My suspension package !

Sorry Geoff
Been busy as, the last few days..

Love to give you a price, ball park only, as the account has not came in,
$1300-1400, there was no heavy duty torsion bars,( originals kept ) and the Pedders Foam-cell rear shochers, that I put on last year were kept..

All in all, Its as good as I expected, and that jarring has gone, now all we have to do is get our Governments to fix the roads. You expect a bounce when off road, but not on the black stuff..

Cheers Mate
Bucky

Robin
All I have to do these days is get there. With the Navara, I had an early fright, as it ain't got the handling, or cornering of a Commodore. So precise corner approaching is an essential.
The Navara has sweet F.A. wheel travel, or ofr that cannot carry 1 tonne, as stated, Japanese 1 tonne seems 1/2 of that safely.
The heavier springs, means that there are 4 leafs, at normal work, and 3 heavy duty leafs that come in after a pre-determined weight is reached.
As for my driving, I have just been for a drive around some windy bitumen roads, and I have given it buggery, its great.

Cheers Mate
Bucky

Snow

My Mrs has the same problem.
At one stage I had to put 300 kgs of sand in the back ( in two , 1/2 filled spud bags ) this helped the ride enormously, but didn't help the suspension last..
Original suspension is crap,,,

Nissan make gr8 vehicles and we should get factory suspension packages, when we order them,,, not just crap ones,,

Also you may find that tyre choice, and air pressures play a big part, in the ride

I have Cooper ATR's, and have done 70,000 kms,, and it looks like I will get that many kms again,,Gr8 in the desert ,, twice up there, never a flat

I run 31 psi up front and 28 psi in the back, and even that low,, it seems to ride like a truck at times

I hear from all the tyre-fitters, that Cooper's go hard after a while,,, Well mine are real hard, but they are wearing well, so I'm not winging too much

Cheers
Bucky

I'm not surprised really Nowin1.

What is the go with those torsion bars?

I raised the issue of a sagging front end with local N dealer. I was informed in no uncertain terms that torsion bars required adjustment every 20 thou km. Adding that this was largely due to the heavy steel roo bar on the front.

My response was that "they" (that N delaer) had installed the roo bar before it left the yard when new...so if the vehicle's suspension wasn't up to the task of carrying a steel bar, why in fact did they install the bar without upgrading the suspension.

I didn't achieve anything of course.

Laura
Not towed with it yet !

But the back is up in the air now,, I will probably have to flip the towbar back to the original position.
If you can remember that I had to flip the towbar, so it stepped up ( not down ) as the front of the drawbar on the Trak Shak was too low ,,

Go the Canning !!!
LOL
Bucky

Think you should have gone with your instincts, and bought the 100 like you were going to do mate, even Roachie is slowly seeing the light and going away from nissans!
Hope it keeps you up outa the chite mate LOL

Cheers Pesty

Roachie,
She sitsup nicely now, had to adjust my driving habits for the first few days, but now I'm fine

looking forward to our trip over to see you lot in march / april ,, will email you with details when I can figure it all out,,
Cheers Mate
Bucky

Servicing ?
No I do not... mainly because I brought the Navara new, and i want to keep the warranty going..
Got the usual 3 years, but as I was signed up, on the opening day of a updated garage, it was BIG for Nissan in the town, so I got an extra 2 years warranty..

The other thing is that another set of eyes on the vehicle, ( and more experienced ones at that ) can only help the overall performance of the Navara..

Nissan services range from $250-700 depending on whats in the book,, I get mine for an average of $100 and I supply the oils and filters,, Can't go wrong

Cheers
Bucky