MAHINDRA WITH A 2 INCH LIFT

[@Dexterbru]

Hey mate. I’ve just bought a 2009 pik up do you think this set up would work on it?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yes it would mate👍

[@sailinggoinggreat100]

Hey Graham love your vids! I’m putting these on my new Mindy could you let me know what you bought as I went to pedders and they said they haven’t got any for mahindras - thanks heaps Donna

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate and thanks for watching. I've had a few people message me with the same problem. Try this. The part number for the front shocks is trakryder 9530. And the rears is sportryder 9024. And the leaf springs come from a company called SUSPENSION SUPPLIES AUSTRALIA who make bluemax springs out of Brisbane. Try calling them if pedders can't help. Hope this helps mate.

[@js21076]

Hi graham what was the Clearance between the top of wheel and guard I’ve finally got my pickup alex put a efs suspension kit on if for me I’ve got 14cm clearance

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate. Congratulations on the new ute. I can't remember what the actual measurement was, but that sounds pretty close. It will settle down after a while and be a bit lower. How's it feel to drive and handle?

[@js21076]

Thanks it took 6 months but worth the wait just got to get the brush rails put on next week maybe then I’ll put up som photos it drives well I had a Isuzu dmax before it drives very similar it’s a good car

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yep, I had a d-max as well. And I agree totally. Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@anirudhchauhan1698]

Nice video, what if we put these longer shocks on rear side without changing the leaf spring? I have two of these pickup.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Thanks for watching mate. I don't think it will make to much difference in Hight as the new springs I got were definitely different in both load carrying and Hight design. Just changing shocks would make it a nicer ride, but you wouldn't put longer ones on to do that. You would only put longer ones on for travel with different Hight springs, otherwise you'll pull the guts of them out. Hope this helps you out mate.👍

[@jmginthent651]

Mate, could you please tell me how you find the Mahindra allloy trays? Would you advise getting one or better to go, custom etc? Thanks.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate. I don't personally have an alloy tray as mine is steel. But I have looked at a few. They seem to be built better then previous designs, most of all because alloy welding is given them more strength then the old riveted version. They are lighter and cheaper then the steel one, but you can punish the steel one more than the alloy one. If I had the choice again I would custom make one myself, like I did for our hj45. Way cheaper and more useful. The factory steel one is bloody expensive, we paid about $5000 for ours because it was painted the same colour as the cab. Hope this helps mate. 👍

[@jmginthent651]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 Thanks very much for such a quick reply. I really appreciate it. Do you mind me asking what the drive away price was with the steel tray? Thank you.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

We paid 42 k. That was with bullbar, side bars, towbar and heavy duty steel tray. Drive away.

[@jmginthent651]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 just unbelievable value. With the 79 series going on to a halt for orders, I can see Mahindra selling like hotcakes over the next year or so. I'll be getting one as soon as my current ride is up for replacement. No brainer.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yep I agree totally . A lot more people are resizing that you don't need to spend as much as a house to get a pretty capable 4x4.

[@Mr._A685]

Cheers Graham! Whats the plan for rim offset and tyre size?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

I have a set of 15x8 with a negative 13 offset to go on with a set of road X all terrain tyres. They will be going on Friday if all goes well. We aren't sure if the tyre will fit being a 31x10x15 without grabbing on the inner guard somewhere. So it will be a bit of trial and error until we find something to fit. Bit of a guinea pig move, but if it works I can post it up and give a lot of other mahindra owners some ideas what the can and can't run under it.

[@Mr._A685]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 awesome, looking forward to seeing how it goes mate

[@duannortje8784]

Hi love you Videos, Our South Africa spec Mahindra comes with stop start do yours have the same?, if so, I would love to hear how to be permanently disable it. I hate it.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate. No as far as I know, none of the Australian ones have that feature. I do gave it in my opal astra opc, but you can turn it off with a switch. If yours doesn't have a switch, I would be looking for a fuse in the fuse box. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ark2380]

Is there a before and after?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

You can see in our earlier videos of the mahindra how it sat before the lift went in Thanks for watching mate 👍

[@nickathos7428]

Hey Mate whats the highest you can lift one of these? Cheers

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

I will only put a 2 inch lift on any of my 4x4's. Any higher and you run the chance of causing damage to the suspension components.

