Australian 4WD Action – July 2019

• Front: Ironman Lift kit with 15mm PSR strut spacers


• Rear: TJM coils and Ironman shocks


• Airbag Man air bags in the rear


• 16in Kings D-Locker Rims


• 285/75R16 BF Goodrich KM3 Mud Terrains

“I decided to have Ironman fit the suspension when I had the

front bar fitted for convenience. I was mainly after additional

clearance. While the front has done me very well, I’ve had

some issues in the rear. After a single trip up to the cape, the

rear coils have sagged and the shocks were busted. The plan

is to replace them now with Superior Engineering Remote Res

shocks, as from past experience I know they are the best you

can get. Lesson learnt: don’t cheap out on suspension! The

airbags went in after the Cape, as I wanted the rear to be

adjustable depending on what I’m carrying, plus I plan to do

some towing down the track. So far the airbags have been

fantastic.

“I went with the Kings rims ‘cause I love the look, and I

prefer steel for remote touring. The KM3s are proven tough,

and there was never a question that they’d be what I ran.”

WHEELS, TYRES AND

SUSPENSION

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here’s a good chance

you’ve probably seen

some of Jason

Heiler’s previous

4WDs in past issues

of the mag. There’s a good

reason for that – he’s built some

wickedly modified rigs in the

past. But for all the fun that can

come with driving a heavily

modified 4WD, there’s always

that little voice in the back of

your head whispering “what are

you going the break next?”

This was definitely the case

with Jason. “I just found that

every time I was out on the

tracks, I was wondering what

the next component to break

would be,” he says. “I don’t

know if it was the fact that my

earlier rigs were older, that

they were modified or that I

wheeled them hard, or a

combination of all three – but it

got to the point where I wasn’t

enjoying hitting the tracks.”

Jason decided that it was time

to build a rig that he could

setup the way he wanted, could

get him where he wanted to go

in comfort, and wasn’t going to

spend more time in the shed

than on the tracks. Enter the

2017 Nissan Navara. “The Nav

fit the budget, and it grew on

me very quickly,” he says.

“Nobody I knew owned one

which was a plus – I always like

having something a bit

different to those around me. I

did some research, and never

looked back.”

Check out what Jason has

done to turn this modern 4WD

into his ultimate remote

touring rig!

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While the front suspension has done

the job, the rear has struggled