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Gu's, body lifts, airbags....
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:09 am
by 4Speed
I know this topic has been talk about before, But my 98/99 Gu does'nt have air bags and My insurance company said its fine for a max of 2" body lift. But there are alot of poeple that say thats not soooooo.... would hate to have an accident. Man the price you pay for doing it the right way....
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:16 am
by mickyd555
if you have no airbags you will be fine...........
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:26 pm
by Swerve
What's the problem with a BL and airbags ?
I have a stock GU and from my last car 1989 Pathfinder I have some 2" BL blocks !
Steve
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:27 pm
by AndrewPatrol
Get it in writing from insurance co and if you wanna be doubly sure get an engineer (??????) to back you up that he will give you whatever certificate reqd ( good luck ) search on here for a list of engeineers
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:18 pm
by GUJohnno
I had a body lift in my GU and had no worries with it
I have heard that some places don't like doing GU's because they're so much heavier.
i have the blocks as I have just pulled them back out as I'm selling it. PM me if your interested in the blocks. You have to chase up some bolts tho
Re: Gu's, body lifts, airbags....
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:26 pm
by Mick.
4Speed wrote:I know this topic has been talk about before, But my 98/99 Gu does'nt have air bags and My insurance company said its fine for a max of 2" body lift. But there are alot of poeple that say thats not soooooo.... would hate to have an accident. Man the price you pay for doing it the right way....
It will be fine as long as your 4wd is roadworthy.
That means if you need an engineers certificate in Queensland for a body lift and you don't have one than your insurance is null & void.
If you get it engineered (if required in your state) & you have informed your insurance company & have it in writing than you will be fine.
Cheers Mick.
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:28 pm
by Mick.
Swerve wrote:What's the problem with a BL and airbags ?
I have a stock GU and from my last car 1989 Pathfinder I have some 2" BL blocks !
Steve
It puts the body out of wack with the airbag sencers which can cause the airbags to go off for no reason or not go off at all when you really need them.
Cheers Mick.
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:29 pm
by GUJohnno
I originally had the airbags disabed when i had the body lift in (fuse pulled)
After pulling the body lift back out a year later I re-fitted the fuse....
Last night I found that they didn't work after hitting a tree @ 60kms/hr... ouch!
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:10 am
by Dee
GUJohnno wrote:I originally had the airbags disabed when i had the body lift in (fuse pulled)
After pulling the body lift back out a year later I re-fitted the fuse....
Last night I found that they didn't work after hitting a tree @ 60kms/hr... ouch!
why would you drive into a tree at 60k/h?
serisouly tho that sucks... and you were tryin to sell it too?
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:08 pm
by GUJohnno
Was listening for a noise I thought i could hear in the back and must have veered slightly to the left. THe tree was rught up against the gutter. Still a bit sore.
Anyways.. was talking to Nissan, and they saythat the airbags sensors are inside the CPU. Ther reason they didn't go off was probably due to hitting the passenger corner and not front on or from the drivers side.
With the sensors inside the CPU can't see what putting in a body lift would do to change anything. The next truck I'll get will be a GQ and I wont have to worry about any of this stuff.
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:15 pm
by j-top paj
GUJohnno wrote:I originally had the airbags disabed when i had the body lift in (fuse pulled)
After pulling the body lift back out a year later I re-fitted the fuse....
Last night I found that they didn't work after hitting a tree @ 60kms/hr... ouch!
pics?
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:12 pm
by bogged
j-top paj wrote:GUJohnno wrote:I originally had the airbags disabed when i had the body lift in (fuse pulled)
After pulling the body lift back out a year later I re-fitted the fuse....
Last night I found that they didn't work after hitting a tree @ 60kms/hr... ouch!
pics?
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... ht=#890656
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:50 pm
by j-top paj
bugger
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:51 pm
by GUJohnno
j-top paj wrote:bugger
and ouch!
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:43 pm
by bogged
GUJohnno wrote:j-top paj wrote:bugger
and ouch!
and
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:03 pm
by Mick.
GUJohnno wrote:Was listening for a noise I thought i could hear in the back and must have veered slightly to the left. THe tree was rught up against the gutter. Still a bit sore.
Anyways.. was talking to Nissan, and they saythat the airbags sensors are inside the CPU. Ther reason they didn't go off was probably due to hitting the passenger corner and not front on or from the drivers side.
With the sensors inside the CPU can't see what putting in a body lift would do to change anything. The next truck I'll get will be a GQ and I wont have to worry about any of this stuff.
Smells like bullsh!it from Nissan to me.
Something was faulty becuase airbags go off caused by shock i'm 90% sure. Thats why some sencers are in the dash such as some new Mazdas. If you hit anything anywhere in the front of the patrol at 60km/h the airbags should have gone off. I'm thinking the reason they didn't go off was because you pulled the fuse than refitted it. When you do this i'm pretty sure the computer needs to be reset so the airbags will work again.
Cheers Mick.