D22 suspension upgrade cost

Do you have a Spring Manufacturer over there , it you do , load it up with the usual stuff and give them a look at it .

Hi Murray,
We had a 2006 D22 and needed to do a little work on the suspension, and in the end just added a leaf to the rear springs and reset them to give about 40mm lift and adjusted the front torsion bars to regain the height lost on the front due to the steel bull bar etc. this coupled with the Koni shockers was a good set up.
We thought this was a good set up as it ensured we did not lose too much downwards travel (on the front), and didn't interfere with drive angles etc.
Depending on what you want to use the car for this might work for you. We towed a camper trailer and travelled remotely including most outback tracks Cape York with it and it was fine.
Can't help with current costs though, sorry.

Rgds,
Rob P.

I owned a Commodore, with less than 60,000km on it, and wanted to get a wheel alignment. Booked it in with Pedders and droppped it off at an agreed time, came back a hour and a half later, also agreed beforehand, to find they hadn't started. They told me they would do it quickly but came out within 10 minutes to tell me they couldn't do it as the suspension needed major work, including replacing all of the bushes. Total cost over $1000. Told them I wasn't interested. I took the car to another steering specialist who did the wheel alignment without any problems. When I asked them about worn parts they said there was some wear but no more than they would expect for a vehicle of that age, and that there were no parts that needed replacing.

My conclusion, Pedders were interested in doing work that wasn't necessary, thus making a profit on parts and labour when their workshop was a little quiet.

I haven't been back to Pedders. I'm sure they are capable of doing a good job, but other suppliers are also capable and may be more honest as to what is required.

I had a similar problem last week. Went to Robson 4WD in Welshpool and all fixed at a reasonable cost. Great place to do business.

Plenty around

west coast suspensions (ashfield)

wilkinson suspension (beechboro kIngs agent)

autoride balcatta (bilstein agent)

another mob is osborne park can't remember its name

then the usual 4wd supply suspects
arb
tjm
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Westralia Springs in Perth

Just ordered a set of 4 leaf parabolics with 50mm lift for Troopy from them. Nice people to work with.