My daughter lowered her HQ with drop spindles from Castlemaine Rod Shop. If your careful with wheel offsets / widths should be no problem. Hers is manual steering and handles and rides pretty well. Maybe not as good as a HZ but close and much better than original. Can't put much weight on the tray though - about 400 - 500 Kilos and the tires rub over larger bumps. Maybe not such a problem with the ute / van, I suspect they have more clearance to the top of the wheel well