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Building a 2 1/4" body lift?

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Building a 2 1/4" body lift?

Post by BundyZook »

I am trying to build a 2 and a Quarter" body lift kit i have so far figured out to simply cut the block, lathe a face square, mill the other face squarre and to size and drill holes for the bolts then put the newbolts throught and there ya go? is that everything? i havn't drilled it yet and figured i woulld ask if any of the insides of the blocks need to be threaded or anything?

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Post by 85zook »

yeah the insides of some of the blocks do need to be threaded. PM Spike_Sierra he did it on his zook just last week so it will be fresh in his head.
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Post by built4thrashing »

i did it about 2 months ago. pretty easy to do.

ya will need

10 blocks 65mm tall 65mm round
4 x drilled through with 12mm hole
6 x drilled and threadded with 10x1.25 thread
4 x 100mm M10x1.25 ht bolts (for front and rear mounts)
6 x 50mm M10x125 ht bolts (to screw up into thraedded blocks)
10 x rubber vibration washers to put between body and block
you will need to extend the thread on the existing studs right to the top of the stud.

i have the tap and 2 die's that i used on mine if ya want them. $30 and ill send them to ya. tap is still good but one die is almost buggered other is still ok
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Post by jabtronic »

65mm does that make it a 2.6" lift?
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Post by Gutless »

if this lift is to be legal in QLD it cannot be more than 50mm high.
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Post by BundyZook »

Yeah pete i know its illegal and i might stick them back on the milling machine and bring them down to 2" i dunno. how do you go about getting it "plated" or whatever needs to be done with main roads to get it legal? i figured a set of tyres is easy to fix a body lift aint.

Built4 i already have access to all the equipment i need. there is an upside to still being at school :lol: oh and where abouts do i get the rubber washers from? can it jsut be a peice of rubber from clark rubber or somewhere?

thanks for the info

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Post by BundyZook »

bump. where do i get those bits of rubber from?
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Post by built4thrashing »

yeh can get em from clark rubber or just buy a cheap ruber car mat and chop it up. thats what i did.
the main reason i did a biger lift was so i didnt have to cut the studs. new bolts screw up into block at least 15mm
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Post by Spartacus »

spkoe to TJM brendale i think he said the lift blocks need
crush tubing in the inside and outside of the blocks to be legal.

i think thats what he said im not entirely sure..but ring Q.T.
modification section.

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Post by Gutless »

Spartacus wrote:spkoe to TJM brendale i think he said the lift blocks need
crush tubing in the inside and outside of the blocks to be legal.

i think thats what he said im not entirely sure..but ring Q.T.
modification section.

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not if you use billit steel or alloy. Crush tube is need when you use RHS, which isn't legal in QLD anyway.
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Post by Spartacus »

i thought only poly.....anate was legal thats y they dont go thru
big balls anymore.
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