HiSteer and 3" Lift ??

[Ashley_bmx]

Gday guys, long time no post. Anyway. I am curious as to whether or not i will have to go High Steer if i lift my lux with a 3" spring lift kit. Now silly me has already gone and bought a 3" EFS lift kit without doing much research !!!! ( IDIOT ). If i do need to buy a high steer kit, i would most likely buy it through LOCKTUP, and source my own ifs steering box, but if anyone knows of one 2nd hand i would be more than interested. Cheers, Ash

[Willy Hilux]

You can get away easy with a drop arm. But I would go either X- over or high steer if ya got the $$. To me, drop arms are a waste of $ if ya guuna do alot of 4x4ing. Chances you will break a J - arm as well or rip ya steering wheel out of ya hands when driving heavy ruts.

My 2 cents.

[DUDELUX]

If you need a hand Ash, just sing out mate.

[Ashley_bmx]

Righto fellas. cheers !!!

[brad 93hilux]

What happens is, without high steer when the drivers side of the diff drops down the shock will pivot in and bend/ put a crease in the casing of the shock. This is because you will get slot more flex then the factory springs.

I have the same lift kit and that is what happened to mine.

It is nothing major, i now have high steer and still have the same bent shock.

Brad

[brad 93hilux]

But be aware I did break a j arm one time. And know of others that have broken them.

[Ashley_bmx]

Ahhh ok ... cheers mate, appreciate it.

[trustyrusty60]

we are in bris sth side and have that IFS steering box in a car if ur interested ,can call me on 0429647951

[Ashley_bmx]

yea cheers rusty. i will pm you if need be.

I finished fitting my 3" EFS Spring lift kit today and also some very average 35" baja claws , and went for a quick wheel on the property. I found a few teething problems, at full d/side droop the front slip joint is very close to disconnecting, also, on the front the 35's rub on EVERYTHING even though they are at 20% tread. I tried to search for some pics of someone who has cut the gaurds, but couldnt find anything, or whether a 2" body lift would fix the problem. I also put an ifs rear diff in ( holy smokes the wheel track is wide !!! about 3 inches wider than the cab either side with 12.5' tires !!!) and found the handbrake cable is to short, though i should be able to source one from the wreckers. But other than those few problems it is all pretty sweet. I will post some pics as soon as this computer stops playing silly buggers.