gq questions

[xm302]

what would be the biggest tyre i could fit on a 2 inch lifted gq shorty?

and does anyone know of any places in melb that sell the rear sliding window frames?

cheers

[tna racing]

33's should

[grazza]

33's should

You have experience of this?

On my shorty 33's would rub on full articulation with 2". I have 4" lift and its fine.

If you want them to work, you'll need bigger than 2" unless you want to get creative with a grinder.

Just driving around town "might" be OK though.

[tna racing]

sorry mr i own a shortie, i meant around town work

[Mowie]

33's should

You have experience of this?

On my shorty 33's would rub on full articulation with 2". I have 4" lift and its fine.

If you want them to work, you'll need bigger than 2" unless you want to get creative with a grinder.

Just driving around town "might" be OK though.

I've got 3" lift in the shorty and when running 33's they only just touch on full articulation.

2" lift and you get a fair bit of rubbing on the rough stuff and on the road when say you are at turning and have to drive up a gutter or over a hump.

[xm302]

cheers guys, sounds like ill prolly need some body lift

[poppeye]

a guy over here has 37s wit 2.5 inch lift and this swb out flexes everything

as for window frames ill be selling my frames soon there made of marine grade aliminium buy windows west if your keen pm me

[xm302]

pm sent

[hokey]

2inch body and 2 inch spring would be a good combo. fits 33's easy and 35's only just rub on the flexy flares

[Nelso]

For the money you are going to spend on a body lift, or bigger spring lift, you would be better off paying a panel beater to make your guards big enough for 35s. I run 37s and I have a 4 inch lift. ZOOK60 fitted 38s on his shorty with a 2" lift by trimming his guards. If you are so determined to get a body lift I will sell you the one I took out of mine and save you some dollars, but guard trimming is the way to go.

[turps]

I had a 89 SWB GQ. It had a 40mm OME coils fitted. I ran 285/75R16 BFG muds and cooper muds. No problems for 5years with only that.
The only place they rubbed was on the inside of the rear wheel arch. I know of a shorty with a 6"susp lift and a 3"BL and he could get 31's to rub in the same spot.
There maybe slight rubbing on the mudflap. To fix either remove the metal and bend it slightly with your hand.

33's fit no problem.

[bogged]

I know of a shorty with a 6"susp lift and a 3"BL and he could get 31's to rub in the same spot.

x willion - but with 33's and I had6+in sus and 40mm body insteda

[dogeatdog01]

I had a 2" spring lift and never had any scrubbing issues with 33" claws.
Mind you, I removed the mud guards. On full lock with mudguards, it would rub slightly

[Madmac]

the question is almost impossible to accurately answer, there are a lot of variables like how stiff the coils are, compressed length of shocks, and rim offset. im running 37s with 4inch suspension, 2inch body lift and have trimmed all the guards and fitted 1and a half inch wheel spacers, my tyres dont touch anywhere.

[DB]

Got 33x12.5 MTZs on my 2" spring lift GQ and have only had a handful of scrapes. I've still got swaybars but have removed the standard mudguards.

[smee2u]

l have a 3" spring lift and a 2" body lift and run 35" x 11.5" x 16 on my 89 GQ shorty.
They do rub slightly when its all twisted up but nothing serious that will end up damaging any body work.
I plan on dropping the 2" body lift out very shortly which means that l may have to give the inner guards a bit of a tune up with the hammer.

[xm302]

i guess ill have to borrow a set of 33s from someone to test besat way to tell for sure