Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

The instructions supplied by firestone were very good, without them I can imagine us doing some of the things "the hard way". But yeah it was certainly a very satisfiying thing to have completed. We also found it much easier to remove both back wheels, it gave us heaps better access to the springs and more room to access the spring compressors.

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

Who are you trying to contact and why? Do you want to buy, or do you have a problem?
Are you tring to contact Firestone themsevles or the people to purchase the product from. I bought mine from Michegan Trucks, or www.trucksprings.com.
They were very easy to deal with and delivered the gear promptly.
If you email the guys and "truck springs" they'll generally have an email back to you the next day (as I imagine they are sleeping while we are at work) :-)

Banjo (SA) posted:

Ivan - I ordered the red ones at Truckspring - not here yet - any day is the promise - they lob here for a whisker more than half the Poly price !
For my Jack (Trooper in the US) its $69US plus $40US for postage - no duty or GST. For a kit that's not much more sophisticated than a heavy duty plastic bottle the $320A that Poly want is a rip-off in my view. Anyway, they're not on yet ! Will report post the installation. Re comment above on kits for specific cars .... they were very prompt in responding to my email enquiry (I phoned them with a credit card number) BUT it was me who nominated the part number from their comprehensive listings.

Banjo (SA) posted:

er....meant to say.....their listings would all assume standard springing for the vehicles named I expect.....your lift might throw them ! Guess you could measure the spring dimensions but you would have to get onto Air-lift or Firestone direct I reckon.

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

I received some foam inserts that were not on the instructions with my kit and I could only assume seeings as they were about 1" thick that they would be for a lifted vehicle... When we pumped mine up to maximum"recommended" pressure even with a full 52L water tank and a full fuel tank the car lifted SO much that in the drivers seat you'd think you were going down a sand dune!LOL
I think with the insert and and a little more pressure having a 2" lift wouldn't be a problem, but that's just MHO. I know Poly air do different kits with and without the 2" lift, perhaps they just charge you another $30 and put those foam thingys in...

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

Oh and sorry, about your other question, they look the same as poly bags, can't comment on durability, but firestone have been around for a while now and apart from the Exploder rollover deparkle I've neverheard badwords about them, they are made in USA not china, so can't see why the would be any worse quality wise. It certainly looked and felt the part while installing, everthing was of good quality, right down to valves, caps, air lines and washer, all really well made.
For the Prado, perhaps a look on Poly Air's website, compare the prado's part number to other vehicles, then look at Truck Springs and see if you can find a compatable match.
ie If the Prado and the Jackaroo or 4 Runner have the same Poly Air Model number, then you can bet your ass that they'd be the same match with the firestone brand. It's a pretty simple concept, you just squash the bag into the spring put it all bag and pump them up!

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

Ok Wayne I will check, we did use to torque bars joined together just to losen the bastard, stands to reason as it is one of the only things that has been changed, however the clunk is deffintally comming from front passenger side ( I played around again last night and got a second opinion from the missus ).
I can't budge the panhard rod, however my mate did do that back up (he's a lot bigger than me!) :-) And can only imagine he did it pretty damn tight, but I'll put the torque bars on the socket and try and tighten it a little more...
Would the rear panhard rod bolt on the drivers side (the only one we removed) be able to cause a clunk in the front passenger side?

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

Well bugger me, no it seems fair enough as that's all that we fiddled with! :-)
Also when braking and accelerating I imagine the Diff is trying to go a different way to the body so that makes sense too. I'll certainlly give it a go!
Thanks Wayne.

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

I've emailed them for you, I also sent a picture of a 2002 Leaf Sprung patrol to give them an idea of what we are talking about.

Man I had a look at NissanUSA's website to try and find and equiv. vehicle and if you guys think we have it bad here, then holybleepe you should have alook at the woose bag crap they sell over there! There "patrol" over there has 4wheel independant suspension and an alloy V8 Petrol engine.

Couldn't find anything that looked like a patrol cab chasis so don't know what your chances are, I also looked at poly air's website and the part number is unique to MQ, GQ and GU Cab Chasis so I don't know what the chances of using another model would be...
I'll let you know if they reply and what they say.

Member - Ivan (ACT) posted:

Jeff,

Is the address that you're using 'truckspring@truckspring.com' ??

I've sent something off to them yesterday and no reply (I guess that's half reasonable), - but just while we're checking email stuff...

Thanks mate

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

Yeah, that's the one. It does take 1-2 days for a reply. I would say that the time difference causes problems in that regard, also you guys now are on a 3 hour diff to us in the west. Gotta factor that in too I spose.