swapped centre from left to right
-ORI Double arm reverse tapered
-Pitman arm adapter and custom draglink
-5 link with adjustable uppers and fixed lowers
-Polyflex bushes
-height adjustable air bags
-Rancho shocks with new towers
-Remove ABS System and re run all brakelines
-ORI Widetrack kit
-custom front shaft
and lots of other little things

Post by **Grantw** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:37 pm

you know its useless without pics..... and plenty too

Post by **OffRoad Industries** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:37 pm

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Post by **Thor** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:39 pm

that is waaaay cool :cool:

good to see people doing it!!
awesome!! :lol:

Post by **OffRoad Industries** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:40 pm

AirBags pumped right up

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Post by **OffRoad Industries** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:42 pm

http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj1.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj2.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj3.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj4.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj5.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj6.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj7.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj8.jpg
http://www.offroadindustries.com/images/paj9.jpg

Post by **Bitsamissin** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:24 pm

Absolutely awesome Lachie.........................
Tell me about the pitman arm mod we are just about up to that with mine now.

Blair and Grant be honest and admit you had hard ons after looking at those pics :lol:

Post by **RokToy4x4** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:33 pm

now, i like that :lol:

Post by **Bitsamissin** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:42 pm

Shane, have you calmed down yet mate :lol:

How are the girlies treatin ya over there

Post by **RokToy4x4** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:49 pm

hi frank,mate its hard not being able to speak japanese :cool:

Post by **RokToy4x4** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:51 pm

and i would like to see how that shorty goes offroad

Post by **Grantw** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:08 pm

Sweeet.... The bar has been set gents.

It looks bloody awesome. Interested to see some wheeling pics.

Are ORI going to start selling SAS kits now? Or was it a one off?

Post by **Thor** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:17 pm

dude that bar is pretty damn high.. airbags!?
intersted to know more about them though.. does it control the ride high on the move with sensors on the CA's.etc?
kinda like http://www.offroadonly.com/products/suspension/airock/ ?

Post by **Grantw** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:18 pm

What the plan to get more flex out of the rear of pajs?

What are the specs on that shorty? It seems to be running a 3" body lift and rear swaybar is still on...

Post by **Grantw** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 8:21 pm

still have to fit airbags to the rear

Post by **RoldIT** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:01 pm

Maaaaaaaannnnnn!!!!!!! :shock:

That is sweet.

Frank, even I'm gettin a farken mongrel and I don't even own one anymore.

Can't wait to see how your's turns out! :armsup:

Post by **PeterPL** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:46 pm

Do you have any price estimates of this mod already ?

I want to buy it ! :cool:

Post by **Noisey** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 6:36 am

Damn.

I haven't even looked at all the pics yet and I've already ripped me pants.

Post by **RASPAS** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:13 am

THATS COOL LIKE MAD!!!!!!!
DREAMS BECOME REALITY!!!!!!!!!
Whats the biggest ration U can fit in???
How much it'll cost???
MR LACHIE................put me on line PLEASE!!!
I WANT TO BUY ONE!!!!!

Post by **OffRoad Industries** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:13 am

We just made up a pitman arm adapter similar to the one we make for the toyota hilux. We just put a different taper on it for the pitman arm balljoint.

Bitsamissin wrote:Absolutely awesome Lachie.........................
Tell me about the pitman arm mod we are just about up to that with mine now.

Blair and Grant be honest and admit you had hard ons after looking at those pics

Post by **angyork** » Mon Oct 18, 2004 6:58 pm

Is this modification legal? If so, is there a kit available in the future? Great work!!! Lets ee some pics of road

Post by **4runna** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:00 am

Yeah Very Impressed lachlan, certainly some food for thought. Work looks very nice from the pics.

Obviously cost has been asked, but also what timeframe did this one take? and now that you have done one and some of the design work has been done how long would another take to do. (just after ballpark figures)

And what portion of time/costs would you assign to the ABS work (just for us without ABS)

Rob

Post by **4runna** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:11 am

Oh yeah,

More questions

how much extra width does your widetrack kit give? and I know your front Hilux IFS hub conversion kit which I assume you used, is this just to match the rear original Paj diff? or did you widen the track rear as well??

Do you still have the Paj out there? was thinking for us sydneysiders a quick look at it might be great incentive to save up the bucks.

Post by **OffRoad Industries** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:35 am

Being air bags this job was fairly expensive. Ballpark Figures for the front end exactly the same but with coil springs would be $5000-$6000. ABS work would account for about $200 now that we have sorted how to set the brakes up. This job took a few months as it was unregistered and a was not needed by the owner, I really just worked on it myself after hours to keep costs to a minimum for the owner. Hitting as a normal workshop job it would probably take 4 weeks depending on our work load.
We used the widetrack front end to best match the original front track 3inches wider all up, it ends up slightly wider than original but its common knowledge that a wider front track over rear will lead to better on road handling.
The conversion was really done with on road driveability in mind as it would be a useless vehicle if it didnt drive well on road. As it is, it drives almost as well as an IFS one, although adding front swaybars would bring it back as good as standard, I dont feel the need to add them at the moment.
It is at the workshop at the moment and will come and go while we finish bagging the rear so it will be around a bit.

Post by **4runna** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:29 am

Thanks for the info,

will give you a call soon to come have a look.

Rob

Post by **grumpy221** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:22 pm

Damm thats hot mmmmmm $6k might have to sell the boat........or the misses........

Post by **Locknut** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:25 pm

holy shit batman......love to see the face's of the other 4x4 drivers who bag out pajero's......................the pajero looks AWWWSUMMMMMMM :lol:

Post by **Gonzo** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:37 pm

its still a pajero :finger:

that i wouldn't mind owning

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