Kaymar wheel & can holders

They also add a lot of weight to your vehicle.
Cheers Dave..

That's what air bags are for.

Buy them from the states and you will save a motza

Cheers

Agree with the GVM point you make

Blue one. I sent three emails to the states over two weeks, never got a reply so ended up buying Coilrite from a local supplier. Bob

Bob

Cancel that and I will give you the drum.

Cheers

Already paid and delivered. Bugger.

Hi blue one,

Air bags are "an assist" Only

As Dave said, "add a lot of weight"
Don't get me wrong, Maybe you need a trailer.
The right coupling, trailer not to big, take a lot of weight out of the vehicle,

Maybe better to tow it, than carry it.

Thanks Hairs

Have had the bags for 5 years. Carried the same weight.

Done the channel country, deserts and Tas

It's just a re-distribution of the weight

I've just recently put Polyair Bags in my old girl,
Shoulda done it years ago. I'm always conscious of what weight I place in the back, I put them in to mainly help stability when towing either the camper or the horse float.
Hmmm, Horses for courses I guess.

Good on ya Will

I have been looking at these rear bars for about 3 years, just couldn't come at spending the dollars.

It's only since I reversed into a stump that the rear plastic joke has to go.

I think we are on the right track.

Cheers

Steve

Thankhs Warwick

I had a Kaymar spare wheel carrier on my 100 series and it was locked on. Easy as.

Drill a hole through the C Section that locates it on the bumper and right through the tongue that sits in it Get a long shackled padlock and no one will pinch it.

Do it with the tongue in it and shut tight to get all in line.
Cost me $54 for an ABUS quality padlock.

Ooops! got so wrapped up in saying how good it is that I forgot to add the following:

The Locking pin - I have used one of those pins with the 'barrel lock' that goes on the end of the pin since since day one.

It is a piece of the proverbial to insert and put the barrel lock on but an absolute P.I.T.A to remove.

This is because it is difficult to see what you are doing.

To solve that problem I just lay on the 'terra firma' underneath the said pin and it all becomes simple.

Why would a GU chassis have weight problems???

Gu's have a tendency to crack chaise rails & spring towers with big weights and stiff suspension.
Cheers Dave..

SDG,
Airbags are fitted between the rear axle and the chassis rails and are pumped up to assist your vehicle in remaining level when the rear axle loading is exceeded by installing a kaymar type wheel carrier, filling the luggage space up with heavy recovery gear and food and an Engel and then whacking a further 250-300 kg download on your towbar with your offroad caravan or camper..

I'm sure that others will disagree with me but that is MY opinion.

Disco.

OOPS
I forgot the beer and spirits.

Thanks for that reply Disco. From your description, I do know what your talking about and have looked at them. For some reason I was thinking others were talking about air bags on the rear carriers. Thats what got me lost.


Beer and spirits is the main culprit for extra weight. Could always tie kids to bull bar to distribute weight better I suppose. lol

Disco,
I will add a marginal amount of weight, due to I loose the tow bar and gain the Kaymar rear bar. Then there will be a re-distribution of the same gear I take away with me.

Air bags have been on for 5 years and I have travelled fairly extensively on rough outback tracks.

The bags only level the Patrol (about 20mm) and assist the springs.

Never had a problem to date and the chassis is fine.

Main reasons for the change is to remove two jerry cans from inside and put them on the back. The cans could be either diesel or water depending on where I am going. I also hit a stump the other week and the plastic joke of a rear bar is not being replaced due to the outrageous price from Nissan. It deflected enough to break the side light assembly which I replaced yesterday. "ouch $230 dollars later.

Can't see to many dramas with what I am doing.

Cheers

Hey Disco,
I was just about to pull you up on the lack of grog in your kit, but you corrected yourself quicker enough.

Thanks for the info. I try to travel as light as possible and after all these years I have paired back to the essentials. I have never liked carrying diesel in the Patrol hence the only option I can see is to keep it down low is on the back. I will carry either diesel or water or both depending where we go.

No camper trailer (Roof top tent) and when in the rough stuff lower tyre pressures and speed.

I will look into the chassis cracking though.

Cheers

A lot of the cracking surrounds the rear spring towers. Some crack the welds and in others the actual tower gives way. There are a couple of companies that do bracing for this, jump onto patrol4x4.com and do a search.

Hope this helps

crd