4WD & lift kits
Planned together so it clears, sits level and drives straight. Alignment corrected as part of the work, not left for you to sort out after.
The whole job
Do them at four different places and each one is somebody else’s problem when it rubs. Do them here and it is ours.
Springs, shocks and the bits that have to move with them. Matched to what the vehicle actually carries rather than to a photo of one that never leaves the tar.
Offset is the number that decides whether the tyre clears the guard or eats it. Bring the vehicle in and hold the wheel against it before you commit.
All terrain for the ute that still does school runs, rugged terrain for the one that spends its weekends in the scrub. We will tell you honestly which one you are.
The step that gets skipped. A lift moves the geometry, and a brand new setup that was never realigned starts chewing its front tyres from week one.
Clearance
A tyre can sit fine at rest and still catch on full lock or full articulation. We check it where it actually matters before you drive out.
Wheels turned hard both ways, which is where an aggressive offset finds the guard liner and the strut first.
Turned, both directions
Loaded with the gear it actually carries. A tourer sits a long way lower with the drawers, the fridge and the water in.
Gap checked laden
Cycled through the suspension travel so the tyre is not going to find the guard on the first washout.
Top to bottom
Inside clearance on the caliper and the strut body, which is the one nobody looks at until something scores.
Inside face checked
Speedo and gearing
A bigger tyre changes what the speedo reads and how the vehicle pulls. We will tell you what the diameter jump is doing before you buy it.
On what is legal
Queensland has rules on how much lift and how much bigger a tyre can go before a vehicle needs certifying. Tell us what you have in mind and we will tell you where that line sits before anything gets ordered.
How a build runs
The expensive mistakes on a 4WD build all happen before the spanners come out. Most of this is a conversation at the counter with the vehicle sitting outside.
Daily driver that sees the odd track, a work ute on gravel every day, or a tourer that is loaded to the roof twice a year. Three very different builds.
Wheels held against your own guards, tyre diameter checked against the clearance you have. No ordering off a chart and hoping.
Lift, wheels, tyres and the alignment in a single number, so nothing turns up at the counter that was not in the conversation.
Everything on, the alignment set afterwards, clearance checked through the travel and a printout in your hand before you leave.
See it firstWheel against your own guard
In the showroom
Wheels look different in a catalogue than they do on your vehicle, in your colour, at your ride height. The showroom is there so you can stand a rim against the guard and decide with your eyes rather than with a render.
Good questions
The ones worth asking before an order goes in rather than after the parts arrive.
Yes. Changing ride height changes the caster and camber whether the kit says so or not. Driving a fresh lift on the old alignment is the quickest way to ruin a new set of tyres, so we build it into the job rather than selling it separately.
They will cost you something. A taller, heavier, more aggressive tyre takes more to turn and changes the effective gearing. How much depends on the jump and the vehicle, and we would rather tell you that up front than have you find out at the bowser.
Be honest about the split. If it is mostly bitumen with a few weekends a year on dirt, an all terrain is quieter, lasts longer and is better in the wet. Rugged terrain earns its keep if you are genuinely in the rough often, and you will hear it on the highway.
Ring and tell us what it is. In most cases yes. What we will not do is fit something we think is wrong for the vehicle without saying so first, and anything you supply is warranted by whoever sold it to you rather than by us.
Depends entirely on the kit and the vehicle, so ring and we will give you a real answer rather than a number off a page. Getting the parts in is usually the longer half of it.
There are limits in Queensland on lift height and tyre diameter before a vehicle needs certification. We will tell you where your plan sits relative to those limits before anything is ordered. We fit and advise, we do not certify.
Drop the rego in with a note about what you have in mind and we will come back with a package that clears, sits right and drives straight, priced as one job.
After more than tyres? Plan it through the online form, or ring the yard on 07 4614 3555.