mounting triple bypass shocks into the front of the gq. These are my own mounts that i designed up and there is way to much of me talking rubbish in this. enjoy
excellent video mate, plenty of good info. it was good to hear you mention the info regarding high/low lifts, i love my 4 inch lift with 35's & would not go any lower. Keep up the good work.
Bloody brilliant mate!! Looking forward to see it in action. I just been fitting bp-51 10 inch travel all around and they have been a game changer over the last set up! Love the vid as always do. Cheers bud 🍻
Thanks mate. I’m looking forward to driving the bloody thing more instead of always working on it haha! A good suspension set up is absolutely unreal! Cheers mate
great vid and good info, liked hearing the opinion on the whole "low is best" debate, you've got me agreeing that staying low as ain't really necessary unless your crawling up cliffs
Thanks mate. Depending on what sort of video it is. Anywhere from 2-8 hrs to edit. Then about 2-3 hrs to render it and then about 3-5 hrs to upload depending on how good the internet is haha
That was awesome mate. Really good insider information. I'm a 60 bloke so it would be interesting to get sherry on and explain setting up leafs. Or perhaps even if you know what's up? Just a thought. Have a good one mate!
Thanks mate! Sherrys race car is actually an 80 chassis because the leaf springs were no good, but the principle is still the same with leafs or coils. I Havnt dealt with leafs before so can’t really help you on the big stuff. Cheers
Great video as always.. when you're finished on the GQ you're welcome to mod by GU next :) you would get a great series out of fitting an LS in my GU :D
Unreal vid man learnt heaps cheers 👍 was just wondering with your bump stop spacers though do they sit on the diff instead of spacing down the original bumpstop and are they an off the shelf spacer you can buy and bolt in?? Cheers again man
Thanks mate! Yeah the bolt down on the diff, there’s a hole there that I drilled and tapped out and just make a spacers up to bolt down. Not sure if you can buy them anywhere! Cheers mate
Do you think it's worth going down the route of remote res shocks on a leaf sprung 60? Or will you not notice the benfits as much because of the stiffer leafs.
Great video. Have you thought about making a subscribers facebook page so your followers have somewhere to share ideas and post there own work. Al and Wood from The Skid Factory have one and is pretty good. Keep up the great work.
As usual there is something in your shed vids i hadnt heard of before. Top effort in designing the shock mounts. Just one question. Whats the offset on your wheels and will you still have clearance to the shocks if staying to the 50mm wheel track increase over standard?
Haha thanks mate! -22 is the offset that works good mate! If you still have a gq front diff you may run into clearance issues! But a Gu front is so easy to do and cheap and very beneficial that you wouldn’t waste your time on a gq diff!
@@DanielKistler Only asked as i thought you mentioned the engineer was going to sign off on the shock setup. Hopefully there isnt clearance issues if you have to take it to him with standard wheels and tyres. The engineer i am using wont allow me to go over 50mm from the GQ wheel track even though its got GU diffs and there is a NSW document stating you can go 25mm wider than the axle being used.
@@bennyjahmin3953 yeah the engineer is happy with the shock set up so it will all be engineered. I’ll be chucking 33s on with similar offset rims for engineering so there won’t be any clearance issues to worry about. Sounds like a painful rule haha!
I hope the profender work good for u, before this we tried the profenders they don’t last long. They live super short at events as well. Profenders are made in Thailand.
I’ve seen them in a fair few cars, at winch challenge events also. They seem to hold up well. Not every shock brand is 100 percent though, I’ve seen kings fail prematurely aswell. And at the price for the profenders I can’t complain about anything so far. Cheers
Hey Dan, thanks for the info in this vid, really interesting. Can you share your thoughts on a front and rear air spring replacement? I've been wanting to do this for a long time so I can lower the car to standard height for camping and when touring, but raise it back up to 3" when off-road. Really interested if you have any experience or suggestions here. Cheers mate.
Hey mate thanks for watching. I Havnt done any research into them and I Havnt even seen them in person before. I like the idea though but can’t help you with experience mate. Cheers
Nice shocks mate. A wedding gift for you both from the family??🤣👍 New buzz word "WANKY FLEX". Should get it printed on t-shirts as merchandise for your channel. Personally, I like so much wanky flex in the rear it ends up rear steering the vehicle. 🤣 But on a serious note, how is adjustment achieved on each bypass? Can't see on the video if they're dials you click up or down. Also, the compression bypasses. One high speed and one low speed? Will be interesting to see the tuning process. Thanks again for another information packed video. 👍🍺🇦🇺
Hahahaha I wish mate! That’s actually a good idea lol maybe one day mate! I should have explain that better, there’s a grub screw with a locking nut on the one way valve and you just screw it in or out to wherever your desired comfort is. Nah the 2 compression bypass tubes just work at different spots of the shock stroke. Not high and low speed. Cheers mate
@@DanielKistler All good mate. I think these represent good value for money against a comparable King, Fox or Radflo shock. Might be made in Thailand but I'm sure a lot of people don't realise the Thai's are heavily into off-roading and racing and the shocks are well tested(Punished!) And of course like any real shock they're rebuildable.
