call me crazy, or it may just be that ive been drinking a lot latley but i've been thinking about alternatives to a SAS on the fron end
are there drop hubs for IFS?
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IFS drop hubs?
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I am not sure of the setup of a vitara front end; but my 4runner has IFS, and you are able to fit a spacer between the upper Ball Joint, and the Upper Control Arm.
The tension in my torsion bar stays the same (yours has coils?), so still a reasonable ride, but the whole hub assembly is pushed down (distance depending on size of spacer).
The gives you lift. So not a 'drop hub', but the hub assembly is dropped.
I am not sure if your car will allow this though.....
Stew
The tension in my torsion bar stays the same (yours has coils?), so still a reasonable ride, but the whole hub assembly is pushed down (distance depending on size of spacer).
The gives you lift. So not a 'drop hub', but the hub assembly is dropped.
I am not sure if your car will allow this though.....
Stew
No....
I wasn't sure of the setup of your front end.
I believe that you can get kits that lower your strut, either spacer blocks between the strut swivel point and the chassis, or even a different shaped strut altogether (like a bannana), so that the strut heads down before it extends.
Could be another option....
Stew
I wasn't sure of the setup of your front end.
I believe that you can get kits that lower your strut, either spacer blocks between the strut swivel point and the chassis, or even a different shaped strut altogether (like a bannana), so that the strut heads down before it extends.
Could be another option....
Stew
Yes, the CV's don't like angles............
The diff on my car, if needed, can be lowered easily wilth longer bolts, spacers, and moving/making a new mount on the front cross member on the lower control arm forward brackets.
Can turn into a lot of work, making a solid conversion more appropriate.........
Stew
The diff on my car, if needed, can be lowered easily wilth longer bolts, spacers, and moving/making a new mount on the front cross member on the lower control arm forward brackets.
Can turn into a lot of work, making a solid conversion more appropriate.........
Stew
I'll eventually be going down the path of GQ front/rear diffs and coils fitted up to a Kia Sportage. As it stands everything on the front lines up nicely (spring mounts, suspension links, even an area for a panhard mount). The 80 series LC is a possibility as well, but would require a bit more work (suspension arms the wrong width) but has the advantage of (numerically) higher ratios.
George Carlin, an American Comedian said; "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realise that half of them are stupider than that".
N*A*M wrote:seriously start with something with a SFA to begin with
the cost is just not worth it
The Kia is a double wishbone coil sprung front. Something similar is already happenng in the US.
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