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01-11-2010, 11:17 AM

#41 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Locatio n: Alexandra Hdl, QLD Posts: 865 Garage

seehuusen Senior Member

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 __________________ Nissan Patrol MK 1984 SD33T SUNSHINE COAST PATROLS www.msdesigns.com.au

01-11-2010, 11:20 AM

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stokedapollo

Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Locati on: narre warren Posts: 269

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does it need a panhard?

02-11-2010, 10:08 PM

mintoy Member

#43 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Locati on: Ba layan, Ba tangas, Philippines Philippines Posts: 76

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. from this

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here is how the springs, panhard, and bumpstops looks


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02-11-2010, 11:07 PM

mintoy Member

#44 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ba layan, Ba tangas, Philippines Posts: 76

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.

02-11-2010, 11:17 PM

#45 Join Date: Jul 2006


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dattopimp Senior Member

God that looks good...Martin, we should look into this... __________________ 87 MK SWB Patrol. 2"spring+30mm, 31" or 35" Simex ETs, Dual ARB lockers, Trimmed guards, custom front bar + winch.

02-11-2010, 11:38 PM

mintoy Member


Quote:

Originally Pos ted 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.


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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.


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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


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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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02-11-2010, 11:56 PM

mintoy Member


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.


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


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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


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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 Senior Member

#48 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Beckoning the Ham, in Perth Posts: 232

Damn t hat looks good! Really looking forwards to some f lex shots __________________ Sunshine yellow '82 MQ Shorty, oil & muck blackened '80 SD33

03-11-2010, 02:02 AM

landy Senior Member

#49 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 550

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


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