[Yono325ic]

13/4/2013 trip to zig zag railway.. good fun wouldnt be satisfied if i didnt get bogged in the bog holes, managed to get out without any help...just used the tyres side wall to grab and pull me back in the direction i came.

 

[seehuusen]

Top off and they are simply the best shorty around I wanna do this chop on my gq....

 

[james008]

MQ body swap!
MK shorty with coils would be pretty much my perfect 4wd.

 

[davrai]

as the owner of an 87 Mk lwb patrol its a little embarrassing looking as some of the pics, mines the same as the previous owner had standard height iron man springs, possibly stiffer than my other standard mq patrol springs.
certainly something that needs work
i think my Hayabusa bike has more wheel travel

 

[SwbAcko]

[Qeehuusen;1077836]Top off and they are simply the best shorty around I wanna do this chop on my gq....[/QUOTE]


I love my shorty, & it hardley ever has the top on. I've been considering doing a body swap for a while now but have to find a GQ shorty for the right price so I can put my MK body onto the coil chassis. Might never happen now tho as I'm almost finished with the LS1 V8 conversion.

 

[seehuusen]

I had that idea too, it is doable, but the body mounts are very different... The rear chop on a gq shorty seems easier to me

 

[james008]

I have seen a GQ shorty with the chop done (it was on eBay for ages last year), it looked okay, but somehow not as good as the old MK's. It didn't have the sloping B pillar as the MQ/MK's do with the top off, so that didn't help. And just personally I think it looked a little odd with the big flares of the GQ.
If you were going to chop a GQ shorty up though, you'd want to do it in such a way that an MQ/MK canopy will fit, I'd say.

I had that idea too, it is doable, but the body mounts are very different... The rear chop on a gq shorty seems easier to me

I suppose if you were really keen you could weld sections of a GQ floor pan into an MQ so all the mounts line up.

 

[SwbAcko]

I agree guys. I've seen a few LWB GQ's cut down into twin cabs & they look ok but not as special as an MQ-MK SWB. Plus if the roof doesn't fit it's a waste of time & money.
I'd be better off changing my MK to coils one day now the V8 is in & mounted. Too much work to put the drive line into a GQ chassis & have to worry about body mounts that won't line up.

 

[matt'rol]

Hello everyone, here's my little preparation on the side of France, which has improved my Patrol MQ 160.

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[matt'rol]

 

[Wish I Had Coils]

2 posts above a don't think where approved for some reason, Should be visible now.

Interesting set up not sure blue arms are for???

 

[steely]

Interesting set up not sure blue arms are for???

Track bars, to keep the axle positively located when the soft leaves can't.

 

[nissantractor]

I think thats for preventing axle wrap

 

[Wish I Had Coils]

they look like they limit the flex, maybe not . But b looking at it buy the time the rubber bush gets squashed right of it would effectively stop the axle from moving of higher, Or am I looking at it wrong????

 

[james008]

Bumpstops may have to be adjusted, which could limit upwards travel.
GQ's and GU's use that same pin and two bush setup on the chassis side of the front radius arms, I'd think most 3 links would. So I would think that that setup is okay for majority of applications.

 

[Mqmadness]

Bit of an old thread, but all the same i feel i must contribute~
mq swb with stock springs, slightly longer front shackles, rear shackle mounts relocated under chassis and cut rear spring clamps~

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[Lochie 125]

extended shackles and ironman shocks do the job alright haha

It tucks the 33 nicely haha

 

[Mqmadness]

Rear springs all stock, front 45mm lifted and extended shackles, still has a bit more in it

Sent From The Seventh Floor Of Hell

 

[esp626]

my patrol mk sd33t
trailmaster 60mm lift leafs/shocks
37x14,5x15 Wheels

 

[Ethanissan]

My turn to dig up this beaut old thread,
currently on standard height suspension, 2" body lift. Soon to be 2" springs, 2" shackles and no body lift, plus 2" 80 series shocks with oodles of travel (equivalent of 4" MK shocks).
some shots on a log just after Ngkala rocks on fraser: