AUSTRALIA WIDE DMW AUTHORISED DEALER NETWORK

GVM UPGRADE FOR FORD NEXT GEN RANGER

3800kg & 4250kg Options

Our GVM upgrade for the Next Gen Ford Ranger will increase your vehicle's legal carrying load up to an impressive 4250kg, without affecting handling or performance. We offer fully compliant and QA checked upgrade options with federally approved SSM.

Up to 1020kg GVM Increase*

Australia Wide Dealer Network

Fully Federally Approved SSM

Dobinsons Suspension Package

QA Check & Compliance Tested

Option #1: 3800kg GVM

Up to 570kg* GVM increase

 

This package comes complete with Federal SSM Certification, a Dobinsons Suspension Package, enhanced shackle pins and U-bolts, polyurethane bushes, a tail shaft spacer, premium HD airbags, Cat 6 Indicators, and comprehensive Engineering.

 

Expect a lift of approximately 40-50mm, depending on your vehicle's load and distribution. Note that space cab and single cab models will require chassis bracing at additional cost.

Option #2: 4250kg GVM

Up to 1,020kg* GVM increase

 

This comprehensive upgrade includes everything from the 3800kg GVM option along with chassis bracing to fortify essential frame sections. Additionally, diff bracing is installed on the rear housing, and axle loads are reinforced to accommodate the increased GVM loading.

 

To certify this upgrade, upgraded wheels and tyres with a minimum load of 1320kg are necessary. Similar to the 3800kg upgrade, expect a lift of approximately 40-50mm, depending on vehicle load and distribution.

Option #3: 300mm Chassis Extension

Get more from your Next Gen Ford Ranger with the 300mm chassis extension option. It's engineered and federally approved, available with 3800kg and 4250kg GVM upgrade packages, along with SSM certification. Need help with post-registration engineering compliance? We've got engineering support with approved signatories ready for you.

 

Our 300mm chassis extension for your Next Gen Ranger will extend your brake lines, tail shaft, wiring, hand brake cable, and exhaust for enhanced durability and stability, whether on or off-road.

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Finite Element Analysis (FEA) & Brake Testing

To have federal approvals as a second stage manufacturer, we complete exhaustive FEA testing and analysis plus brake testing to ensure your vehicle is safe at the increased GVM.

 

Finite Element Analysis (FEA), is a computer simulation technique that analyses our GVM upgrade products in great detail to carry out a stress, vibration or heat transfer analysis and many other physical analyses. The FEA combined with brake testing ensures your family are safe and your vehicle is insured once a GVM upgrade has been added to your vehicle.

What can you expect..

We've teamed up with Dobinsons Suspension to ensure optimal on-road and off-road performance while adhering to GVM regulations.

 

Each component of your upgrade undergoes stringent quality control measures to uphold the highest safety and performance standards.

 

In addition to this, we handle DMW diff bracing in-house, assuring top-notch quality and craftsmanship.

*Actual GVM increase & availability subject to specific model variants, excludes Raptor.

Carry more - Safely & Legally

The allowable payload on most modern 4WDs seems great on paper, but gets quickly used up when accessories, gear and passengers get loaded in. Remaining under the vehicles Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) can seem almost impossible.

DMW is a recognised Second Stage Manufacturer (SSM) which allows us to develop and federally certify components to increase your vehicle's GVM.

This allows DMW or their authorised dealers to fit GVM kits for a variety of vehicles both Pre and Post Registration.

Maximise your allowable payload without risking your roadworthiness.

Each complete GVM kit has been extensively tested to ensure ADR compliance is maintained.

Safety and performance by design

Federal approval for GVM upgrades requires rigorous testing to ensure that the vehicle performs as well or better than when it left the original manufacturer. You can be sure that your DMW GVM upgraded 4WD will stop and handle well, even with the increased load on board.

 

Depending on the vehicle, the following testing is required:

  • Finite Element Analysis (FEA) testing: A check of the maximum load carrying capacity of the vehicle's axles, chassis or other critical components.
  • Brake Testing: Laden and Unladen brake testing as well as testing under partial system failure to comply with ADR35/00
  • ESC Testing: If required, this test ensures that the ESC system's response is the same or better than the original vehicle.

The GVM of any vehicle is the weight in kilograms that the manufacturer has specified as being the maximum that the vehicle can weigh when fully laden. DMW GVM upgrades allow a vehicle to be certified to carry a greater amount than the original manufacturer, without breaching applicable ADRs or laws. You can upgrade the GVM of a vehicle using either Federal approval or State based approval, depending on whether the vehicle has been registered or not.

 

• If the vehicle has never been registered, Federal approval can be applied. The DMW GVM kit comes complete with an additional compliance plate which will be fixed to the vehicle.

• If the vehicle is already registered, the data used in Federal compliance is used in conjunction with a vehicle inspection by an authorised State engineer to certify the vehicle. 

 

The answer to this commonly asked question is no! This doesn’t matter if the GVM is done pre or post rego either, some installers will tell you otherwise but the fact is that GCM is a state based decision. Please see below exert from the Administrators circular 0-4-6 published 29/06/2018,

 

 “As there are no ADRs that require the GCM of a light vehicle (ie a vehicle less than 4.5 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass) to be certified by testing or evidence provided by a manufacturer, the Department does not assess, endorse or approve any purported change to a light vehicle’s GCM specification by a SSM.

 

It is also important to note that the Department does not restrict or prohibit GCM upgrades, as they are an in service matter that is the responsibility of state and territory registration authorities.”

Is my GCM automatically increased when a GVM upgrade is fitted?

The answer to this commonly asked question is no! This doesn’t matter if the GVM is done pre or post rego either, some installers will tell you otherwise but the fact is that GCM is a state based decision. Please see below exert from the Administrators circular 0-4-6 published 29/06/2018,

“As there are no ADRs that require the GCM of a light vehicle (ie a vehicle less than 4.5 tonnes Gross Vehicle Mass) to be certified by testing or evidence provided by a manufacturer, the Department does not assess, endorse or approve any purported change to a light vehicle’s GCM specification by a SSM.

It is also important to note that the Department does not restrict or prohibit GCM upgrades, as they are an in service matter that is the responsibility of state and territory registration authorities.”
 

QUEENSLAND - GCM and other modifications

GVM Upgrades of IN SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED. 

GVM Upgrades under SSM to vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade to IN SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – NOT APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade under SSM to vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED. STILL AN IN SERVICE DECISION SO NO GCM UPGRADE.* 

 

*2023 update. LS16 and VTA-181A code passed for GCM but significant testing & adjustment of regulations are to be done before any approvals. Some testing is based around unachievable test conditions. SSM is not a basis for approval.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA - GCM and other modifications

GVM Upgrades of IN-SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED.

GVM Upgrades under SSM of vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade to IN SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – NOT APPROVED

GCM Upgrade under SSM to vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED. STILL AN IN SERVICE DECISION SO NO GCM UPGRADE.

**BTC, Braked Towing Capacity to IN SERVICE Vehicles – NOT APPROVED.

 

*2023 update. LS16 and VTA-181A code passed for GCM but significant testing & adjustment of regulations are to be done before any approvals. Some testing is based around unachievable test conditions. SSM is not a basis for approval.

NSW, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, and VICTORIA - GCM and other modifications

GVM Upgrades of IN-SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED.

GVM Upgrades under SSM of vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade to IN SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade under SSM to vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

**BTC, Braked Towing Capacity to IN SERVICE Vehicles – APPROVED.

 

NOTE: It is up to the Compliance Signatory/Certifier as to whether they deem it satisfactory to apply a GVM and/or GCM increase to In-service vehicles. Please refer to your local certifier for further clarification.

ACT and NORTHERN TERRITORY - GCM and other modifications

GVM Upgrades of IN-SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED.

GVM Upgrades under SSM of vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade to IN SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – NOT APPROVED

GCM Upgrade under SSM to vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED. STILL AN IN SERVICE DECISION SO NO GCM UPGRADE.

**BTC, Braked Towing Capacity to IN SERVICE Vehicles – NOT APPROVED.

TASMANIA - GCM and other modifications

GVM Upgrades of IN-SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED.

GVM Upgrades under SSM of vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

GCM Upgrade to IN SERVICE vehicles (currently registered vehicles) – APPROVED

GCM Upgrade under SSM to vehicles PRIOR to initial registration – APPROVED.

**BTC, Braked Towing Capacity to IN SERVICE Vehicles – APPROVED

 

NOTE: It is up to the Compliance Signatory as to whether they deem it satisfactory to apply a GVM and/or GCM increase to In-service vehicles. Please refer to your local certifier for further clarification.

*A vehicle that is legally registered in one Australian state of Territory with a BTC, GVM or GCM upgrade, can legally travel in another state or Territory.

 

** Please note that as of the Administrator Circular released in June 2018 BTC upgrades are not permitted on light vehicles. Please see exert below.

 

“The towing capacity of a light vehicle expressed as Gross Combination Mass (GCM) rating or Rated Towing Capacity or Maximum Braked Towing Mass rating must not exceed the value set by the first stage manufacturer. Second stage manufacturers are not permitted to increase the towing capacity as part of an SSM IPA that results in GVM upgrade,” it stated in Section 10.6, of the 0-4-6 circular issued in June 2018