[@holden381]

hi Graham can you tell me the pedders model numbers for kit and leaf springs spec im having alot of trouble in nz getting 2inch lift for my mahindra cheers

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

The front shok number is :9024 in sports ryder. Rear shocks number is :9530 in track ryder. The leafs come from a business called SSA suspension in Brisbane. But pedders put all of it together as a package. The shackles and bushers were all landcruiser/Nissan. Hope this helps mate.

[@holden381]

that's awesome thank you, im really enjoying your videos keep up the great work, thank you

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

No problem, hope you have some luck mate

[@js21076]

Hi graham how much did the pedders kit cost you. That

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate. We got a bit of a deal with ours. But the full kit was $1600 without the discount. Supplied only.

[@js21076]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 thanks for that

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

No problem 👍

[@InMused]

NIce work Graham. Do you know if there was much of a price difference between the pedders "kit" and the EFS kit?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Thanks for watching mate. Yeah the pedders gear was about $500 dearer then efs. But that was installed. We installed it ourselves so the price was heaps cheaper. I certainly wasn't going to pay someone $1000 to fit 4 shocks and 2 leaf springs!!!

[@drew5763]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 Just done EFS in my single cab $2085 fitted BUT they couldn’t do an alignment as it needed shims and they don’t do shims 😳 Spoke to EFS they reckon doesn’t need shims, someone doesn’t know what they are talking about obviously. Spoke to an aligner he says with shims it,s a pay by the hour job and probably minimum 3 hours

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Ahh ok. How high did you lift it?

[@drew5763]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 40mm supposedly

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

That's odd. I went 50mm on mine and it didn't need shims.

[@glenchristie9903]

Reckon it will need a wheel alignment after the suspension upgrade? I've ordered the Pastoral pack but getting the dealer EFS suspension upgrade/lift kit fitted from new. Wont see the new Pik Up till next year and I'm frothing to get my hands on it! Keep up the videos as its inspiring others to try something out of the norm.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

First of all thank you for watching. I've got it booked in today for a wheel alignment as you are right, it will definitely need one. I've got EFS suspension on 3 of our other 4x4's our Colorado, HJ45 and BJ70 cruiser's. We like the EFS but I noticed that a lot of mahindras were running it. So I thought I'd try something different in the pedders gear to give it a real world comparison against the EFS. Once I get our new rims and tyres on Friday I will be able to give it a bit better go and offer some good feedback on how the set-up works. Thanks again mate, and I always appreciate the feedback 👍

[@thunderbox91]

hi Graham, do you ever see this replacing your colorado as your "main" 4wd? or doesnt tow the toy hauler well enough?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate. Simply answer is NO. The Colorado was tuned to pull the toy hauler and does so with relative ease. The mahindra is my work ute, it's capable of great fuel economy whilst being comfortable. And it has the capability of towing either my boat or the toy hauler if it needs to. The mahindra is 120kw and 320nm and the Colorado is 140kw and 687nm at the wheels. So the Colorado will always be the main tow vehicle of the toy hauler. But it's great to know that if need be, the mahindra can pull it. Hope this helps mate and thanks for watching 👍

[@rorymadeley5632]

Great video mate , I picked my mighty mahindra up yesterday , bloody love it I ordered the black edition rims with mine looks so good , time to break her in then lift kit it ,

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Congratulations mate. Enjoy your new adventures 😀

[@auntytizza]

Hey mate good work, getting my S10 next week!! Have u considered installing a catch can and fuel filter ? I'm wanting to do these mods to mine but no one can tell me if they fit ?! Cheers

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day and thanks for watching. I asked my mahindra dealer about a catch can the other day and his response was they don't really need one. The engine is so unstressed it doesn't develop enough crank case pressure to warrant a catch can. More modern designed and and more high strung engines like in our Colorado definitely require a catch can. But I will be looking in to it a bit more, and probably do a short video on it. As for a separate filter, you can never have enough filters in your fuel line I reckon. The standard one already has a water detection system built in to it. But I am also looking at putting another one in. Thanks again mate 👍

[@auntytizza]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 thanks for the info mate, I will be following your progress!

