Hi guys, by far the best real world 4wd representation for budget equipment mods, the rest are in the clouds with over modded cashed up projects overhyped overbuilt over priced vehicles out of most budgets.

my missus is always asking me, "Whatcha keepin' all those old blocks of woods for?"

Should we put 35"s on? Let us know your thoughts below? 👇 (Keep it mind it's currently NA 😅)

That's the go mate, nothing flashy just honest cost effective performance.

Just for future reference. Anyone doing leaf springs. It's far easier to do both at once. When you do it one side at a time,it can make it hard to undo things and line it all up. it can twist the opposite side up and make it a nightmare to undo as well.

Great vid - $ 200 lift is an absolute bargain and was a really "smart" way to go about it !!

Greetings from Texas, it's good to see a young man not being afraid to get his hands dirty and excited to actually doing some work. That's rare in today's youth, keep up the good job cowboy!

it probably is only a 2" the other ones had just sagged 2 inches

Been waiting for this one lads looks nooice

lol, I just love this channel. keep it up boys!

Nice shed mate, the office at the back is epic

It looks so much better now just by adding the new suspension!

Never had problems with Ubolts before. We have a wrecked GQ leafy here with extended shackle and with four inch lifted leaf's and fairly new shocks if interested for any parts. Think there may be some newish rotors there too. Keep the fun going.

Perfect way to start a Sunday with a new vid! Cheers👍

Love ya work boys Bonus points for blocks of wood as jack stands

I am enjoying your videos. Love the enthusiasm. Keep them coming.

Looks awesome 🔥

good job boys !!! coming along really nicely, gonna be a heck of a rig

Great video keep up the good work young man. Martin Thailand 😎

Looks bloody awesome boys 👌👌 Great vid you guys are making some great content

Damn these guys make probably the best 4wd content on KZfaq gotta love the gq

Luv the jack stands, grea👍 video boys, looking forward to next one

grate vid guys.just make sure ur tail shafts have plemty of spline still meshing. a set of diff breathers is allways a good investmemt.and a good air compressor for re'inflating tyres.

To good, I’m loving it

another great video from Aussie Arvos

You guys keep putting out quality videos every time. So many young fellas don’t get to spend time with their dad in the machinery shed learning how to do all this sort of stuff. They need you guys to teach them the basics of how to maintain and look after their trucks. You know the stuff like shackle angles, getting the rust off the bushes, greasing the threads, undoing stick bolts wil long arm six sided sockets. Personally, the old gq wagon doesn’t bottom out and I don’t like water so I don’t want more than the 2” it came with. The loss of vision of the track and the reduction in rollover angle combined with either more sway or a harder ride has no benefit to me. White haired grumpy old codger that yells “get off my damn lawn “here.

I like the way you guys get together to work on your trucks.I wouldn’t go 35’s tyres.Weigh up the pros and cons,don’t just think about the improved looks.I would spend that money on something else that you haven’t got and you need.Hopefully,we will be allowed to go bush soon.Lets hope.Cheers, Rob.

Love watching your channel thanks for the grouse videos

looks great, i think keep it as it is

Looks awesome mate

great job guys. Bloody bargain for $200. Good work.👍🇦🇺🍺

Fantastic video mate. Unreal how easy some of these old trucks are to lift. I Bloody miss my old patrol, but god she was a pig on the tracks. Hopefully see you out in the high country once restrictions lift!

Amazing day to post a vid Keep it going bois ❤

Shows how bad the old ones were lol, love the vid, you look estatic haha

Good job, Liam! Certainly can’t complain for $200.

Good video just bought a lwb patrol wagon and im looking at lifts but where i live i can only have 2 inch suspension 2 inch bigger on tyre diameter and 2 inch with body blocks if engineered

Great vid, well done

would love to see a vid on liams swivel hub rebuild need to do mine and would be great to have a detailed guild to review :)

You may want to look at putting a set off caster wedges in the front as it may chase the camber in the road now

Love it. Work with what ya got.

Great video boys, I learned something today, that Nissan copied the mighty landcruiser 60 leaf suspension. I thought you were coil front. The tough dog factory is 5 minutes from my house. Great products. I’ve redone the landcruiser using theirs and terrain tamer products. Keep an eye out for some anti inversion shackles when you upgrade. Terrain tamer weren’t very expensive when I bought mine. Regards Alex

Good job mate

I was like: "I think this guy is Australian" 10:11 "Oh yeah, he's definitely in Australia"

hey man that looks like king lake I live in Healesville 👍👍👍 first video I've seen of yours I think they're good as keep it up

Aussie ingenuity at its finest

This is funny cause I had the same reaction doing my springs the other day went from flogged out to lifted and it was a huge difference 4 inch 😂👍

These old girls are the mk/mq chassis yeah? I’ve lifted a few of the swbs, if your ever gonna go down the extended shackles route I’d highly recommend snake racing shackles, theee bulletproof and look tough as. Add a bit more flex to and help the shackle angle a bit, Now I’ve watched the end of it I’d definitely be taking a couple of loading springs out and then compensate it with extended shackles..it worked a bloody treat on my old Nissan’s

Keep the stock suspension so if you get stickered you can change it back over to pass the pits

I’m doing a budget touring/trail Nissan on my channel too! Great video as always. That’s all the lift you will ever need. Looks good too!

