Parabolic Springs on 1973 109 SW

Tazzie · Post by **Tazzie** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:00 pm

Can anyone offer comments on preformance of parabolic springs on a 1973 109 station wagon

SupraLux · Post by **SupraLux** » Mon May 09, 2005 3:42 pm

Can tell you the Hilux ones are awful... no experience on Landies tho sorry.

On a Hilux they are stiff, harsh and don't flex at all... but they do sit the truck waaay up in the air and make it look good if nothing else.

Steve

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:22 pm

I have seen them in action on a hilux in our club on neumerous occasions.
If it wasn't for the twin difflocks.

His comment was that they seemed to work really well on landrovers but nothing else!!!!

Post by **mike** » Mon May 09, 2005 9:52 pm

I believe furgus on here has used them on his series 3 swb. Private Message him or get him through the NZLROC email list. He may have an opinions to give.

Mike

Furgus · Post by **Furgus** » Wed May 11, 2005 2:40 pm

yep i put them in my s3 swb & love 'em. they totally changed the way ot rode - make sure yopu put new shocks on at the same time - i didn't & found it pitched around a bit too much - new shocks fixed this. the truck is now a dedicated offroader and has performed well - especially good articulation. the only prob i had with the switch was the old one one putting new bushes into the chassis - what a s**t of a job!! the springs i used were from mamaku 4x4 & came with all the bushes & bolts required.

V8SeriesII · Post by **V8SeriesII** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:18 pm

How much did you pay for your springs? Is next on my lsit after the repower?

Furgus · Post by **Furgus** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:40 pm

not too sure to be honest as it was over 3 yrs ago - but I think I paid around the $1500 mark - got them from Marcel at Mamaku 4x4 near Rotorua.