My Survey - Your Suspension Kit

Bullbars, roof racks, suspensions and other accessories relating to vehicle performance

What suspension kit do you use?

Nissan OME
10
14%
Old Man EMU
21
29%
TJM
9
12%
Pedders
1
1%
Tough Dog
5
7%
Ironman
6
8%
Bilstein
6
8%
EFS
3
4%
Pro Fender
2
3%
Gabriel
0
No votes
Monroe
2
3%
Other
8
11%
 
Total votes: 73

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Het toe bietjie advies gevat en gaan oplees en vandaag vir my Bilsteins laat opsit. Wou nie eindlik die patrol veel laat lig nie want dan sla vrouwlief as sy moet in en uitklim, so dit is so 50mm gelig
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Lyk goed!
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Nice man daai manne vestaan ....en die goed word hier gemaak en alles kan vervang word ....masjien kom komponente daai ....e hulle pryse is ook redelik
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Prices on the bilsteins system? Does it come in bigger lift?? 3" 4"??
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mvcoller wrote: 09 Jan 2018 14:42 I have always take all my vehicles to General Spring Works in Driehoek Germiston for lifts and suspension work. I have found them extremely knowledgeable and way, way, way cheaper than all the "name" brands.

You take your car in in the morning and it is ready that same afternoon. If you are not happy with the mod or the result, they will redo the whole job free of charge.

I first took my Terrano there as I found with the about 200kg nose weight of the Desert Wolf trailer, the Terrano was riding on the bumpstops. They put in coils with a wire thickness of 1mm thicker than standard rear coils and raised front (turned up the torsion bars only) and back by 50mm. After 3 months I took it back after my first trip with the Terrano and trailer and they fitted coils with 2mm thicker wire. Still I was not happy and about a year later I took it back and they put in 3mm thicker wire rear coils. That worked! All free of charge under their "If you're not happy, bring it back" policy.

Then I took my Safari (aka Poeliesvhen) and they leveled the leaf springs out as the vehicle was leaning left and backward. It came back perfectly level and raised by about 75mm (longer hangers)

Then it was my 4.2 Patrol's turn. 2mm thicker wire coils and 50mm lift. - result perfectly happy me!!

I took my current Patrol (Y61) there just more than a year ago and they raised the suspension by 60mm front /65mm rear and also 2mm thicker wire coils. The cost was about R3500 IIRC and although the wife said initially that she finds it difficult to get into the vehicle (height), she soon forgot that gripe and I am very happy with the result.

I have not changed the steering damper on any of my Patrols or on the Safari, but initially the Y61 had that dreaded death wobble under braking when I got it. After changing the 265/70 x 16 wheels and steel rims for 265/70 x 17 alloy wheels (both are 9" wide and a +23 offset), that wobble disappeared by itself :think:
Hi Malcom. Are you still happy with your Spring Centre springs?
What behavior did you not like with the thinner wire coils?
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after many trails i would suggest terrain taimer progressive coils ...ask arround you will thank me later
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If you're a cheapskate...erm...I mean budget conscious DIYer like me, and don't want to subsidise somebody's holiday house and jetski, it's possible to direct import from Australia at quite a saving.
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terrain taimer is about the best value for money
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