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Icelandic suspension lifts .

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muddyweb:

--- Quote from: "Axle" ---but was shocked to hear on devon 4x4 that it would cost you 30k :shock:  :shock:
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It's no small job... you need to take into account at least the following :

Suspension Linkages
Springs and Dampers
Steering Linkages
Drivetrain Uprating
Drivetrain Gearing
New wheels and Tyres (There goes £2K straight away)
Bodywork mods
Brake lines, Bumpstops, and all that malarchy

Then, if you go to a body lift too....

Body mounts, steering column, pedals, gear linkages, fuel lines, etc. etc. etc.

"Just sticking 10 inches in the suspension" is not as simple as you first might imagine.  :shock:  
 


--- Quote from: "Axle" ---
sure Hilux drivers do that and dont they have crap mechanics compared to the green oval ?
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A couple of points here...

1) There are a lot more off-the-shelf kits for doing this sort of thing to a HiLux, so they are cheaper.
2) Most Land Rover owners dream of the sort of strength and reliability you generally get from a Toyota  :cry:  

If you are determined to do it... it can be done, as can be seen from the Icelandic piccies... but this is no quick job.

Axle:
Thanks Tim

Alot more than i thought but will take it into account

cheers

Rob

Axle:
not that i mind .

but would those flared wheel arches mean you have [!Expletive Deleted!] all articulation?

Cheers

Rob

datalas:
if the wheel arch extensions are getting in the way of your articulation your suspension is pathetic anyhow.  The extensions are there to provide a couple of things, one is to make it look pretty, the others are to stop it throwing muck up the doors and to make it road legal

Axle:
thanks Daz ..just that i saw on a couple of videos with the permanant wheel arches on articulation the wheel is jammed up againist the arch and cant goo forward  :oops:  :oops:

Cheers

Rob

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