New Amarok Suspension Setup

[Water Boy]

Ah Ha, I was waiting to see who would ask the question

I'll give everyone a hint.....

It's a rather large Australian company that has an interest in products for the 4x4 version of the Amarok..... That involve steel, suspension, canopies....

ARB or TJM?

[phaeton]

ARB its been mentioned in the past somewhere on VWW

[gerhard]

It's interesting to note the apparent strength of the front end components, and the diff looks massive.

The Dakar front springs also look a trifle heavier duty than the ones in the Lab photos....

One would assume (hope) the front struts would be an insert type, otherwise aftermarket replacements would have to include the beefy looking fork as well. Good to see that it might be pretty simple to add a second shock to the front.

Driveshaft angle may limiit the amount of lift possible in the front end.

Hopefully ARB can come up with a good looking snorkel and bullbar, and many Amaroks will be sold if that's the case.

For mine, my mods would probably consist of a 30mm lift front, 50mm lift rear, snorkel, canopy, and possibly an extra fuel capacity and of course a towbar.

[gavs]

ARB or TJM?

Well, TJM are based in QLD and have recently looked at becoming Australia's biggest 4x4 accessory importer, ARB is in Kilsyth, VIC....

ARB its been mentioned in the past somewhere on VWW

It way well have been......

It's interesting to note the apparent strength of the front end components, and the diff looks massive.

The Dakar front springs also look a trifle heavier duty than the ones in the Lab photos....

One would assume (hope) the front struts would be an insert type, otherwise aftermarket replacements would have to include the beefy looking fork as well. Good to see that it might be pretty simple to add a second shock to the front.

Driveshaft angle may limiit the amount of lift possible in the front end.

Hopefully ARB can come up with a good looking snorkel and bullbar, and many Amaroks will be sold if that's the case.

For mine, my mods would probably consist of a 30mm lift front, 50mm lift rear, snorkel, canopy, and possibly an extra fuel capacity and of course a towbar.

Safari will look at doing the snorkel, by the look of the engine bay photos we have it wouldn't be difficult. Bullbar wil be difficult for any companies because VW have (stupidly in many opinions) welded the front cross beam to a large bolt-on front section which included front under-body protection and mounting points for other parts.

Suspension will be easy, looking at the figures posted by gerhard will be simple. This is actually a vehicle with good natural ground clearance and the underbody is done very very well, pulling as much stuff up next to the floor pan. Lowering it will be the interesting part......

Dual shocks really is a bit over-kill unless doing serious off-road racing, even the production class off-road racers have to run a "standard" designed setup. I believe the OME Nitrocharger sport shocks do pretty well in these circumstances....

[Water Boy]

Thats why I have seen you out that way in the Mk4.

[brodzta_GTI]

Im pretty sure touregs have the same front suspenison set up..

[brodzta_GTI]

Scratch that. Touregs DO have the same front suspension setup. ( checked today )

[gavs]

Similar, but not the same. We now have components here at work and there are some differences in the setup and design, the Toureg isn't built to withstand the same amount of off-road punishment as the Amarok, hence why the bottom clevis on the struts is a different shape. Other geometry parts are slightly different also so we have had to do an Amarok-only strut.

[quozl]

gavs if you guys can make it look like this without the emergency lights but with the same lift and wheels then I'm sold, I need something to tow the rally car with anyway.

[gavs]

Ha Ha, mate, that lift height is standard!! The 17" standard wheels on the Highline model (which is what we're getting) are probably going to get a set of Mickey Thompson Baja Claws on it which will bring it up to that height, purely on the increase on the rolling diameter.

When we're done, you will get an approx 30mm lift, not sure if the suspension guys are looking at 50mm lift though, it's a damn high vehicle anyway. Standard, the tailgate open height is 780mm off the ground which is about normal, but the tub is so deep that the top of the tub is half a 508mm higher again!

Trust me, I've got something real good to go on the back of it, keep an eye out at the 4x4 shows this year....