Hi bloke, great tips and great video's, I am about to extend my front bump stops on my gq wagon due to recently fiting a ford V8 and diff has tapped sump lightly already, I am running 3" flexi coils with 4" shocks, I have standard gq bump stops and also a pair of 80 series bump stops, which are the better to use? Thanks.
Can’t argue with that. But superior do a road legal 3 inch. And I’d rather risk the cops and have a better ride haha. Nothing worse than a terrible riding four wheel drive
I test drove a gu I was going to buy, it had 37s on stock coils and it was sitting on the bumps, and yeah it handled like a bag of dicks, did not buy it for obvious reason 😂
@@DanielKistler I’ve personally never seen worse scrubbing on the inner guards as well, the rear tyres had polished about 200m of the top of the guard to shiny metal I reckon it was about to wear through 😂
Nothing to do with it being a Nissan, it's all about tyre size, shock length and shock tower height. And bumpstops limit the shocks full compression to stop it bottoming out and ruining it. Any make can/will have "x" amount of uptravel at "x" amount of lift.
Another great video, ive been a mechanic for close to 30 years and almost every video i watch of yours i learn something new, thank u
Haha that’s awesome. Well thanks for watching mate!
So much awesome info in this vid. I thought i knew suspension set up decently well but i learnt quite a lot from this. Top stuff mate.
Thanks for watching mate
excellent video mate, plenty of good info. it was good to hear you mention the info regarding high/low lifts, i love my 4 inch lift with 35's & would not go any lower. Keep up the good work.
Thanks mate! That’s the same as I run! Works well for sure! Cheers
awesome shocks Daniel, they will be perfect, you amaze me with your skills
Thanks mate
Honestly the best RUclips channel I have found. Love your videos and the information provided is top notch. Champion effort
Thanks mate, I try and out as much info as possible in my videos which I think most other channels don’t. Cheers
Great video mate. I love how much you explain. I definitely learn heaps on each one 👌🏼
Thanks for watching mate! I try and give out good information!
Finally someone that’s knows how to set up suspension properly real talk not bullshit
Haha thanks mate. I’m all about the real talk. Cheers
Luv workshop vids 🤘
Awesome info Mate 🍻
The Big GQ is gonna drive to the moon when its finished 💪
Thanks mate, good to see you enjoyed it. Cheers
Nice work mate awesome information in that shed session!!
Gota love the GQ-TB
Keep up the vids!!👌
Thanks for watching mate! Cheers
learn heaps mate! love watching them and always getting little ideas for my build.
Thanks for watching mate
Bloody brilliant mate!! Looking forward to see it in action. I just been fitting bp-51 10 inch travel all around and they have been a game changer over the last set up! Love the vid as always do.
Cheers bud 🍻
Thanks mate. I’m looking forward to driving the bloody thing more instead of always working on it haha! A good suspension set up is absolutely unreal! Cheers mate
Haha yes this is true, AL be stuck in the shed to!! Have to drop the gears boxes, clutch is gone! So hope everything goes to plan 😅
Cheers mate 🤙🏻 🤙🏻
great vid and good info, liked hearing the opinion on the whole "low is best" debate, you've got me agreeing that staying low as ain't really necessary unless your crawling up cliffs
Thanks mate! Yeah I’m yet to see a low patrol on 35/37 actually handle good haha. They are uncontrollable at speeds over bumps and rough tracks.
When we seeing a colab fellas?
Good inside tips as usual mate. Random tech question lol... how long does it take to edit and process each vid u upload?
Thanks mate. Depending on what sort of video it is. Anywhere from 2-8 hrs to edit. Then about 2-3 hrs to render it and then about 3-5 hrs to upload depending on how good the internet is haha
Good video, a bit over my head but enjoyable all the same, yes i did watch it right through.
Thanks mate
That was awesome mate. Really good insider information. I'm a 60 bloke so it would be interesting to get sherry on and explain setting up leafs. Or perhaps even if you know what's up? Just a thought.
Have a good one mate!
