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what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

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what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

Post by tuff2000lux »

You will need for 2.5"body lift :

The blocks i went 60mm x1000mmto be safe nylon solid tube cost 100bux

Nuts bolts and washers 4x165x 10mm 2x170x14mm (4x 85mmx8mm these four only go into nuts that are welded in the tray thay are 1.25 metric thread) and 2x85mmx10mm =washers you will need 2 per bolt if possible 40mm - 50mm round with holes to suit each bolt and remember to use 8.8 high tencile nuts bolts and washers with nylox nuts cost me 95bux


with 2.5"lift you have to move radiator down a smidge and ajust the gear stick boot

brackets for bumper will have to be fabricated or taked to sheet metal worker (good mate)to be measured and made take him 15minutes.

Thats all you need will add more if thought of all questions welcome cheers
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Re: what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

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Im unsure with the new Luxs, but when I did mine, mine was only 50mm and it was...
Steering shaft bolts loosened and tightened after the whole job was done.
Solid brake and clutch lines unwound gently and carefully to give required length.
Fan sharoud was trimmed a little.
Front bumper was moved up to suit BL.
Some trimming around gearstick and Hi/Lo selector.
All hoses seemed fine and were left as is. I also left the tray at stock height.
Thats pretty much how it was with mine.
Hope you can make some use of it, its an easy mod to do in a couple of hours with a mate.
If you need more info, then do a search, theres heaps of info on here.

Good luck.
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Re: what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

Post by tuff2000lux »

Yep thats how it went and everythin you said is true and was ritten above along with all the apsolute must do / needs that will make it happen just so ppl dont have to search for 3 days for all the info and still had to wing it a little cheers for all the help and am still looking for a transfer case cheers
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Re: what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

Post by monster fj »

DUDELUX wrote:Im unsure with the new Luxs, but when I did mine, mine was only 50mm and it was...
Steering shaft bolts loosened and tightened after the whole job was done.
Solid brake and clutch lines unwound gently and carefully to give required length.
Fan sharoud was trimmed a little.
Front bumper was moved up to suit BL.
Some trimming around gearstick and Hi/Lo selector.
All hoses seemed fine and were left as is. I also left the tray at stock height.
Thats pretty much how it was with mine.
Hope you can make some use of it, its an easy mod to do in a couple of hours with a mate.
If you need more info, then do a search, theres heaps of info on here.

Good luck.
make sure u move u radiator to suit ur motor or u will have heating issue and u need a spacer between the steering shaft ad box its not a good idea to looseen the bolts and re do them up i had a m8 do this and had a head on not good
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Re: what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

Post by Mr DJ »

[quote="monster fjmake sure u move u radiator to suit ur motor or u will have heating issue and u need a spacer between the steering shaft ad box its not a good idea to looseen the bolts and re do them up i had a m8 do this and had a head on not good[/quote]

If the fill point on the rad is still the highest point and dosen't foul the fan shroud, not sure why it would be an issue if cooling system is in good cond. ??
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Re: what. you will need. for ifs hilux spacecab body lift

Post by DUDELUX »

I didnt move the rad when I did mine, Ive had zero heating issues.
As for the steering shaft, there should be enough room left on the splines for it to be loose and sort itself out.
If not, then you can get extension shafts made/bought.
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