Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Suzuki => Topic started by: general--lee on December 14, 2009, 20:34:43
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hi new guy here , use to off road a range rover years ago , missed it ever since....
just brought a blue 89 vitara , fairly solid needs body mounts welding up ,
so far painted it bright orange , nearly finished the 3" body lift ,(box section) and will weld body mounts up at same time,
read hundreds of posts about whats needed, i heated the 2 gear levers and straitend them slightly and had to extend steering shaft by about 1" , need to lover the brake piep mount on inner wing, going to make a snorkel (3" stainless tubing in stock for that,) remove anti roll bar , and do the 2" sus lift,
i have a lump of polyurathane so will prolly make the spacers up on my lathe
i understand i only need 1.5" spacer for front to get 2" lift????
also will flip strut mounts,
also raising fuel tank 3"
will post pics asap ,
thanks ken
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a couple of pics.....
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hi ken
nothing wrong with that spec buddy
i wud'nt bother with the strut flip thou u really dont gain very much musch better to buy some dampner spacers
and yes you are correct about the front coil spacer but if you intend to fit a winch or hd bumper id stick with the same size alround
hope this helps
simon
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im planning on making front and rear bumpers with usa receiver style hitch so i can use a winch front or rear....
when you say damper spacers for front i take it you mean from b4vits whats better the strut spacer of the damper spacer?
i thought ' everyone' did the strut flip mod??
although tank is still out of it at mo as rear offside chassis is well rot so making some new bits up today
thanks ken
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hi ken
tbh different people call the same item different
strut spacer i think b4v call it
i call them dampner extensions
but yes get a pair to gain 1.5" if you flip the tops ur ont get that much iirc
plus fitting the extensions is quicker and easier imho
hope this helps
simon
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some more pics made a start on bumpers and lifted the tank 3"
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