PTO4WD wrote:Hi Guys,
newbie here, finally found a swb safari with PTO to replace my LWB auto.
Anyway looking for a bit of advice,
My SWB has the rust in the rear windows like most, not serious but i want to get it fixed b4 it goes further.
Any ideas on how much this should cost? Anyone had it done? Also can anyone recommend somewhere to do it in chch that will do a good job?
As you said they all do it. Most people flag the sliding rear window system and just put a single piece of glass in. Try the place that sponsers this site and say your from ORE
I am looking to put 2 or 3 inch lift on it, not too much as still want it fairly stable onroad. (Still havent got used to driving a truck all the time instead of my turbo Skyline
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Anyone have some 2" lift springs/shocks they wanna part with
In a SWB GQ, 50mm (2") is really the max sus lift that is recommended by most. This is due to the complications that arise from the very short rear drive shaft, panhard rod lengths and caster angles.
Most do a 50mm sus lift and a 40mm body lift.
A couple of guys have gone for a 3" sus lift with sucess, but they have had to replace the panhard roads with adjustable ones, space the gearbox cross member down by about 20mm and a whole raft of other spendy bits to make it all work reasonably well. Alot still have to put up with drive line vibration.
I'm an engineer so was thinking i should make some bash plates/guards to protect the vital organs of the truck. Any ideas/advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated as am new to the 4WD scene, tho i am a petrolhead from way back.
Alot of the GQ's come out with factory gaurds underneath covering the gearbox and transfer case. they are ok,but i have damaged my gear box one on numerous occasions and had to pull it of and bash it back into shape with a club hammer, and the transfercase one got ripped to pieces being pulled backwards out of a river after getting stuck on a rocks. They may/would be good as templates to make your own stronger and better designed ones. All the GQ's i have seen have had the captive nuts in the chassis to take these gaurds
Any mods that would be a must have for offroading? other than...
Snorkel
Mud tyres
Lift Kit
Anyway any advice/suggestions greatly appreciated.
They go pretty well standard with a set of 33's under them
Better throw a snorkle and tow hooks on if you going out with the boys on their river runs first off.
Start there and see how it goes, throw the sus lift at it, and the rest will fall into place as you go along.