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

No problem mate

[@TheHayabusa09]

Great set up Graham. Any plans on a safe tune to eeek out a few extra kws and more importantly torque? In SA they have a very mild tune that take outputs up to 129kws and 399nms. Very safe and no warranty issues, due to the low state of said tune.

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate and thanks for watching. I'm going to wait until out of warranty to do a tune. That sounds about all I would probably go in a tune anyway. I'm not actually after a lot of power out of it because we have a tune running in our Colorado that pumps out 140kw and 687nm at the wheels already, and it will do all of the hard work. The mahindra doesn't struggle to much pulling the boat as is. But yeah I will definitely look after the warranty period has finished. Thanks for the feedback mate👍

[@user-gk1nt6sm2z]

Great improvement, when do you show the benefits off road?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Pretty soon mate. Just got a big project with our hj45 first. Then we will be trying out the suspension on the mahindra. Thanks for watching 👍

[@scottmackay9547]

What did that mahindra lift cost mate

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

G'day mate and thanks for watching. It was just over $1800 supplied. It was really easy to fit and adjust the torsion bars in the front. All it needed was a wheel alignment afterwards. Hope this helps👍

[@scottmackay9547]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 Bloody great thanks ive sent pedders Maroochydore a message will let you know how i go. Ive just received pcd adapters from BSA in new south and gone to 150. Which is cruiser pattern so I can get some decent rims under it. Was about 800$

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

No problem. Yell out if pedders can't find anything and I'll send you the part number of the shocks 👍

[@scottmackay9547]

Cheers not much available for them

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Naa, pedders, EFS and dobinsons from Rockhampton are the only after market suspension suppliers as far as I know. Just be careful putting those adapters on as it could void your warranty from mahindra and might not be road legal with the transport company. Insurance and warranty people go through everything they can to avoid paying out a claim. Been there before and it's frightening to know if your found to have a defect or illegal modification to your car they won't pay a thing.

[@js21076]

After you wound up the torsion bars did it stiffen up the front do the factory torsion bars handle the weight of the bull bar and winch well

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

With ease mate. Pedders who supplied the suspension told me the factory mahindra bars were as big as a Navarra's. So yeah Handeled it no problem.

[@js21076]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 thanks so no need to upgrade them

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Nope.

[@shannon290588]

The torsion bar setup will only ever allow a certain amount of travel hence why the shocks are the same length as the standards .

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yeah thanks mate. Been getting a few people tell me that. It all makes sense when you look at it hard enough. Lol. Cheers 👍

[@lmalesci]

hello greetings from Pontassieve province of Florence Italy I have a Suzuki Jimmy 4x4 that I use for soft and medium difficulty off-road because it is all original and only has the reinforced Ironman nitrogas shock absorbers that go from a standard set up to + 5 cm and my Suzuki Jimmy 4x4 has the 1.3 LT petrol m13a engine from the year 2001 that I use for dirt farm and forest roads and which are often used by lumberjacks with their forestry tractors and skidders and forwarders and thanks to its dimensions my Suzuki Jimmy 4x4 off-road vehicle reaches places where a larger 4x4 vehicle has difficulty getting to!

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Wow that is so cool. The little Suzuki is a popular choice over here an Australia as well. They are a fantastic 4x4, and the fact they weigh a lot less then others means it can go so many more places then the bigger landcruisers and Nissan patrols can. Sounds like you have a good set-up on yours. Thanks for watching, and thanks for the feedback. It is very much appreciated. 😀👍

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Nice work

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Thanks mate 👍

[@alexmuller1386]

Pedders do their own upgraded stronger torsion bars in their kit

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Nothing wrong with the standard mahindra ones. They have worked extremely well so far. 👍

[@alexmuller1386]

Yea all good was just meaning they do offer upgraded torsion bars if they find the genuine ones sag in time if people choose to do so

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yeah they mentioned that to me when I bought my kit through them. But they suggested to keep the standard ones in their as they were a pretty robust bar already. But it's good to know that you can get them hey😀👍

[@andrewgraham7659]

Pedders suspension no bull.....

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yep, no bull indeed. Top quality suspension!!.

[@mikedubya9313]

Do you tow your boat with it?

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Yep

[@mikedubya9313]

@@grahamharris4wdadventures53 pretty impressive

[@grahamharris4wdadventures53]

Thanks mate😀