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overloaded my gu tray and left it sitting for a few weeks during recent house shift, rear coils sagged badly and wont take any weight, can anyone recomend a good set of coils, have'nt priced originals dont think there is any point as these were'nt up for much
johno

you'll find heaps of opinions about springs, like tyres. My word of advice is that if you change from standard and your cars still under warrantee be careful, Nissan wont wanna know about the rear spring towers breaking, known prob. Get em strengthened, if you wanna play hard.

I have found Kings very good, and reasonably priced.

There is a guy on here (4WDSTUFF) who seems to sell them at a reasonable price, and is located in Brisbane (Logan I think).

Send him a PM for a price.

There are only 3 places that manufacture coil springs in OZ. These are kings, lovells and dobinsons. All are good springs although my dobinsons have not saged as much as my kings did.

dobinson HD's 3 years old and only sagged 20mm and that was on a GU to the cape and back..

then i bought that set and put it on my GQ with a 30mm spacer in front to compensate for my steel bar and winch...

and still went well

TOM

I might get them to sag a bit more if I can get through more than 4 days of competition...

toughnut wrote:There are only 3 places that manufacture coil springs in OZ. These are kings, lovells and dobinsons. All are good springs although my dobinsons have not saged as much as my kings did.

BS.

There are many more - these are just the popular ones.
Dobinson seem quite good from what I've seen.

Dave.

DaveS3 wrote:

toughnut wrote:There are only 3 places that manufacture coil springs in OZ. These are kings, lovells and dobinsons. All are good springs although my dobinsons have not saged as much as my kings did.

BS.

There are many more - these are just the popular ones.
Dobinson seem quite good from what I've seen.

Dave.

Like who???? wizard? snake?etc they all use kings and sell them as their own brand...I spose you could be talking about fulcrum(lovells) or pedders (lovells) or old man emu (king)...

toughnut wrote:

DaveS3 wrote:

toughnut wrote:There are only 3 places that manufacture coil springs in OZ. These are kings, lovells and dobinsons. All are good springs although my dobinsons have not saged as much as my kings did.

BS.

There are many more - these are just the popular ones.
Dobinson seem quite good from what I've seen.

Dave.

Like who???? wizard? snake?etc they all use kings and sell them as their own brand...

Browns Springs - Make all theirs for Rangie Spares
Will custom make aswell.

Goddamb obscure rangie people....

toughnut wrote:Goddamb obscure rangie people....

Toughnut is mainly correct, there are 3 major coil spring makers and heaps of companies rebadging these 3 as their own, and there are a few others that manufacture their own but I don't know who they are. It would make and interesting post.

Springs are $150 a pair (normally Lovells but can do kings and Dobinsons) delivered to your door. If you are looking for Extra heavy duty the the rears are $160 for the pair delivered.
Dobinsons Shocks $95 each delivered
Oztech shocks $105 each delivered (limited time)(Lifetime warranty)
Procomp shocks $125 deivered

I would love to help in any way I can
Shane

4WD Stuff wrote:Dobinsons Shocks $95 each delivered

Shane

So are these re bagded as something else more expensive aswell?
Got anymore info on these?

Dave.

I was in Dobinsons today in Rockhampton where they make all their springs. The shocks are made in a factory in Europe but are made under the Dobinson name. I don't have any more info than that. You can call Jim in the sales department on 07 4927 7444. It would be nice if you mentioned my name as well .

Not that I am aware of. For the shocks anyway. I thought they were made in South Africa
Lovells shocks are identical to EFS except for badge. I can get you these to for $95 each delivered.

To answer your below post go to dobinsonsprings.com and click stuff until you get to shockies.

So what type / style of shock are these?

Dave.

toughnut wrote:

DaveS3 wrote:

toughnut wrote:There are only 3 places that manufacture coil springs in OZ. These are kings, lovells and dobinsons. All are good springs although my dobinsons have not saged as much as my kings did.

BS.

There are many more - these are just the popular ones.
Dobinson seem quite good from what I've seen.

Dave.

Like who???? wizard? snake?etc they all use kings and sell them as their own brand...I spose you could be talking about fulcrum(lovells) or pedders (lovells) or old man emu (king)...

Pedders have their own coil plant in Melbourne.

toughnut wrote:I was in Dobinsons today in Rockhampton where they make all their springs. The shocks are made in a factory in Europe but are made under the Dobinson name. I don't have any more info than that. You can call Jim in the sales department on 07 4927 7444. It would be nice if you mentioned my name as well .

i was told that dobinsons shocks were restickered old man emu

Dobinsons shocks are made in a little country in northern Africa next to Egypt. It starts with a T.
I have read that Old man Emu were rebadged monroe shocks, but it could just be a rumour.

4WD Stuff wrote:I have read that Old man Emu were rebadged monroe shocks, but it could just be a rumour.

aint no rumour however people will correct you by saying that they are made by monroe to arb specifications

Dobinsons are NOT restickered OME's (springs or shocks!)

OME shocks are made by Monroe to OME specifications and are not the same as monroe's.

dobinsons spring are made at their factory but i was told by someone at dobinson that their shocks were restickered ome but i know that ome are made by monroe to ome specs.

Dobinsons shocks are imported from Europe (from Jim the sales managers mouth). They are not rebadged anything. However they are made in a factory where other leading European brand shocks are made.

Ok Ok rebadged is a little harsh. I withdraw my previous statement but I will add another.

Tunisia is where Dobinsons shocks are made and that is where Luke Skywalker use to live when he was a kid. He used Dobinsons shocks on his little racer. Tunisia is in between Algeria and Libya on the north of Africa. I think these people are french. Could be another rumour though. I'd bet they are European engineered and owned.

If it`s a French company who makes them it could well be Arvin Meritor.
Alex

I don't know whether they are French or not but I did a Google search and found at least 1 shock manufacturer in Tunisia. This companies name is Selekta International. I don't know if this is the company that makes them or not. I found another search result with a different phone number. It was called Sia. But looking at the initials it could be the same company.