Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Isuzu / Frontera => Topic started by: tdci bob on November 13, 2007, 21:34:55
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im lookin for a new car to off road on fronteras seem to be quite cheap. Just wanted to know if theres any way of liftin the suspension on the cheap? :roll:
im lookin at early sports. only ever seen lwb's bein used off road. swb's any good??
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hi there ,never owned or driven a frontera (i drive a defender 90) but have seen a swb fronty in action and i was impresed with its off road ability
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Ive lifted my series A LWB and my mate used the same parts on a swb.
+2" Procomp shocks all around and trooper HD +2" Coils on the rear.
The front needs the torsion bar wound up.
Ive got 31" tyres very easily under it reckon a push you could squeeze 33" s in but it might need trimming.
Early fronteras before 95 have leaf springs on the rear so longer shackles to be used.
Or you could go the Calmini route but thats a bit ££££££££ish.
Get the 2.8 you wont regret it :wink:
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m237/Driftwood28/Hill%20and%20Ditch/DSC_4281-1.jpg)
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m237/Driftwood28/Hill%20and%20Ditch/DSC_4317.jpg)
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m237/Driftwood28/Hill%20and%20Ditch/DSC_4357.jpg)
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Just wanted to know if theres any way of liftin the suspension on the cheap? :roll:
If its leaf sprung you can get a local fabricator to make you a set of extended shackles to lift the rear like these
(http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p130/l666mud/DSC00147.jpg)
and then wind up the torsion bars to suit!
im lookin at early sports. only ever seen lwb's bein used off road. swb's any good??
The early sport had a 2.0l petrol engine and while not bad off road it lacks grunt! The LWB seems to be a little tougher with more engine varients. The 2.8 being the most favoured! However the 2.3TD is a good plodder but wont get you anywhere fast and while the 2.5TDS is a cracking engine when running fine, it does suffer many problems. The 2.4i petrol can be abused (and i have done) but genarally you will be lucky to get over 20mpg.
Cheers
Mark