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Posted: May 11 2005 at 10:29am | IP Logged Quote Supercharger1

This is somewhat old information that was publicly announced by Calmini at the beginning of the 2005 year. I had followed this topic since mid 2004 at several other Nissan off-road web sites which developed a relationship with Calmini but I though I would post it here too due to anyone not aware of this product coming available soon. It is a bolt on solid axle suspension system and related steering components for the Nissan D21, D22 and Hardbody truck vehicles. You will still need to purchase your own (driver side drop) axle and coils as well.  From what I understand Calmini is also working on developing a rear suspension that would be better suited for the new soild front axle and suspension conversion system.

Calmini Web Site >> http://www.calmini.com/

Pic of Calmini SAS >> http://www.purenissan.com/solid-axle.jpg

Now before you get too excited and start looking to whip out the old credit card be warned; the price for just the bolt on solid axle system (without coil shocks, steering, solid axle and several other misc  items including labor) is going to set you back over $1,700.00 bucks. You will still need to find a comparable soild axle for your particular vehicle and decide on to what extent or cost you are going to be willing to spend for the coils. Coils can range on average from $250.00 to $3000.00 dollars each depending on the style and manufacture you choose. Plus, once you have the axle, correct brake components and misc parts etc, the axle still needs to be welded in place to the new system. A new front drive shaft will need to be manufactured as well and this is going to be about another $90.00 to $190.00 dollars on average for the draft shaft. This also means that of course the entire stock IFS has to be completely removed first from the vehicle as well as the regular/stock shocks purches from the frame for the instalation of the new SAS and coil shock mounts. I'm not going to get into all of the details of performing the SAS conversion but I think you can get the (picture) idea of the amount of commitment you will need to follow thru with this project, not forgetting to mention the down time of the vehicle that will be required.  



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