Outer Limits 4x4 Board

i let my sierra sit in garage for 2 months, recharged the battery, went to start it any would barely turn over, lights and all that work fine. Ok i thought battery must be still flat so i rolled it down the street and roll started it, it worked! then smoke started coming from the front of the engine ...

i know its a big change over with the new site and everything, i was hoping that its not permantly lost. good to see it will be back in time...

Some of the links in the bible arn't working. Its a shame coz there was some really good stuff there.

Great pirelli stoped making the AT and replaced them with a HWY tyre they call allterrain ATR. its not aggressive at all. not happy jan!

i dont think mickey T's come in 215/75R15 which is what im after as my daily driver. They would be good otherwise and Toyo's open country i have a set of 235's for my sand tyres. They are ok but all reports ive seen toyo's perform the worst and are one of the expensive ones. They aren't strong as 2 ...

im getting new tyres soon for my vit. i want a A/T that is good on road and in the wet and that is ok offroad and wont pop going over a couple rocks. i have 2 in mind: kumho ROAD VENTURE KL 41 & pirelli SCORPION A/T can anyone give me feedback on these two if they have used them before, good or bad ...

runnings 31' baja claws, front n rear locked etc. the car is a toy nothing more i dont drive it everyday, drive it once every 2/3 months. not lookin to make it better as in more capable off road jus as a better suspenssion combo.. lookin for advise/guidance on a better path to go down and there ...

hey kids, jus wondering with all the sierra guros on here. what is the best suspension set-up to put under a zook?? currently i have SOA, efs 65mm rears with shackles, and 2'' rears up front with shackles. flexes pretty good but can always be better. any comments would be appreciated. fark! i want ...

cut out your own pieces. you can take out and wash or leave out when you go playing in mud and just have the bare floor there. You can use the car carpet from a foam and rubber shop. It comes in 2m width rolls and you can buy how much legth you need and it $35/meter.

Use your old carpet to trace.

a $1500 vn commodore will be way more comfy that a vit or sierra for those HWY km's. If you want offroad go sierra 100 %. ive owned both. The sierra is more capable AND tougher. Only go a vitara if you want to compromise on road comfort and offroad ability. You will get a car that is ok in both ...

i rang back the store that said they dont have them and the manager has been there for 10 yrs and he's never heard of them having bumpstop spacers, with the part number and whataya know, they have em. :roll: they had to ring head office to get details on them as they didn't have any and apparently ...

thanks Jewblow

Buy bumpstop spacers from ARB - I don't have the part number but the spacer is an XL-7 front part. Most ARB stores have no idea ARB/OME make it. They work both front and rear and can be stacked. Steve. Steve can u please put up the part number for the bump stop spacers you mentioned above. i ...

i read the 3'' BL part now. i would seriously go against that, even a BL in a vitara at all. u have to lift alot of other things also to suit. even if u do all this work at the end of the day u will still have a mediocre 4x4. if u really want offroad go a sierra and do it properly. they have 4" more ...

i think the calmini kit includes a spacer for the front and rear diffs that drops them back down an inch. so really a 2" lift is similar clearance. calmini is the only one ive heard of that do it properly otherwise just put a 2" lift front and rear with commodore shocks in the rear. they give awsome ...

As you lift it the slip yoke will pull further out of the t-case so by adding a spacer you will push it back in. It is not needed on small lifts like 2". my rear suspension is lifted 60mm. there is vibration coming through the drive terrain at 20-50km/h, more noticible when i accelerate. is this a ...

well after spending losts of $ and time on my lwb vitara 50mm lift and still having a low, mediocre 4x4, i know what i will do next time. i plan to later get a swb for my gf. this is the plan: front: flip the stut mount, FREE 20mm spacer $40 rear: 40mm spacer $40 shocks to suit, maybe cressida ive ...

just so u know fliping the strut mount will give the same amount of travel as an OME strut No, it won't but it will give you more than you have. i could be wrong but i only said that coz when i lay my stock strut and OME strut right next to each other at full extansion, the OME was 2.5cm longer ...

most likely u wont break cv's with that set up unless u have grippy tyres and they grip hard at full front flex. the 25mm coil spacer up front will lift your car up while fliping the strut mount will give u one inch of extra down travel from stock. some of this travel will be used up by the now ...

i got one here i can measure. do u want it sitting on level ground and measured from the ground to the bottom of the sill. also i have 205/70R15 tyres on there so its as low as it gets. stock springs too. ok just went and did it anyways. 41.5cm at the bottom of the sill (approx the middle of the ...

they are custom 50mm lift coils, they actually lifted the car 60mm but that could be could my old springs were saggy 10mm.

Joe blow, the bump stops on the front are longer than the rears, can i get a pair of fronts and put them in the rear. im assuming they simply screw in?

its for my vitara, 93 model. coil spring rear.

ideally i need open: 540 closed: 300 this is in shock measurement language. in real life there is a 20mm bush there that adds 20mm to both these measurements so they will become 560mm and 320mm. i went ranch because they are adjustable and i can adjust the ride quality. i didnt want to pay for a set ...

the reason i need bumpstops is that the longer shocks i got have a closed measurement of 380 which i need them to be approx 310 as this is the stock shocks closed measurement. i dont want to damage the shock or upper shock mount if it bottoms out. the other alternative is get smaller shocks but this ...

the problem is that it is illigal and i want it to look at stock as possible so i dont get done for it.

awsome thanks for the tips and pics there. from looking the front bump stops are 30-50mm longer that the back. can i get some front ones from the wreckers and put them on the rear? if not, can i pay someone in Brissy a little something to help make up and put in some bump stops for the rear. im not ...

1st question: is it illigal to extend your bump stops in Qld?

2nd question: what is the best way to do it. im measuring tommorow but think i need anywhere between 30mm-50mm. (its on rear only)

pics of what people have done would be a big help.

cheers

cool thanks. the oil was clean and it pulled well. 10 mins is a short run i guess and my gut feeling says it fine also.

i went to look at a vitara for a friend(94 SWB carby, 250k) and after we drove it there was a touch of milky oil under the oil cap. they assure me it doesnt over heat and we went for a big drive 10mins on main roads and it was fine. ive had a cracked head gasket before and there was ALOT more milky ...

i paid $60 for mine. works fine for home use. its only for checking after tuning by ear and feel of the car.