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DarrylH
Joined: Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 35 Location: Brisbane
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jabba
Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 55 Location: Pine Rivers
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:23 am |
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Were the struts HD?
If yes then thats a great price
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atari4x4
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Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:30 pm Posts: 34843 Location: East Radelayed
Vehicle: SV420+SV620 Vitara's
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jabba wrote: Were the struts HD?
If yes then thats a great price
not sure if ARB do heavy duty struts they have many listings, but they were to suit a GV... seeing I'm running the GV 4cylinder in my Vitara.
ask for club discount if you don't want to pay retail.
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zuk94
Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 193 Location: brisbane
Vehicle: 94 Vitara LWB
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jabba wrote: G'day Ranga
I worked for Kings last century so I am biased but they they have a good product if that helps. Give them a call and tell then Jabba sent you - Ask for Steve D
If I wasn't happy with the kings I would have changed them, It's just they didn't give the lift I was told they would give. So if you add the cost of spacers on top of that price you may as well get a spring that does give that lift first off , even if they are a little more expensive up front.
Also I got my Kings from Fulcrum because at the time they had the best price .
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jabba
Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 55 Location: Pine Rivers
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Bit of trivia for you.
Dunno what it’s like now, but back when I was with them (Kings) they made springs and custom sway bars for a lot of companies. Fulcrum, Pedders, White Line, Road Safe and others. That includes leaf springs not just coils. Each had their own spec but they were all made in the same factory.
One thing that we always used to do was to sit the new spring beside the old before we installed them, that way we could check for lift, lowered, sag and stuff like that. Sometimes, but not often the spring was in the wrong hole on the shelf (not boxed) so there could be a mistake – people are human.
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ryangus
Joined: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 287 Location: Brisbane
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DarkHorse
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Joined: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 5413
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If you want a bit more lift than the 30-40mm that OME gives get some GV stuff - second hand TD springs and shocks lifted the rear of my LWB about 90mm over the original (badly sagged) gear. I got OME stuff for the front, and now have to add 20mm spacers to even up the 40mm difference between front and back.
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MacDaddy
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Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 10453 Location: Perth, Australia
Vehicle: Jeep
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ryangus wrote: So... King's, Dobinsons, ARB - what to get?! Obviously I'm a newb at this  Have you checked out the Ironman 35mm lift kits on ebay ?
Thats what i am about to put in my GV... $840 for a kit... i am getting mine through, and fitted by Opposite Lock for $1300... just another option to think about... check it out...  
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IRONMAN-35mm-SUS ... 2a08f098d4
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ryangus
Joined: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 287 Location: Brisbane
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MacBear wrote: ryangus wrote: So... King's, Dobinsons, ARB - what to get?! Obviously I'm a newb at this Have you checked out the Ironman 35mm lift kits on ebay ? Thats what i am about to put in my GV... $840 for a kit... i am getting mine through, and fitted by Opposite Lock for $1300... just another option to think about... check it out... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IRONMAN-35mm-SUS ... 2a08f098d4Did you end up getting the Ironman kit fitted? If so, how did they go?
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MacDaddy
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Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 10453 Location: Perth, Australia
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ryangus wrote: MacBear wrote: ryangus wrote: So... King's, Dobinsons, ARB - what to get?! Obviously I'm a newb at this Have you checked out the Ironman 35mm lift kits on ebay ? Thats what i am about to put in my GV... $840 for a kit... i am getting mine through, and fitted by Opposite Lock for $1300... just another option to think about... check it out... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IRONMAN-35mm-SUS ... 2a08f098d4Did you end up getting the Ironman kit fitted? If so, how did they go? Just waiting for it to arrive through Opposite Lock... but yes, i am still getting it fitted, cant wait ! 
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