Australian Suspension

[Tommo]

Originally Posted by peter

Hi would like to come this christmas but my little rug rat is only goin to be a year and a bit old so will have to postpone for the following year. If I did not have immediate family in South Africa from both my wife's side and mine we would go back for good.
Regard
Peter

What do you do over there Pete?

[navara-au]

EFS web site
http://www.efs4wd.com.au/products.htm

[peter]

Originally Posted by Tommo

What do you do over there Pete?

Hi Tommo,
as little as possible.

I have a small marketing business here in South Africa, have had it now for about ten years I was a tool jig & die maker before that. My family came here when I was a kid.
Regards
Peter

[Tommo]

Originally Posted by peter

Hi Tommo,
as little as possible.

I have a small marketing business here in South Africa, have had it now for about ten years I was a tool jig & die maker before that. My family came here when I was a kid.
Regards
Peter

Hey mate, I am a tooly by trade too! No money in it for the pain!!!

Originally Posted by navara-au

EFS web site
http://www.efs4wd.com.au/products.htm

Thanks mate, called them here in Sydney today. Very helpful. The stock rears are only 300kg constant (4 + 2) they will put an extra leaf in if needed though. They only have the one front coil available so will only lift mine about 25mm or so.
So what's the verdict????? How does it look????

[peter]

Same reason I gave it up, could'nt make a decent living. Whats the chance of two people across the world on the same forum having done the same thing in the past? Just weird.

Regards
Peter

[navara-au]

Hi tommo n' pete a couple of tools if ever i saw one.............Oh toolmakers

Here i started a new thread with the new suspension those front springs are pretty hard i dont know whether it would drop 1/2" with a steel bull bar, how much do they weigh ???
Aussie EFS Suspension

[BIG ZETOR]

I ended up puting a 40mm spacer in the front in mine and extra leaf in the back also raised the over loader a bit pased level gave about 60mm all up in the rear, Also found that when your in the bush the sway bar limits up and down travel a lot have to work out some kind of disconect. My TJM bar wieghs around 25 kilos and my hydraulic winch wieghs 30 kilos, The car only dropped 10mm with the stock coils.

[Tommo]

Originally Posted by BIG ZETOR

I ended up puting a 40mm spacer in the front in mine and extra leaf in the back also raised the over loader a bit pased level gave about 60mm all up in the rear, Also found that when your in the bush the sway bar limits up and down travel a lot have to work out some kind of disconect. My TJM bar wieghs around 25 kilos and my hydraulic winch wieghs 30 kilos, The car only dropped 10mm with the stock coils.

Hey Big Zet!
Have you got a steel TJM? And a hydraulic winch as in electro-hydraulic? Not electro-mechanical?
I will get in touch with ARB to see how heavy the 'bar is.

[BIG ZETOR]

Hi tommo, Its a steel bar and when they fit the bar they have to cut the lower half of the bumper off, not sure if ARB do the same. And the winch is a 10500 pound OX hydraulic which runs of your power steering pump and is operated with either a cordless remote or one with a cord.

[Navman Down Under]

Hi Thomo and Navara-au
What are TJM doing about a kit for the D40? Tjm is where I will be heading for a Kit for my D22. Had a TJM series 2000 and XGS shockies on my GQ patrol for 7 years not a problem and that included alot of off-road (Simpson desert crossing/Fraser etc). TJM gear is as good as ARB and Tough Dog, if not better. EFS is the new player, but I am hearing good stories about there kits. Stay away from Ranchos, heard some bad things , sorry our Yankie friends.
Thomo if you are about 20 minutes from Castle hill which suburb are you in?
I live in Westleigh just south of Hornsby. About 20 from castle Hill.