110 SUSPENSION UPGRADE?

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Originally Posted by gasman

Photo of my new camper

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Thanks for posting that. Would love to see some more photos of it and I'm sure others would also be interested.
Do you have a build thread or photos already posted somewhere??

Steve

Thanks. See what I can do

In the meantime, I'm in the process of ordering 130 front and 110 rear springs from British 4WD in Tassie and he is offering to supply RAW 4x4 Nitro Max and as said earlier Ive ordered the PolyAirs as well.
Saw this on a South African forum and they were spewing that we had such great magazines and they didn't.

Check it out
RAWhttp://www.raw4x4.com.au/SiteFiles/raw4x4comau/FEATURE_shock_comparo_WEB.pdf
I'll let you all know how they go.

[QUOTE=vnx205;2026252]I got mine from Bilstein Shocks, KW Suspensions and much more: eShocks.com in 2010 for $A512.22 including freight and some $14.49 fee the bank tacked on.

RoverParts in Melbourne have a special on Bilstein shocks $580 for 4

Here's some more photos. I bought it on the weekend off ebay. It has everything including the kitchen sink. Only have to fit a hot shower for the cook and we are there, wherever there is.:D
Any thoughts on hot showers?

We use a 12v one that goes in a bucket. Cold water in a bucket, billy of hot water to suit your taste and away you go. Surprising how little water you use.
You can get real flash and hook up a proper holder for it but we've found that hand holding the nozzle is a lot more efficient at getting the water where it needs to go with limited flow.

In the past I've considered the heat exchanger type that goes on the engine, but I've got an aversion to extra hoses that connect to my cooling system as every one is a potential source of failure.

I prefer the simple pump in the bucket solution as its cheap, water is perfect temperature (or you've only got yourself to blame if it isn't!!), and you don't need to run the engine to make it work.

The other thing to consider is what type of camping you do and how plentiful the water supply. No point having the awesome hot shower setup with a bazillion litres per minute if you're mainly camping in the desert :angel:

Steve

Thanks SteveG.
If I was camping in the desert, then an APC would be in order.
Armpits and crutch by order of the cook.;)

Hi all.
Replaced rear springs with Dobinson +25% for the extra weight of the camper. Rear shocks (Raw4x4) whilst the name did not appeal to me, the write up did. (4x4 Australia shock test).
Poly Air bags.
Took about 4 hrs and 15 swear jars full of coin, but pulled it off in the end. Phew. Next is the front end.
Oh and "Uncle Buck" rides very well in the rear now even without a load I can notice the difference. Geez, it must have been stuffed before then. :angel:
The last photo is the job I had to do on the fuel filter when the camper fell off the stands and broke it. Those blue little #$%^s are hell to get off because of all the grit that builds up in them. So I had to destroy one to see how they fitted. Fitted the new one from england (half the Aussie price) and thats when I had to improvise. I don't know if you can buy them separate, however I didn't find out, so all you Virgo's out there, take a pill, it's working fine.

Gasman, what are the dimensions of your camper? Mind if I steal ideas from it for a set up of my own.

MLD

[QUOTE=MLD;2040762]Gasman, what are the dimensions of your camper? Mind if I steal ideas from it for a set up of my own.

Roughly, 2100 long 1850 across and 1200 high to under the top section.
The rig weighs about 480 kilo wet and thats part of the reason why I updated the suspension. Can post detailed photos if you wish, just let me know.

I'm now converting the top section which is about 1400 wide to a bed with a flip up roof as for me its a lot of wasted space up there and I don't like being top heavy. The wife has the same problem. Lucky me.:twisted:

Just been off road up the forest. Well, I'm not completely happy with the new suspension.
Travels over small bumps well, but there is now a big banging noise somewhere in the front end when hitting something bigger, above 30k/hr.
Maybe I haven't tightened up the shock nuts enough.

Hey, how do you know when they are tight enough?

Have 2 loose nuts where the camper fits to chassis, but this is what I was looking for as it's the first outing with the camper attached.

Still rolls like the QE2 and that's what I'm not happy with after spending so much time, effort and research into getting the best set up.

Oh well, maybe next time I will get it right:(

Next is steering damper, rear anti sway bar and then performance chip.
Any suggestions on who manufacturers one that suits the Puma please?????