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01-11-2010, 11:17 AM

seehuusen

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Hey Mate

when you post up the pics, do you mind kinda summarising the whole project, items used, changes required, measurements if possible

I'm sure this type of mod would help A LOT of people on the forum contemplating a similar mod (I know I am)

Thanks in advance

Martin

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01-11-2010, 11:20 AM

stokedapollo

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does it need a panhard?

02-11-2010, 10:08 PM

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my patrol is out of my friends garage. but due to my religious obligations this past week end (had to pay my respects to our family members

that passed away because its all saints day and all souls day). i could not fully test my rig. here are some pics of the final fabrication.

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here is how the springs, panhard, and bumpstops looks





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02-11-2010, 11:07 PM

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re: srping rate - sorry i don't know the spring rate. i was just told by my friend the specs. so the closes coils i found at the surplus store was

this

dimensions are 5.5 x 17 x 5/8

the shop owner pulled them out from a mountain of springs so he also doesn't know from what rig it came from.

re: panhard - yes. the panhard from a gq was used.

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God that looks good...Martin, we should look into this...

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02-11-2010, 11:38 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by seehuusen

Hey Mate

when you post up the pics, do you mind kinda summarising the whole project, items used, changes required, measurements if

possible

I'm sure this type of mod would help A LOT of people on the forum contemplating a similar mod (I know I am)

Thanks in advance

Martin

hi martin,

fabrication of the coil conversion is finished. but i still want to do some stuff. but i will summarize what has been done. but i won't be able to

give you any measurements cuz i was not the one who did the fabrication or conversion.

it took me some time to decide what kind of suspension i wanted. and it also took me some time to gather all the main parts. cuz i wanted all

the parts ready before the actual conversion takes place. main components i gathered were the panhard, radius arms, and springs

day 1

left my rig with my friend in balayan, batangas (100km from manila). he started by removing the leaf springs, sping seats. then installing the

radius arms. fortunately, the pajero radius arms came with brackets. my friend just extended the brackets.



he told me that he off set the brackets inward. this is to increase clearace of the tires from the radius arms. to maintain the height. he

welded pipes on the chasis and diff

the front cross member had to be cut to make way for the radius arms.



that took the most of the day. cuz he also had to remove all the components of my reverse shackle mods.

day 2

he made the brackets for the radiuse arms to the diffs



installing was tricky cuz of the diff housing. i don't know how my friend welded it. in addition. i did not want to remove the stabilizer. so he

had to relocate the stabilizer mounts



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to save on costs. tried to use as much orininal components that came from my rig. for the stabilizer bar. he reverse the bracket to clear the

radius arm

a week later when i got to visit. he was at the stage of installing the lower spring seat.



at that time i was brought with me the springs he requested. so we did a mock up





then another week past. on my next visit he installed the panhard and finished fabricating the upper spring seats. unfortunately, i did not

bring a camera.

week after. the upper spring seat was installed and it was ready for an initial test. test was good. but i wanted him to install bumpstops. so i

had to buy some in manila and sent them thru another friend. the round bumpstops i got are for the isuzu elf.

so this is how it looks as for now



this is how the top spring mount looks like. he used to original shox bracket to hold the shox



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had to leave my rig at our garage in balayan. hopefully, i'l be able to bring it back to manila by the end of the week.

03-11-2010, 01:43 AM

LordBug

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Damn that looks good!

Really looking forwards to some flex shots

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03-11-2010, 02:02 AM

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Only 3 or so inches to the bump stops? Would be smooth ride yeh?



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03-11-2010, 08:56 AM

seehuusen

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First of all, Mintoy, that is an awesome job that your mate has done, very cool indeed!! Thanks for all the pictures, much appreciated

If anyone is keen to know, to get Yuri to do it, with coil overs (front and back), it's about 8 grand So probably only worth looking into if

you do it yourself... Or you're nuts for the MQ/MK... So yeah, don't ask how I know LOL

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God that looks good...Martin, we should look into this...

Dude, I'll speak to you about it tomorrow I'm VERY KEEN!

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03-11-2010, 08:52 PM

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Awesome mate. I had a scary feeling it was today I was meant to come round but it wasn't so all good. HOWEVER. My rig is still off the road

with the tailshafts out...so I can't bring the engine stand around.

$500 a ****ing pop to completely overhaul my shafts.

Coils would make up for it though. Mintoy, thats a really tidy conversion. And abit more in my budget, can't afford to spend 8k although I'd

like to

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03-11-2010, 10:28 PM

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i sourced a new driveshaft for my VN the other week, I found a reputable local joint that would make a brand new 2 piece to my specs for

$700. maybe you should shop around a bit more.

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04-11-2010, 05:50 PM

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We don't have too many places to shop around with unfortunately. And I need my truck as well. Bike doesn't sit well with torrential rain...



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We don't have too many places to shop around with unfortunately. And I need my truck as well. Bike doesn't sit well with torrential rain...

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05-11-2010, 03:56 AM

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finally got to drive my rig up the mountain today. ride was great. but shox is bit soft cuz i felt the diffs hit the bumpstops a few times. will

try installing stiffer shox in the future. but still have some bumpsteering issues. after some discussion we found the problem. it was the

steering damper setup.

when we removed the steering damper. steering was fine.

the 100km drive back to manila was such a pleasure. ride is very comfy. would have been perfect if the a/c was working...hehehe

plan this weekend is to relocate the steering damper and have the a/c repaired.

this project was well worth it. i'm very happy

will post more pics once we figure out the new steering damper setup.

05-11-2010, 04:08 AM

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Mount it between the diff/axle and trackrod.

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05-11-2010, 04:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by seehuusen

First of all, Mintoy, that is an awesome job that your mate has done, very cool indeed!! Thanks for all the pictures, much

appreciated

If anyone is keen to know, to get Yuri to do it, with coil overs (front and back), it's about 8 grand So probably only worth looking

into if you do it yourself... Or you're nuts for the MQ/MK... So yeah, don't ask how I know LOL

Dude, I'll speak to you about it tomorrow I'm VERY KEEN!

thanks seehuusen,

labor is kinda cheap here compared to your rates there. i would not have been able to do it on my own. glad you guys enjoy the pics.

05-11-2010, 10:54 AM

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Quote:

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yep, i was going to say the same thing (presuming trackrod = tierod). meant to work far better.

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06-11-2010, 03:00 AM

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Quote:

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thanks for the suggestion. i installed a rancho stab today. just as you mentioned. will observe it for a few day

09-11-2010, 03:07 PM

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here is a pic of the rancho setup i did.



it solved the problem of the bumpsteer. but i am still debating if the damper setup of the gq will be better (damper is connected to the

panhard and steering link). what do you guys think?

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