My hydro-Coilovered D22 Navara -New wheeling pics

[joshy]

Hows it goin?, Picked up my new 4wd on fri, brand spankin new navara, i only lasted 2 days till i went and got it dirty, much to the disgust of the girlfriend.





not the best ramp but all i had.



next to my old toy




back at home after appin

YouTube - appin

getting it dirty

[crack]

looks good mate now let the mods begin! your toy you do what u like with it!

[joshy]

cheers, be a while before i can afford any mods which sucks . first thing i get will prob be body and suspension lift

[cruza driver]

great looking navara joshy

[westvictoriaPATROL]

Looks good mate. Looks better when its dirty. Dont worrie what the girlfriend says. ;-)

[THE RIG]

looks good mate,we got the d22 and d40 for work utes,really nice utes,havent seen to many of these things modified yet,ive only seen one with lift and 33'' muddies


tom

[nate]

good buy mate

[Kickars2]

nice ute mate,
i have an 04 navara str, and seriously get a suspension lift asap,
i got between 2 and 2.5 inch lift and it handles better then it did before hand even tho its higher, very happy with it, i paid $820 that was replace all shocks all around wind the front torsion bars up, add an extra leaf in the pack and reset them higher,
here are some pictures for you to look at ah
http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u277/Kickars2/

[Jazdiver]

Good choice. They are an excellent all rounder. I have an 05 STR 3inch exhaust,snorkel, dual Hi-clones, 2 inch OME lift, carry boy canopy, TJM winch bar and 265/75 BF's etc etc. Heading off from Melb to Fraser next week. My mate just had his STR fitted with an Iron Man 2 inch lift, bout a grand all up, had it out in the ruts over easter, and it goes very well.

[Kickars2]

Originally Posted by Jazdiver

Good choice. They are an excellent all rounder. I have an 05 STR 3inch exhaust,snorkel, dual Hi-clones, 2 inch OME lift, carry boy canopy, TJM winch bar and 265/75 BF's etc etc. Heading off from Melb to Fraser next week. My mate just had his STR fitted with an Iron Man 2 inch lift, bout a grand all up, had it out in the ruts over easter, and it goes very well.

he tell us when you head up to fraser as i live in the bay

[Jazdiver]

Should be there on the 22nd April for a week. Taking my mates GQ LWB seriously injected Patrol on to the Island ( fueling should be fun $$$$$$$ ). Its got all the gear and should be a bit more fun as I dont have to worry about trashing the family wagon and walking back to Melb. Drop me a PM and I'll leave you my number.

[corhijas]

looks good mate-do you have airbags

[joshy]

I made up some bodylift spacers at work with aluminium blocks i got from tafe. they were under 2 inches when i got them so i machined em down to 1.7 so i got as much as i could out of it. stupid me thought liftin the tray was guna b a piece of cake..wat a pain in the ass it turned out to be, but after 2 days of effort i finally got it done. lifted the step to.

sorry the pics are a bit big

the spacer


pain in the ass bolt, only way i could get it in was drillin through the tray



The finished look.


i put in a uhf the other week aswell. as you can tell im not the neatest person.

[joshy]

yeah its got drivers airbag, thats why ive only lifted the tray so far. i emailed the rta to see if they have a list of engineers i can go to bout getting it engineered without one but they didnt reply. gotta ring em some time soon so i can finish the rest of the lift.

[corhijas]

as far as i know it is illegal to do any sort of bodylift on a vehicle with airbags-sorry to rain on your parade,suspension lift is ok,i wanted to lift mine and was told i would'nt be covered by insurance and the vehicle would be illegal

[joshy]

ouch. thanks ill have another look into it

[Bricki]

Yeah, I was gonna say - if u've got airbags, then a bodylift IS illegal

Sorry to be the second bearer of the bad news

[joshy]

but what effect does the hieght of the tray have on airbags?...i can understand how having the front lifted would affect them.. ive rung a couple of places bout it, see what they say before i take it out

[Bricki]

Well I spose if ur only doing the tray, it might technically be OK (but don't quote me on that )

But then, with only the back done - it looks a bit silly

Just get a 2" susp lift put on it - an Old Man Emu kit will make it ride a whole heap better and it'll look sweet as well - plus it's 100% legal

[joshy]

yeah all ive done is the tray, i rekn it looks better with the tray higher cause now the sports bar is higher then the cabin. yeah im going to get the suspension and all that, its just i could do the lift for free so while ive got no money seemed the better option