Thanks mate! Sherrys race car is actually an 80 chassis because the leaf springs were no good, but the principle is still the same with leafs or coils. I Havnt dealt with leafs before so can’t really help you on the big stuff. Cheers
Great video as always.. when you're finished on the GQ you're welcome to mod by GU next :) you would get a great series out of fitting an LS in my GU :D
Hahaha if I had a dollar for everyone who asked for work on their car haha! Ls is no good though haha wouldn’t see me setting one up 😂😂 cheers mate
Sounds like your getting some people upset on Facebook keep up the good work i have no problems with the work you do mate 👌
Hahaha I’m not too stressed about internet hero’s. It’s pretty funny actually. Cheers mate! 👌🏻👌🏻
Good video mate really well explained
Thanks mate
some good info. real interesting vid mate
Thanks mate
Unreal vid man learnt heaps cheers 👍 was just wondering with your bump stop spacers though do they sit on the diff instead of spacing down the original bumpstop and are they an off the shelf spacer you can buy and bolt in?? Cheers again man
Thanks mate! Yeah the bolt down on the diff, there’s a hole there that I drilled and tapped out and just make a spacers up to bolt down. Not sure if you can buy them anywhere! Cheers mate
Hurry up get part 2 up please 😂😂😂
Haha I’m working on it. Waiting for parts is holding me up!
Great video! Very informative👌🏻
Thanks mate
So much info, I thought my drift car suspension was complicated, sheeesh 😲
Hahaha there is a lot too it mate!
Do you think it's worth going down the route of remote res shocks on a leaf sprung 60? Or will you not notice the benfits as much because of the stiffer leafs.
Good shocks are important regardless if coil or leaf. But it’s also important to get the spring rates right with leafs so they work with each other.
Great info once again, really enjoying your knowledge.Was that Mt. Sunday track at the end ?
Thanks mate! Yeah it sure was!
Awesome info mate!!!!!! Could those shocks second as a "hydro type bump stop", set up the way you have it??
Thanks mate! Yeah that last part of the shock is the bump zone, with heavy valving it reacts similar to a hydro bump just not as much travel!
Great video. Have you thought about making a subscribers facebook page so your followers have somewhere to share ideas and post there own work. Al and Wood from The Skid Factory have one and is pretty good. Keep up the great work.
Thanks mate! Havnt thought about it to be honest! Probably something I won’t do, need more time for that haha! Cheers
Wanky flex😂 love it!
As usual there is something in your shed vids i hadnt heard of before.
Top effort in designing the shock mounts. Just one question. Whats the offset on your wheels and will you still have clearance to the shocks if staying to the 50mm wheel track increase over standard?
Haha thanks mate! -22 is the offset that works good mate! If you still have a gq front diff you may run into clearance issues! But a Gu front is so easy to do and cheap and very beneficial that you wouldn’t waste your time on a gq diff!
@@DanielKistler
Only asked as i thought you mentioned the engineer was going to sign off on the shock setup. Hopefully there isnt clearance issues if you have to take it to him with standard wheels and tyres.
The engineer i am using wont allow me to go over 50mm from the GQ wheel track even though its got GU diffs and there is a NSW document stating you can go 25mm wider than the axle being used.
@@bennyjahmin3953 yeah the engineer is happy with the shock set up so it will all be engineered. I’ll be chucking 33s on with similar offset rims for engineering so there won’t be any clearance issues to worry about. Sounds like a painful rule haha!
@@DanielKistler
Looking forward to seeing some shock tuning videos in the future.
I hope the profender work good for u, before this we tried the profenders they don’t last long. They live super short at events as well. Profenders are made in Thailand.
I’ve seen them in a fair few cars, at winch challenge events also. They seem to hold up well. Not every shock brand is 100 percent though, I’ve seen kings fail prematurely aswell. And at the price for the profenders I can’t complain about anything so far. Cheers
hopefully mate, buying from a dealer and directly is different . Maybe superior has improve it .
@@tannyshim3074 superior buy directly from profender. The only thing they did was re valve them for me. So nothing really to improve on.
Hey Dan, thanks for the info in this vid, really interesting. Can you share your thoughts on a front and rear air spring replacement? I've been wanting to do this for a long time so I can lower the car to standard height for camping and when touring, but raise it back up to 3" when off-road. Really interested if you have any experience or suggestions here.
Cheers mate.
Hey mate thanks for watching. I Havnt done any research into them and I Havnt even seen them in person before. I like the idea though but can’t help you with experience mate. Cheers
Nice shocks mate. A wedding gift for you both from the family??🤣👍
New buzz word "WANKY FLEX". Should get it printed on t-shirts as merchandise for your channel.