Interested to know which leaves you pulled out of the rear packs. Great job but take care with those shocks, As others have said, they've reached their use by date, a shock should return to full extension when not under load... Thanks for the content, Cheers

Can’t wait till I get a 4x4

That look on your face with the new set up

Did you lay the springs side by side to see if one was cambered?

Tuff truck dude 👍👍

Great 1 mate....and the best part is not alot of money spent and no big sponsors paying for all ya gear.....

Genuinely depends on tightening everything up, if you have metal tube inserts that go into your bushes then you wouldn’t tighten that all the way up until it’s at ride higher, but if it doesn’t the you can tighten and torque everything up man, suspension specialist right here mate

Mine did the exact same, original suspension was sagged like crazy so my 2 inch lift gave me a solid 4 inch lift from what it was, good watch here boys

Those front shackles are too short, you run the risk of flipping them, other then that, nice job! I would recommend getting some G shackles, will low the front a little (you want that) and prevent the risk of flipping/inverting them.

Its a Beast mate

That’s sick as Liam, hopefully I see ya driving around see it in person!

Nice to see a vid on KZfaq where shit is done safely. Nice 1

did it alter the drivesharft angle ????

those shocks are buggered mate

Legends

Sweet. Just ordered a sticker.

You could get some more flex out of it you can have a play with the springs pull a few leafs out get the extended shackles so you can get the angle closer to 45 deg and longer travel shocks. You could probably get it going pretty good it's just about finding the Ballance of comfort and travel. What a bargin though.

Pull a few more leaves from you pack and throw 1" longer hangers in and you'll get the ride quality and flex you're after. Don't know if you already have or even have sway bars but pulling them or putting disconnects in will net more flex and a plusher ride it will however be more boaty Great vid mate keep it up!

great video mate, regarding torque specs, greasing the threads affects this and you won't be getting the correct rating

How long before you paint it ?

I would love to see a leaf over conversion one day!!

is your gq carby or efi?

Awesome video mate any increase body roll when driving on normal road

Extend brake lines ?

You don’t buy a solid axle vehicle for its ride away. Great video as always mate👍🏻

what head lights are they

How much was your Nissan patrol

Brilliant 😁😁😁😁👍👍👍👍

Awesome

35’s with neg 44 offset so it’s staunch. Just add flares. Cheap garden edging does the job

I reckon fresh new paint and a turbo and it’ll be balling

Pushing out sick content lads, i think u should hold off on 35s for a bit and do something else like turbocharging it or putting lockers in.

Are you worried it'll get yellow flagged defected because it's over 2 inch lift? I don't know about down there but up here in QLD we can only have 75mm total Tyres plus suspension.

Definitely needs a locker before 35s but other than that, looks great

Turned out good mate stoked. Just a question for Liam. Does that old get get hot after the water pump change etc? Going up hills or warm days does it get a temp reading on the gauge? I get my na td42 up to 2/4 way almost on hot days towing and up hills it gets to 1/4-2/2 temp not towing

$200 well spent boys

R u gonna get a new tray next?

are you guys gonna put 35s on and im guessing your gonna get a cab respray ??

Have you measured from the floor to the bottom of the rear diff? How much diff height do you have?

Bin that tray and build one yourselves 👌🏼

Sick video, what do you do for work if you dont mind?

2in extended shackles and 2in body lift plus 37s😉🤣🤣🤣

Do you ever come through eltham boys?

Shit yeah boys huge difference, won't be able to stop the big girl now 😎🤙

35s will touch off the lift perfectly!

Do you Ever come through eltham boys?

I recon Liam should do a build on the patrol

The main reason youve got a big tradeoff of stiffness for your height seems to be because of this particular set of leaves, its not doing you any favours anyway. Whether its meant for a different model of 4x4 or just not particularly well designed im not sure. For a start, that shackle angle isnt ideal, notice how the stock ones are angled forwards a fair way even under full droop and the new ones are close to vertical? This will make it stiffer/less flexy as you said yourself. Also because theyre actually angled slightly backwards now there is a potential for spring inversion but you can fix that with anti inversion shackles. From what i can tell, the reason the shackle angle has straightened out is because the leaf packs are actually shorter, and that also reduces the amount of flex you can get/stiffer ride. So youve actually got 2 things working against you in terms of ride and flex. Ideally the lift kit would have a combination of longer springs and shackles designed properly for the car. Youd raise the height whilst maintaining a similar or lower springrate, and this is what you typically get when you buy a good lift kit. You can also play around with removing leaves and resetting the camber, effectively lengthening the spring, then just add some longer shackles to regain the height which might get you to a more desireable ride Good, informative video on the process though, you're great in front of the camera and for a measly 200 bucks its a much tougher looking rig either way👍👍 earned a sub

Extended diff breathers and brake lines

WE WANT 35s ON DA PATROLLLLLLL YEAH BABY

Get a set of 35 inch simex centipedes they are really good in mud