Cheers mate, I did like the BP51 setup but yes very expensive.

Cheers mate, yeah I think it'll be good gear.

Thanks 👍

Cheers Benny!

Yeah I'm wild about that hey, this is half the reason I like doing my own work.

@@OutbackOffroadNT oath bro ! I’m the exact same. Either way , sweet as vid though 🤙

Thanks 👍

That's awesome mate, no worries at all glad I could help.

Not hard to do in NT

Yeah majority of those km's is for work! Bloody poor old girl clocking up the mileage.

what did that set you back mate, and did they fit offset bushes?

@@markh6676 6.8k for the GVM upgrade, also comes with a castor kit.

@@ARCHIES_79_LC thanks mate, interesting, my quote is 7.2k with castor kit but NO gvm upgrade, that's with 800kgs paras though. What was their price for the 400kg paras, the 800s are $790 each.

@@markh6676 $555 Each for the 400kg parabolics.

@@markh6676 $555 Each for the 400kg parabolics.

Going with at least 3 inch is usually the go, however, yes you can get away with a 2 inch lift, you may need to modify a couple things to clear tyres properly depending on what bullbar you are running for example.

G'day mate, I don't have them but I hear good things about them.

Interesting mate, I reckon mine has settled a little already after a couple thousand km's of bush driving with varying loads.

Interesting.

Beauty mate, how are you liking them on the ranger, have you gone bush with them much?

Cheers mate, I'm not a fan of airbags, may make a video on this subject 🤔 ive looked at parabolics but don't like the low leaf and yeah they are expensive.

@@OutbackOffroadNT cheers, the ARB parabolics which are new on the scene don't have that bottom load leaf like other brands, instead they use their own designed airbags, which are interesting as they have an internal progressive bump stop so can be run flat.

Your bloody right mate I totally forgot about that, I did have a yarn to ARB about this setup, but because the air bags have to be run with the parabolics I wasn't really interested.

@@OutbackOffroadNT yeah I get the concern with airbags. For you, is it more they could fail or that they may cause chassis issues? Or something else.

Chassis issues mate, adding something that wasn't engineered to be there, in my boilermaker days I repaired a few telstra and power and water patrols running airbags with bent chassis. I also really like all things to be as simple as possible, and airbags can be a suspension limiter in regards to movement/flex. I'm a big believer of getting your spring rates bang on for the weight your carrying and not relying on pumping up air bags to counter heavy weight. I understand everyone is different though and may tow etc...

Thanks mate, look tbh I can't really say as I've only had these MT64'S on for bugger all, I don't want to give you wrong info. What sort of driving and terrain will you be driving? The BP's are great but not entirely necessary imo.

@@OutbackOffroadNT thks, we do a fair bit of off-road & corrugations etc but we don't hammer down the tracks as we tow a single axle offroader.

Right well, you would definitely benefit from either the BP'S or the MT's purely because they are big robust shocks with plenty of oil to combat heat and shock fade on rough stuff, eg corrugations. Just get those spring rates spot on for your weight and make sure your running the correct shocks with the right valving to match the springs. I'd honestly say it's really up to you and which shock you prefer mate. Maybe the BP'S would be of benefit to you travelling slower on rough stuff the ability to fine tune the compression and rebound would be great.

@@OutbackOffroadNT thks again, if I go the MT64s will the valving be adjusted by ARB to suit the springs, or is that only possible with the BP51s?

Generally the shocks will be matched to the spring rates, so say you ask for 600kg constant leaf packs and front coils to suit the weight of a bar, the correct shocks will be fitted with the springs

Rear shocks have a guard just like the BP51 setup, fronts don't really need it.

These are rebuildable, I prefer mono tube single wall shocks compared to twin wall like Ironman. I've ran ironman before and they were ok.

@@OutbackOffroadNT thanks mate I appreciate your thoughts

Sure did mate.

That's a big secret mate 🤫🤣 nah look my ARB deluxe bar is sitting in town, but I kinda want to change it, I'm not sure yet.

🤫 Some of their bars are bloody nice aye. Big dollars though...

Their weights aren't that bad for the 2 poster, 75kgs vs say TJMs at 77. ARBs is 50kgs but doesn't include a winch cradle like the other 2.

@OutbackOffroadNT I do like their bars, I'm not made of money though. Not into the double side rails at all.

Yeah fair enough, I reckon their 2 poster on the v8 scoop model looks the biz, dunno about these new models though, seems hard to find the right bar that looks good.

Same

ARB owns and produces OME products.

@@OutbackOffroadNT 👍

16x8 0 offset front, neg 22 rear.

Used to live on the station mate. In town atm.