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JrZook

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:14 am

Always wondered what the differences were between the two, stock from factory. Does anybody know?

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:16 am

Edit: softtop and tin top both have a gvm of 1340kg but you probs knew that already

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:17 am

I thought my soft top way 1050.

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:18 am

just lik cutting a tin top down to make it a softie won't work because the soft tops more additional braces to keep em ridged....

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:34 am

My 1990 sierra had a GVM of 950kg. or thats what was on the rego sticker

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:40 am

Built4thrashing wrote:

My 1990 sierra had a GVM of 950kg. or thats what was on the rego sticker

My 1990 Sierra has 1340kg

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:44 am

i had mine on a weighbridge after modifying it and with water pooled in the softtop it weighed 1040kg... i'd say stock would be 950-980.

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:54 am

So if they ain't 1340 what's is this gvm crap they put on the badges
Is gvm the weight of the vehicle when there's 4 ppl in the car

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:57 am

Built4thrashing wrote:

My 1990 sierra had a GVM of 950kg. or thats what was on the rego sticker

Sure it wasn't a Tare weight of 950kg? Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to put a driver in it, let alone anything else!

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:14 am

Ben_Sierra wrote:

Built4thrashing wrote:

My 1990 sierra had a GVM of 950kg. or thats what was on the rego sticker

Sure it wasn't a Tare weight of 950kg? Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to put a driver in it, let alone anything else!

yeh my bad

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:18 am

zooky08 wrote:

So if they ain't 1340 what's is this gvm crap they put on the badges
Is gvm the weight of the vehicle when there's 4 ppl in the car

GVM - Gross Vehicle Mass the most the vehicle is allowed to weigh loaded

Tare should be the weight of the vehicle unloaded

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:49 am

all the weight is in the body

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 9:54 am

mine had been stickered on the side with GVM and Tare when i bought it..
880kg tare
1340kg GVM

dont now how true this was ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:06 am

89_tintop wrote:

mine had been stickered on the side with GVM and Tare when i bought it..
880kg tare
1340kg GVM

dont now how true this was ...

Tare weights are often quoted as "dry weight" so add a tank of fuel, oils, coolant etc and you get closer to the true unladen weight of the vehicle...

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:13 am

You guys are doing it wrong. :lol:

I've cut the roof off a hardtop before and it would be lucky to weigh 30kg incl. half the c-pillars.

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JrZook

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:56 am

Fatzook wrote:

You guys are doing it wrong. :lol:

I've cut the roof off a hardtop before and it would be lucky to weigh 30kg incl. half the c-pillars.

Ok so 30kg roof + rear glass + side glass + rear door?

Reason why im bringing this up is that the aftermarket springs and loading seem to change weather you have a steel bar, winch etc etc, but no differences between soft and hardtop zuk. Since owning now both hard and soft tops I have noticed quite a significant difference to how the springs sit and ride between the two.

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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:59 pm

I don't have Sierra weights, but according to my LJ80 FSM:
its 740kg vs 785kg for LJ80-II Stockman; and 705kg vs 750kg for LJ80-I. So 45kg difference, I can't imagine an SJ having a very different difference.

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