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does anyone know how to do this?

ive got a fair idea except how to keep them lined up when flexing downwards.

yes ive done the search.

i wrote the article,

he had a lot of stuff going on under that car.

forced articulation etc

cool vehicle, cool guy

mud4b wrote:does anyone know how to do this?

ive got a fair idea except how to keep them lined up when flexing downwards.

It's looks to me like the telescopic mount part slides thru the coil stopper plate bit, thus can't get out of line.
Just an educated guess as I've not seen this b4.

christover

Ask around in the rover section the vechile belongs to Nigel i believe.Was built by daddylonglegs from this forum.Havent seen him around for a while maybe shoot him a pm.

i think that ibex in the obc runs telescopic mounts doesnt it

thanks all. ill try to work it out myself.

Thats Nigels truck (HybridLR or somthing on the forum?). I think he used old landy shockabsorbers and modifided them.

Another design is this->

If you get stuck, PM me and i'll give him a call.

first pic didnt work.. second was what i was thinking.

Beebee has a similar setup doesn't he?

not really sure.
i have not looked at it that much.

his is hydrolic also.

this is what i've been looking at for the rear of the hilux. You could add a hydro ram to the slider if you wished.

I have a similar system on my rangie.. I made a plate that attaches to the spring and a pnuematic ram mounted over the spring mount ( where the shock tower was) This allows me to push the spring down 300mm giving me lift when needed and still having spring travel at full lift... Its neally completed ( the rams and all are in and working just making new radias arms...) and will be testing maybe next week Oh yeah... in the nutral position it allows the spring to drop 300mm before having to extend and all tucks up nice in its stock/ish location when not in use...If you want Ill get some pics posted soon and keep ya informed

Mark

takearidewifme wrote:I have a similar system on my rangie.. I made a plate that attaches to the spring and a pnuematic ram mounted over the spring mount ( where the shock tower was) This allows me to push the spring down 300mm giving me lift when needed and still having spring travel at full lift... Its neally completed ( the rams and all are in and working just making new radias arms...) and will be testing maybe next week Oh yeah... in the nutral position it allows the spring to drop 300mm before having to extend and all tucks up nice in its stock/ish location when not in use...If you want Ill get some pics posted soon and keep ya informed

Mark

Pics would be good. Sounds interesting.

takearidewifme wrote:I have a similar system on my rangie.. I made a plate that attaches to the spring and a pnuematic ram mounted over the spring mount ( where the shock tower was) This allows me to push the spring down 300mm giving me lift when needed and still having spring travel at full lift... Its neally completed ( the rams and all are in and working just making new radias arms...) and will be testing maybe next week Oh yeah... in the nutral position it allows the spring to drop 300mm before having to extend and all tucks up nice in its stock/ish location when not in use...If you want Ill get some pics posted soon and keep ya informed

Mark

300mm before the ram extends is what im after.

as said above it sounds great.
pics if you have them would be great.
thanks

without rams i wouldn't bother as its only diff weight you are dropping on the ground providing little traction, but the unstability on slopes usually helped by diff weight is gone. either correct length shocks, retainer straps are the go. i posted about doing exactly what you want to do a year or so ago and realised it is a travel ramp thing not really practical / effective. the rams sound good however

i realise that. ive had the flex thing.

now i want to see how it goes forced.