Lift kits

[taslucas]

Mines a daily driver. I can't afford to run two cars and my bike. So I won't go overboard with mods and make it look too obviously illegal. But You can't get offroad here without going through a bog hole. Mud is fun too! Maybe I need to grow up?



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[growler2058]

I am with Beneboy here, My GQ sits in the back yard and i drive it from home to the bush and back, i dont do Bog holes (i grew out of them a long time ago)(got sick of emptying the wallet) and drive responsibly when in the suburbs. I run Mudflaps and generally avoid exposure for no reason. Its built for the bush.

The GUIV has a 3" lift running 35s and if not parked near another GU looks like it should have come from the factory like that (well it does to me but i may be used to looking at it) I have NEVER been pulled up in it for anything other than a random breath test. I drive it responsibly and have zero guilt that i might not be driving a safe car. It handles better than factory and stops on Bendix Extreme pad and i am happy with that. I allow space in front and dont tailgate and that will do me.

Not everyone in a lifted 4x4 is a Hoon, unfortunately there are enough of them that it gives us all a bad name.

Towballs Used in Recoveries will Kill someone!

Mines a daily driver. I can't afford to run two cars and my bike. So I won't go overboard with mods and make it look too obviously illegal. But You can't get offroad here without going through a bog hole. Mud is fun too! Maybe I need to grow up?



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I gotta grow up the mud is hurting my wallet waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy to much :-(

[DX grunt]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Jeezzzzzz, sounds like I might have pressed a few buttons. lol.

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. Feel free to add to this. I'm not going to lock this thread. lol

You're probably right, Clunk. My truck is a pig in the cross wind. Like a tissue box being hit side on. lol

Mine's a DX. No airbags, no ABS or ESC, no dashboard dimmer switch, no carpet and no frills. It does have a heater and CD player. What more should a man want? PML

It doesn't rate on the ANCAP, or Used Cars Assessment Program scale, either.

Seriously, I must say that my truck came with nearly every mod that I wanted and is very OSH friendly, and I'm one happy chappy.

Take care out there.

Rossco

[NissanGQ4.2]

How do you around, knowing, that at any second of any minute of any hour of any day,
your lift kit might get you stopped and canaried?

Good point, why did I break the law when I had my 4inch suspension lift, 2inch body lift running 33 inch tyres.......ummmm cause the laws are not really enforced where I drive, and I could get away with it.

Was my 4b any less safe than the other 50 trillion old cars running around that should be defected but aren't......probable not.

Did I have any accidents because my 4b was lifted....NO.

Did anyone else have an accident because my 4b was lifted.......NO

Fair enough I was breaking the law and I did so at my own risk, but just because I don't have the spare cash 2 legally get it engineered still doesn't mean I am driving it in a unsafe or damaged condition either.

I could go on about this subject all night long but there is to many beers that need drinking and just not enough time 2 type

My question 2 you Rossco..............Are you 200% sure every single thing on your rig is 100% legal?

[Clunk]

All good here Rossco, certainly no buttons pressed here mate, you'd have to press bloody hard and very long lol....... Still recon you should get that beast of yours lifted by a couple and get some 33s on... You'll love your DX all the more

[Bigrig]

I have a engineer certificate for my lift (can't get a mod plate for that in QLD), and with 5" under it, I've been pulled over 3 times in the last 6 months - questioned about my steering wheel, questioned about mudflaps, car crawled over to find other issues, but never, and I repeat NEVER, questioned about the lift ...

Lucky?? Maybe, but I think maybe (just maybe) I'm just on that limit when looked at that it doesn't look like a monster truck ... definitely been hassled on the 33's but with VSB15 happening, there is an unofficial 'leniency' on that currently - I see trucks driving around that reckon they have a 5" but it looks like I could drive mine under it - maybe type of setup? type of truck (utes always "look" higher when lifted)?

Add to that my truck has decent seats, is very tidy internally, well maintained generally (doesn't have rust, crap hanging off it, broken mirrors etc) and I think that also has a bearing on it - they see that sort of stuff and simply think they're on a winner and start picking the thing apart in an effort to get it off the road??

Dunno .. probably could've started with that word and left it at that I guess!! lmao

[NissanGQ4.2]

Whats this VSB15 you talk of Scotty???? I can't find anything on the net about it, well besides your post on this forum about it. Will probably take just as long as the VSI 50 to be introduced *LMAO*.

Can u PM me some links 2 it from your Android Ipad???

Cheers

Toddie

[DX grunt]

My question 2 you Rossco..............Are you 200% sure every single thing on your rig is 100% legal?

Probably not.

[nissannewby]

I'm with bigrig I have a 5" sus lift and 2" body lift I have also never been questioned or done on the sus lift but have been asked about the body lift and defect wise the only fine i have gotten is for 35's on the bitumen. If it looks neat is well mainatined and you drive sensibly then most of the time you will be over looked. Alls you need is a button to eject red p plates out the back onto the cars behind and the canaries wont know where to start lol

[Finly Owner]

I'll comment once I have put my legal 2" springs in FINLY.



Tim