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2.8 td body lift.

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2.8 td body lift.

Post by icemanpaj »

hey
i was just wondering how much body lift my stock NL 2.8td paj has.
i heard someone talking about it the other day saying this was the only model to have a factory lift.
but i cant work out how much, the mounts look the same as my NH used to?
i guess its handy to have 1 from factory because i have driver and passenger airbags so i cant fit my own.

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Post by NJV6 »

30mm from factory. All they did was weld the mounts on differently so it doesn't look like a body lift. Easiest place to tell is in the rear wheel arch at about centre behind the wheel there is a flat part on the body that in the ones without the body lift basically sat on the chassis & with yours you'll be able to see under it clearly. Make sense... :?

The NL will have the lift as do NK and some NJ's.
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Post by -Scott- »

NJV6 wrote:30mm from factory. All they did was weld the mounts on differently so it doesn't look like a body lift. Easiest place to tell is in the rear wheel arch at about centre behind the wheel there is a flat part on the body that in the ones without the body lift basically sat on the chassis & with yours you'll be able to see under it clearly. Make sense... :?

The NL will have the lift as do NK and some NJ's.
Yes.

Any Paj with the 3.5V6 or 2.8td. I'm not sure about the NA 2.8...
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Post by icemanpaj »

thanks guys.
do any of you know of anybody that has done a body lift with airbags fitted? (the safety ones not suspention.)
i want to do that 2inch body lift that you guys all have but dont want to be illegal... much :)

thanks again..

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Post by NJV6 »

Why do you want the body lift? 33's fit your shape without it......
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Post by icemanpaj »

cool i had no idea 33s would fit :lol:
is there much scrubbing?
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Post by NJV6 »

Does yours have the flared gaurds?

I have 33x10.5 on mine and they fitted with no lift, and a friend has 33.12.5 on a NL with flared gaurds.

No scrubbing I don't think - well not enough to notice.

They are BFG muds also which are the biggest of the 33's, most only measure about 32 inch's.
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Post by Scolers »

Apologies for the partial hijack (still on topic tho' :armsup: ) ... I have the 31"x10"x15 .. no scrubbing ... how much space is left with your mate who has the 33"x12.5"?

I drive an NJ V6 3000.

From the way the thread goes I am wanting to do a similar thing as Iceman ... my concern is not so much the height of the Paj but when I turn the wheel and just whether or not it will scrape the inside of the car's body.

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Post by icemanpaj »

no i just have the skinny GLX body nothing special, running 31x10.5x15 hercules tyres (ebay special) :lol: great tyres. and im looking for some new tyres for my paj.
what brand 33s are all of you guys and girls running,
i was looking at maxis bighorns on ebay 4 for $800 :) , but my mate is a mickey thompson dealer and reckons the mtz is a good tyre but its way over priced $1100( apprentice wages dont really cover proper tyres)

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Post by NJV6 »

Not much space is left with the 33x12.5 BFG muds. And that is with the 2.8 with the factory body lift. You'll be pushing it on yours Scolers.

I run BFG as well.

The Bighorns look ok and they are a good size too measuring 32.9 inch's. (for example 33 inch buckshot mudders measure just over 32')
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Post by Dexter »

Is it the size or the width? Because I managed to get 34.6x11.5 simexes onto my NL GLX without a body lift, I had a little scrubbing on the rear of the front arches. So I would have thought that 33s would be no problem. I am thinking of moving to 34 inch swampers(measure 33.6x9.5) as I want to remove the body lift that I did after I first fitted the simexes, hope they fit without the body lift.
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Post by Scolers »

NJV6 wrote:Not much space is left with the 33x12.5 BFG muds. And that is with the 2.8 with the factory body lift. You'll be pushing it on yours Scolers.

I run BFG as well.

The Bighorns look ok and they are a good size too measuring 32.9 inch's. (for example 33 inch buckshot mudders measure just over 32')
Width is the issue for me.

I do have a 2" suspension lift but again my main concern is the width ... then again ... you can get 33"x10.5" OR 32"x11.5' ... and there's not much difference in price. The 33" x 10.5 will have no width issues but not sure about anything wider.

Me thinks I'll have to do some serious measuring!

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Post by NJV6 »

Depends on the rims as well.

I run 33 x 10.5 with no rubbing and can run heavy chains without rubbing

I tried 255/85/16 half worn so about the same as a new 33 on landcruiser offset and they rubbed at the back of the front wheel arch without chains.
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Post by Scolers »

Bloomin' heck ... there's too many variables in this game!

:roll:

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