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13th February 2016, 12:29 AM
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Yeah sorry the Kings 2.5 Smooties are the bomb. Remote res. As mentioned by others it's one of those things, it's not until you have been in a car running smoothies that the stark difference is apparent. Kings are King for a reason. Is a whole new level. They simply can't be compared to really anything on the market that we'd talk about in general chat anyway.
These are state of the art Extreme Competition Hardware. You won't find many guys on anything but Kings doing things like The Finke, Outback Challenge, Cliffhanger.
You guys are talking about building your car from the top down, guys spending $4k on Kings are building from the bottom Up.
LiftLid runs ICON shocks which are at a similar level to Kings Smooties.
The OME Remotes on the Ranger are a Coil Over Shock so he bought more than just a shock. To him it was the first thing on the list of mods for his Brand new Ranger. An Investment in his Keeper. No brainer for him.
My GUIV has 160,000 on its OME. When they die..... I'd seriously look at Kings for sure. It's a keeper, the shocks dictate the ride! Makes sense to me.
Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!!
....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
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Originally Posted by
Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever.
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13th February 2016 12:29 AM
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13th February 2016, 03:12 PM
#12
Moderator
Interesting, i just read that article on the computer. The article was a write up on the Fox v Kings Coil Over Shock. Race car end of the scale. They rate the Fox over the King in nearly every test on a strip down basis. Note also the price on the Kings was $409 and the Fox was $395. This is US$ in the USA. note this is unsprung also.
The specs on these shocks in the test are the pointy end of the business.
Its a Nissan! =====> Its a Keeper!! ....... Got a TD42 in it BONUS!!
....... I'm a lucky bugger! I've got 2 of em!
Check out my Toy -->
MudRunnerTD's GQ From the Ground Up
Originally Posted by
Rogue Dung Beetle
Wish it was Nissan though, Toyotas just can't keep up with the Pootrol pace.
The only good thing about an 80 series is..... the front end?? Wrong!!, the Engine?? Wrong!! the Full Time 4WD system?? Wrong!! Its the NissanPatrol.com.au stubby holder fitted over the transfer lever.
WARNING: Towballs used for recoveries can, and do kill people and damage property.
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18th February 2017, 09:40 AM
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Kings will also renew the warranty every three years for another three years, if you get them serviced. They are down at $3200 a set till end of Feb too.
The 2.5 smoothies are built to handle 9t loads and are easily adjusted but are pre-tuned to your vehicle heights and weights based on info you provide them when you place an order.
Once I got my Koni 88's tuned to the vehicle properly I thought they were an awesome bit of kit, and well worth investing in shocks and suspension and I had all intentions of staying with Koni as a result. Recently I was introduced to the Kings Australia engineer during some business discussions and it opened my eyes a bit.
Compared to $2K for Koni 90 Raid's I am not sure I could justify the price difference but I'd love to have a drive in a vehicle to find out.
Between Patrols ATM. Had a beaut GU with 6.5 Chev TD. Next is a GU ute with a 4.5 litre Cummins conversion and a camper on the back.
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18th February 2017, 03:16 PM
#14
Patrol God
Ive been for a test drive in a 4.2 GU with some All terrain smoothies fitted,
they say they are Amada copies or close to it. I have mine as soft as they can get it
but these smoothies are awesome it was like being in a stadium truck
soaked up all the harsh bumps and smoothed them out, big yank tank style lol
It would be on my to do list but not a high priority
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
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