Personally, I like so much wanky flex in the rear it ends up rear steering the vehicle. 🤣
But on a serious note, how is adjustment achieved on each bypass? Can't see on the video if they're dials you click up or down.
Also, the compression bypasses. One high speed and one low speed?
Will be interesting to see the tuning process.
Thanks again for another information packed video. 👍🍺🇦🇺
Hahahaha I wish mate!
That’s actually a good idea lol maybe one day mate!
I should have explain that better, there’s a grub screw with a locking nut on the one way valve and you just screw it in or out to wherever your desired comfort is.
Nah the 2 compression bypass tubes just work at different spots of the shock stroke. Not high and low speed.
Cheers mate
@@DanielKistler All good mate. I think these represent good value for money against a comparable King, Fox or Radflo shock. Might be made in Thailand but I'm sure a lot of people don't realise the Thai's are heavily into off-roading and racing and the shocks are well tested(Punished!) And of course like any real shock they're rebuildable.
@@bogged2theeyeballs695 summed it up nicely mate! Cheers
Hi bloke, great tips and great video's, I am about to extend my front bump stops on my gq wagon due to recently fiting a ford V8 and diff has tapped sump lightly already, I am running 3" flexi coils with 4" shocks, I have standard gq bump stops and also a pair of 80 series bump stops, which are the better to use? Thanks.
Hey mate, I prefer the standard patrol bumps! But whatever you use just make sure it’s spaced correctly
@@DanielKistler ok cool thanks, I have heard people say the 80 series are better, but then have heard that they r softer.
@@JMCKAY351 they are softer and longer but in my opinion they interfere in the shock stroke to much. Also can cause fast rebound
@@DanielKistler ok thanks, think I will just fit standard Gq ones back in with spacers.
Hey mate do you think about running 6” 37swith 12” superior shock would it be more suited to run a shorter shock on a gu patrol
Cool vids too just started watching
Thanks mate
Any engineering issues with doing this?
Nah mate. Been contacting the engineer throughout the process. They are happy with it.
Low is better when it comes to avoiding the cops
Can’t argue with that. But superior do a road legal 3 inch. And I’d rather risk the cops and have a better ride haha. Nothing worse than a terrible riding four wheel drive
Hey mate I would your old set up worked with a 3inch lift . I have a 4inch lift but wanting to go to 3 inch lift to keep it legal
Would have just lost up travel. I would go down in shock size anyway though! Up travel is key!
You Should do a video of your tb turbo setup interested in turboing mine
There is a video of the whole car with some turbo info in it from a whole back. Scroll back a few months and you’ll find it!
@@DanielKistler thanks man found it👍
Like how u said the tb42 is under-rated I 100% agree mines just stock atm and rips
sik vids bro 🤙
Thanks for watching mate! They are not a bad engine that’s for sure, respond very well to a turbo! Cheers
what size spacer you run on the bumps?
Will be around 35mm.
I test drove a gu I was going to buy, it had 37s on stock coils and it was sitting on the bumps, and yeah it handled like a bag of dicks, did not buy it for obvious reason 😂
Hahaha, yeah that’s terrible. It’s funny when they try and convince you it rides good. It doesn’t 😂
@@DanielKistler I’ve personally never seen worse scrubbing on the inner guards as well, the rear tyres had polished about 200m of the top of the guard to shiny metal I reckon it was about to wear through 😂
@@toms_gupooe Hahaha, yeah the signs of poorly set up suspension
Can I just give you some money and you sort my junk out?
Hahaha! I’ve got way to much of my own stuff to finish right now
Just think of the content. Fucked farm ute to high country beater
@@ashleythornton1309 haha well you can wait until after winter then I’ll think about it lol
Yeah to late now the seasons almost here
@@ashleythornton1309 too right haha trying to get all my shit done is hard
Haha wanky flex, you'll upset all the all the people who have instagram accounts for their cars saying that😛
Hahaha, didn’t mean it in a bad way, but yes, far to many cars are just flex warriors and hardly see the tracks!
@@DanielKistler 100%. Keep up the good work with the videos mate
@@danielsanta6473 thanks mate
2” lift and 50mm up travel... Nissan’s really are bad lol
Nothing to do with it being a Nissan, it's all about tyre size, shock length and shock tower height. And bumpstops limit the shocks full compression to stop it bottoming out and ruining it. Any make can/will have "x" amount of uptravel at "x" amount of lift.
As stated above, it’s nothing to do with Nissan, it can be whatever you want it to be. But 50mm is definitely not enough