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Offline discodevil

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« on: February 21, 2007, 17:40:01 »
i recently bought a mk1 shogun and i want to do a spring over axle lift on it....but......it has leaf springs on the back and tortion bars on the front.......Im not sure how to do this but......please, suggestions or answers asap  

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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2007, 19:34:54 »
the torsion bar is the achilles heel of the shogun unfortunately, its requires a lot of work to change this set up, errr maybe a hilux axel/suspension swap or something??

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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2007, 20:22:52 »
I'm currently looking into a 5" lift for the shogun/pajero range which is looking promising. The kit, which costs around £500-£600 plus possibly import duties, is basically a drop subframe type conversion for the front and a spring over on the rear.







Note this has been designed for the L200 but should fit the Mk1 (leaf sprung rear) with no problems
 
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2007, 22:43:08 »
the 5" lift is too high for what im going for atm lol its gd but im only after 2" so i can get some bigger tyres on  :lol:
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2007, 17:51:28 »
In that case you want to wind up the torsion bar to gain a 2" lift on the front and then fit OME +2" leaf springs to the rear - which are around £135 each from Devon 4x4 - doing a spring over gives you 5" on the back which'll be too much for you.

I've also heard that fitting a LWB leaf spring to a SWB will also give you a 2" lift  - however bear in mind weakened springs on second hand ones (my old LWB springs were beginning to look sad  :wink: )

http://millneroffroad.co.uk do the LWB leaf for around £60 each
 
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