Outer Limits 4x4 Board

dka_offroad wrote:just like to say thanks for the write up just made me get off my arse and go fix the handle and save myself $30+

haha... Thanks fella, and its good to hear you had a favourable result.

Glad you guys like the piece.

Now...anyone wanna buy it? The rear door handle works awesomely...lol

Hi all, I thought I'd better make a contribution as I just had a win with my Vitara tailgate handle which I thought I would have to replace, and I'm sure many Vitara owners have experienced what was happening to me. Not one to be beaten, I thought I'd remove the handle and see what was actually ...

When I did mine (only 35mm), I custom modded the strut brace as you suspected. What I did was to make 35mm tube spacers to lift it from the top of the strut towers so that the bracket didn't strike on the newly lifted body. Longer bolts are used to mount it too. Then, because it slopes inwards, the ...

Danssurf... can we ask that you take lots of pics and do a write-up on it in the tech section when you change the diffs over?

That would be really interesting to see... particularly how the widths go, and the suspension setup, etc.

Best of luck

Mine's a '97 SWB hard top and has: - Allsprings "standard duty" 65mm lifted springs all around (made 1mm thicker to accomodate the lift, but give standard-like ride, not rock hard like Kings are. No coil spacers - Rancho "5-speed" adjustable shocks (but only cause I had them laying around, and I ...

I had a 3-core one in a Sierra once. It was apparently from Hiace, although I don't know the model, but I'm assuming an older one. It was certainly thicker than standard, but not massively, and I dare say that would be of great assistance if you were doing lots of offroad stuff, particularly on sand ...

Thanks for your opinions and input, guys. As was said, possibly some vehicles respond to it, whilst others don't. I'm interested because it seems a fairly cheap & easy mod, and we're all DIY'ers to some extent or another on this forum. Steve, the point you raise about the spacer being between the ...

Hi all, I have been reading with interest in the Nissan X-Trail Forums about a throttle body spacer going between the throttle body and the inlet manifold. This has the effect of seemingly giving more power and better response due to the alteration of the length of the throttle body assembly. In ...

I have noticed a lot of people asking how much this tyre and that tyre will affect their speedo reading. This is a really good tyre size calculator that I have been using to compare the effects of various tyre sizes on my speedo reading, and it also lets you know overall diameter, sidewall height ...

Have you asked at your local Auto-One, Supercrap, etc?

They often have access to aftermarket fuel pumps. Last mechanical pump I replaced was about $69.

Its worth an enquiry, especially as you may get a pump in the end for half of the genuine cost... still with warranty.

Also have a look at the metal clips that hold the top tank on. If they have been painted, then the radiator has likely been apart before. It may not be an economical fix, which makes a replacement reco one a better prospect. Might have to price the both options.

Might be interesting to see it in action... even if it does look like a bulldozer

Sounds like a pressure plate thrust bearing to me. In case you don't know what that is, its the bearing that pushes against the prongs on your pressure plate to de-activate the clutch when you change gears. In most cases it will be fine till you have to replace the clutch due to wear... or the noise ...

Body swap question aside... if you're mechanically minded, its pretty easy & cheap to stick a set of bottom end bearings in, although it could be a gudgeon pin, which isn't as simple. That may give years more service out of it for really cheap...

Under the top lip of your temperature control panel there are two phillips screws. Remove those and the two inside your cigarette ashtray aperture after you remove the tray. Then you take off your temperature & fan, etc knobs and grab the whole facia panel and kind of snap it off the dash face. It ...

The early (1.6) Vitara blocks are known for cracks. If you buy one secondhand, look for telltale water or oil marks and hairline cracks...also welding from repairs.

I had two that had leaks near the oil pressure switch.

When I did my coily body swap years ago, it was a HT previously and I put a ST body on it.

NSW RTA made me put the plates from the original car onto the new body's firewall, but then registered it according to the numbers stamped on the chassis, as usual.

Hi all, I recall reading once upon a time in a thread long long ago (on here) that airbag equipped cars couldn't be body lifted, yet I've seen a couple in various places that had been lifted. Apparently it has something to do with the airbag actuators (in the bumpers?). Can anyone in the know ...

Oh yeah, you're right. I stand corrected....

I thought my conveyor belt flares looked ok till I read this thread. They're actually "bushwacker" brand with the metal wire in the outside channel. I wish I could take them off (it looks HEAPS more lifted), but the tyres stick about 20mm outside the factory (silver) flares, damnit. http://home ...

Hello fellow members. Here's my current ride: Mods to date: - Custom 65mm lifted "standard ride" springs from Allsprings - Flipped front strut tops - Rancho RS9000 "5-speed" shocks in the rear - 35mm body lift - A-Arm spacer mod made from a polyurethane block - 235 - 15's on 7in offset rims ...

You won't see the problem from the outside. It will be the coils themselves breaking down and shorting out under load and when they're hot that will be the issue (if its the coils at all - which I reckon it sounds like it is). It'll just be a matter of trying a replacement pack.

Might be time to get some of those diff drop brackets then....

Its illegal?

ooops

Removing the swaybar is the first thing I do with every Vitara I buy. I drive it as normally as I do any car and find it has very little effect on-road. Vitara's aren't fantastic for flex anyway, but it helps a bit off-road in any case. They're easy to pop off. Drop it and drive for a week. If you ...

Igniter pack is the first thing I thought of too. Can't believe the mechanics didn't suggest it. If you can grab a coil pack from a wreckers to at least try with a view to buying, that would be helpful...and if you can't and get stuck with them, its probably gonna be handy to have them around as ...

Yeah, they always call them "jeeps" which is so annoying

On Scrapyard challenge, they got the motor/box from a FWD car and mounted it in the middle, using the FWD driveshafts to drive the diffs, which was pretty cool.

For a couple of hundred $$ you could always see whats around and pick up a complete body tub and just swap them over. Body swaps are good fun and you may even end up with something better than what you started with if you're prepared to look for a month or two.

I made one out of a kitchen chopping board years ago...lol

(I'm gonna get smashed for that, I know....)

Anyhoo... needless to say, it only lasted about a year before it crapped out and I took it out.

After having tried lots of different "budget" combinations (as suggested in the Vitara Bible), I ended up with a set of 65mm lifted "standard duty" springs from Aldo at Allsprings combined with a 35mm body lift. I also used the A-arm spacer as described in the bible. I too wanted to go as high as ...