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When a vehicle is also towing a trailer, the GVM is the total mass of the motor vehicle’s wheels on the ground, while the GCM (Gross Combination Mass) is the total mass of the motor vehicle plus trailer. Increasing the GVM does not increase the GCM. In fact if the vehicle is fully loaded to [...]
A Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) is the maximum allowable total mass of a fully loaded motor vehicle, consisting of the tare mass (mass of the vehicle) plus the load (including passengers).
Out of all the suspension suppliers in Australia there are only a handful that actually manufacture themselves and we are one of those manufacturers. Also out of all the shocks on the market there is only one Australian manufacturer and all the rest are imported. So all things considered our West Coast 4WD and truck [...]
90% of out catalogue items are available off the shelf. However if an item requires special manufacture we are looking at 7-10 days for leaf springs, 3-4 weeks for coil springs and 2-3 months on shock and torsion bars.
We sell our shocks under the West Coast Suspensions “WCS” brand name. We have a manufacturing license agreement with a number of major shock absorber manufacturers. You will find this is the same situation with all major shock suppliers in Australia, where the MONROE brand is the only Australian made shock absorber on the market.
We do conduct a limited fitting service in house so please contact us with your enquiry and we can advise you further.
No we do not. In some cases we may conduct warranty fitment in house, but this is evaluated on a case by case basis. Please see warranty “terms and conditions” as outlined in the back of our product catalogue.
West Coast Suspensions warrant all WCS four-wheel drive parts to the original purchaser for a period of 3 years or 60,000 kilometres whichever occurs first. (Note exception: Use in mining industries – warranty period is for a period of 1 year or 20,000 kilometres whichever occurs first.)
No, we only supply 4WD and truck suspension.
Approximately 30% of our product is made here in Australia. The other 70% is manufactured under license overseas, which you will find is the case with most of the other major suspension suppliers in Australia. We however are one of the few suspension companies here in Australia that still conduct a percentage of manufacturing “in [...]
