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coil's or airbags in the rear ?? possible QLD Cert ???

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2003 11:10 pm
by oozuk
For those who don't know me i've got an 87' LWB Zuke and i was thinking about setting up either SPOA All round or Just SPOA front and Either coils or Airbags in the rear on an A-frame Setup ....

Can anybody shed some light on the subject as coils i've got an idea about but it's the airbags i know shit all about!!!!

Is it possible to certify a coil or airbag conversion in a origonally leafsprung car ?????

this is a shady area for me so any help would be greatily appreciated

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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 8:14 am
by Grantw
I dont believe that any suspension mod that requires removing the leaf springs is legal in Qld. I have gone down this trail before and even with engineer approvals it is still not 100% guaranteed. Our laws up here are sooo weakI had mine SPOA and lasted not even a fortnight before I was caught and had the choice of being deregistered or modified back to manufacturers specs... It ended up being a costly and time wasteful exercise.. Mind you, if its not a daily driver you would probably get away with it...

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 8:28 am
by N*A*M
what about the purple CORE rig on bags?

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 12:46 am
by oozuk
N*A*M wrote:what about the purple CORE rig on bags?


Brett's yeah but isn't that just an unregestered rock rig ?!? :? :?

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:14 am
by bubs
oozuk wrote:
N*A*M wrote:what about the purple CORE rig on bags?


Brett's yeah but isn't that just an unregestered rock rig ?!? :? :?


no fully engineered / registed from what I have been told

you can get coils engineered in qld - also have been told

no first hand

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 12:23 pm
by Gutless
I have also heard that coil conversion is legal in QLD. I did it anyway :lol:

Re: coil's or airbags in the rear ?? possible QLD Cert ???

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 12:31 pm
by RUFF
oozuk wrote:For those who don't know me i've got an 87' LWB Zuke and i was thinking about setting up either SPOA All round or Just SPOA front and Either coils or Airbags in the rear on an A-frame Setup ....

Can anybody shed some light on the subject as coils i've got an idea about but it's the airbags i know shit all about!!!!

Is it possible to certify a coil or airbag conversion in a origonally leafsprung car ?????

this is a shady area for me so any help would be greatily appreciated



Steve Contact Phill from our club he can answer all your questions.

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2003 9:40 am
by skippy
you should be able to get it certified. just depends how much pasero($$) you are willing to part with.

My brother in-law has a 99 nirvara, currently turbo'd standard engine, airbags in the front on custom drop control arm, 2" body drop, bagged rear end etc.

He is in the process of making a fully tubed out rear end(yes the chassis has been chopped and capped in-line with the back of the cab and all the tube work builds from there) with air bags using the rear IFS suspension from a nissan 200sx(I think, bazooka knows the model it came from).

He is also talking some crazy arse mofo engine swap.


All of this will be certified and registered for road use.