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G'day forum members.

I'm slowly embarking on the EJ route to replace my EA82.
I have had my lifted l wagon for a while getting used to it and working out what mods i want to do.
It is my daily driver and regularly has varying loads (100kg-400kg) put in the back (there are no back seats).

One things that has been niggling at me...
Which way should the dipstick arrow be pointing on my ea82?
I get 2 different readings depending on whether it is pointed at the engine or away from it.

Also, are the genuine replacement front struts for an l series an oil shock or a gas shock?
I have been looking at the twin gas kyb's but if the genuine is an oil shock then i figure it would be better and last longer with a stiffer spring.

Any info would be great.

I have plenty more questions but these are the ones that come to mind at the moment.

subaru use KYB as their shock supplier.

Id be replacing with KYB struts like we all have pretty much done. Run a KYB shock with king springs and youll get a nice, pretty stiff ride.

alex

Factory kyb are oil filled. Aftermarket are gas.

Venom wrote:Factory kyb are oil filled. Aftermarket are gas.

+1.. The gas ones don't last as long but have a nicer ride IMO

From memory, the arrow points towards the engine, as I think the ring has a slight bend in it, making it tilt forward towards the radiator.

You'll be so happy once you get the EJ22 in there Scott. We need pics of the progress too

At the moment i have king springs all round and while my current shocks are not shagged i still don't feel the suspension is stiff enough for heavy corrugations or carrying a decent weight.

I have the luxury of constantly carrying heavy loads over some of adelaides more bumpy roads, but the nose gets fairly light when carrying 200kg+
Hopefully a little extra weight from an ej and perhaps a decent deep cycle battery may help that issue.
It doesn't bottom out too often (rear end) so perhaps i am being a little too picky overlooking the real world limitations of the car.

I had a custom rear set up in my L that sorted all of the issues that you are experiencing

Think it was a Mitsubishi shock, that was longer and therefore deleted the spacer. Even fully laden, the car sat flat.

Steve at Rising Sun has the recipe - recall it being a cheaper solution as well.

I don't think there is too much difference in the EA82 to EJ22 weight range. I've never really checked but the EJ22 is slightly narrower than the EA82, I wouldn't be surprised if the EJ is actually lighter??

Try the Honda or Mazda (can't remember which one) strut conversion that Jules (TOONGA) has done in his brumby. They are a adjustable coil-over design, so they can set to whatever weight you start loading the car up to. Jules grabed me a spare set and I'm going to trial them out in my L.

Cheers for the reply's.

Well i have decided if i am going to have a lifted L series i may as well do it well.
I want the car to be fun, functional and last at least a few years of checking out this great land of Oz.

The suspension is going to have to wait a while cause i went shopping

Now to clean up the shed

I'll be watching out for the updates as they progress