I need help

[bitsa]

ok, so i recently bought a 1986 rangie, 1" Spring spacers, 2" Spring lift, 2" Body Lift, Rear Maxidrive, Gas, 34" Jungle Trekkers. i was rapped.

I Stacked it on the way home into a pole... ouch... wrote off the toy, and my '94 classic rangie. i repaired the classic and put it back on the road. now im trying to get something happening.

i bought a 1987 Hiline from Bathurst with a 10,000Lb Warn winch on it. now im putting it all together, so not only do i have a garage full of spare bits if anyone wants anything. but i have a few missing bits, like shock absorbers , does anyone know what i should put on this thing to get the most articulation out of the axels. any help is appreciated. thanks

im a bit of a beginner with all this, most of my knowledge comes from the old man, so if theres ANYTHING you think i should know. TELL ME!!! haha, thanks...

[6.5 rangie]

80 series front shocks on the front, you'll have to raise the turret abit.
GQ rears on the rear, you'll need to make a pin-eye converter and raise the top shocker mount abit aswell.
you may not have to raise the turret and mount seen as you run coil spacers, a tape measure will tell.

Oh yeah, do a search on the subject

[DL]

Hi,

Shockers - you could look at long travel Bilsteins from Les Richmond in Thomastown. I don't have them but a lot do. I'm using some sort of yellow Monroes that came with a body I did a transplant with. They have a larger shaft dia. and a longer travel than stock. Look like truck shockers and work fine on and off road.

Still using stock mounts, but reamed out the holes so I could use Toyota style bush cups which are gal and much thicker metal. Stops the dreaded creeping mount hole prob with the lower mounts / angle change caused by a lift. (2" in my case)

You may have to increase brake line length, especially rear with extra artic. Clutch and Brake in Geelong will make up hoses for about $38 each and don't care if they're 2 or 3" longer.

It may already have extended brake lines with that lift - but probably not.

cheers, DL

[rusty_042]

will hydrolic ride pros fit that are made for a 4" lift on a cruiser going on to a 4" lift for the rover

[6.5 rangie]

I run the above set up i mentioned, with standard height ridepros (cheap $99each) and it works real well. LRA long travel shocks are $$$$, i think around $500+ a pair, and you still have to raise the turret and rear shock mount.

[rusty_042]

what size suspension lift do u have tho?

[6.5 rangie]

Front bumpstops 125mm
Rears 165mm (i think)
2" body lift
35's