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I did it, after a long agonising decision I got me a new Car.
The hardest thing about me decision was to let go of my beloved Jimny.
Please find below pictures of my new 2002 2-door 2Ltr Grand Vitara and my Jimny.













I made my first modifications today (29th April 2008). I started by changing the oil and oil filter. Replaced the standard air filter with a K&N Air Filter, and was going to replace the fuel filter but ran out of time. Finding it was the first mission, then changing it up there above the rear diff would have taken too long so I just left it for another day.
Out came the original stereo and in went an Alpine CD player with full speed iPod controll. The little pocket and clock where left out and replaces with a GME TX3200 UHF using a din mount front pannel.
I also plan to fit Alpine Type-R Speakers in the front doors.
A lot more work is going on, so i'll keep you all posted.










Took the GV out to Stockton Beach today (4th May 2008) and what an animal. It had insane power when ever I needed it, with the simple squeeze of my right foot, unlike my old Jimny. The GV didn't have the clearance of the old Jimny, but I'm working on that.
Today, we checked out the Signa, stopped at tin city, found the tank traps, did a water crossing or two and just basically had some fun.
Anyway check out some photos:

















































Today (5th May 2008) I fitted a set of spot lights in the front bar. Every thing went smooth and just fell into place. Firstly I drilled a 20mm pilot hole then ran the air saw around to make a bigger hole. Clipped the surrounds in took out the front inner guards and then mounted the lights from in behind the bar. Check out the photo.














Hey had half the day off work today (9th May 2008) so I wired up an alarm in my GV and finished running the UHF cable into the car. I didn't want to drill a hole in the GV but just had too.

Dont worry mate.
The Jimny went to great home ah.
I'm takin great care of her.

Hopefully in the next 6 months she will be turboed with another 2 inch lift
and set of 32s.
We shouls meet up thebeach one day and go for a blast.

Regards
Brad

Looks good mate.
Is that the best place to mount the aerial? With the spring it looks like the aerial with snap pretty easily by either continually hitting the spare tyre and/or the rear door.

where's this ? i didn't know Australia had tank traps

ofr57 wrote:
where's this ? i didn't know Australia had tank traps

Heaps of them on stockton beach. Good fun to drive up on till you flop off them

Layto....

ofr57 wrote:where's this ? i didn't know Australia had tank traps

Hey ofr57,

Stockton Beach lies just north of Newcastle, about a hundred and fifty kilometres from Sydney.

The tank traps at Stockton Beach are slowly been covered by sand.
The traps were put along Stockton Beach to stop the invasion during WW2.
The traps have been a popular spot to go to when on Stockton Beach but are getting harder to find because they are being covered by the sand. A strong wind in the right direction might cover them up or just might expose them to what they were.

Tank Traps
Position: 151.931833 -32.814167

It's getting close, I got word that my spring spacers will be here tomorrow. I will then have everything I need to lift my Grand Vitara, I think. LOL

Anyway I started with the OME Kit which consists of lifted springs and shocks, I then purchased rear shock spacers, followed by front diff drop brackets and a panhard rod adjuster. Next I got some camber bolts, front and rear drive shaft spacers, and lastly some front shock/strut spacers. Hopefully tomorrow I should have my spring spacers and well it's game on from there.

I'm pretty much flat out at work all of June, so I've basically given my self two day's in the first week of July to fit everything. At that time I'll also order my tyres and hopefully if all goes well I'll have something good to show you.

When fitting all the above I will also fit manual locking hubs to the front which I got off a earlier model Vitara.

Check out my stuff, I'm excited.

hi

yes lots of work

im not sure but i think you might need this too if you are fitting all the rest



anybody is welcome to correct me but i think dave made up one himself on his build

tim

fordy1 wrote:hi

yes lots of work

im not sure but i think you might need this too if you are fitting all the rest



anybody is welcome to correct me but i think dave made up one himself on his build

tim

hey fordy1
what are they and what are they used for?
any help is good?
thanks again
ib

hi again

this link is to daves site with some pics and explantion

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Suzuki-Vitara-Rea ... m153.l1262

look at the pics of it fitted at the bottom of the page

tim

fordy1 wrote:hi

yes lots of work

im not sure but i think you might need this too if you are fitting all the rest



anybody is welcome to correct me but i think dave made up one himself on his build

tim

Hey fordy1
I checked that link you sent and that thing is not for my car. I have the Grand Vitara. I think thats for the Vitara. My diff has like a 4 Link set up with a panhard rod where that thing thing you showed me is for the earlier diff setup of a Vitara. Thanks heaps anyway. I'll keep you all updated on how the lift goes.

glad to hear , i look foward to the update

NO modifications yet, but I did take the GV out to Port Macquarie last week end.
Port Macquarie for those who don't know, is two and a half hours drive north of Newcastle. Its a quiet tourist town with some of the best body boarding beaches in the world. If I heard correctly, I think they say the current worlds Body Boarding Champion grew up here.
Anyway I thought I'd share some photos with you.

Town beach is Port Macquarie's main and most popular body boarding beach. It is adjacent to the breakwater at the mouth of the Hastings.



Tacking Point with its lighthouse is one of the outstanding features of the Port Macquarie coastline. We stopped here and watched the wales off the coast as they migrate up North.

YEAH BABY.....
The lift is in.

From this:


To this:

Here are the photos of the lift.
My BIG problem now is (+)CAMBER.
Even with camber bolts I still get the best of +1.9deg Camber.

HOW DO I FIX IT?

Can anyone help me here? Can I buy offset camber bushes for the lower control arm? Will this fix my problem?

Anyway here are the photos.
Before and After measurements of the front guard


Before and After measurements of the rear guard


Before and After measurements of the chase front


Before and After measurements of the chase rear


















With such a big lift, I thought I'de fit some manual hubs, that way for everyday driving I can have them disengaged, in return not placing extra wear and tear on the front diff and CV's.




Lifting the GV up so high, I thought I'd try to minimize the CV shaft angle by dropping the diff by an inch. I used a VTTR diff drop.









Now for much easier rear end lift.













Panhard rod adjuster, bring the diff back to the centre again.





When lifting the GV as high as I have, the rear tail shaft pulled itself from the transfer case, so to fix this I used a 1inch tail shaft spacer.







While I was under the GV, I thought, I may as well change the fuel filter, and thank god i did. It was filthy, and from what I know probably never changed.


And back to my problem. POSITIVE CAMBER

Starting to look the goods - I tossed up between getting Jimny and one of these... I daresay you are now going to make me jealous

Aren't those camber adjust bolts in the pic with the red coil spacer? Dave at Bits4Vits (UK eBay) sells them. If you just flick him a message, he will happily answer stuff.

I had the same issue with the X-90, it looked like it had been kicked in the goolies

You should check out his website as well, he did Project Stumpy - same model as yours, massive buildup...and it's all done in pics etc...

so what size tyres have you got??

fordy1 wrote:so what size tyres have you got??

Tyre size is 225/75-16
They are Kumho KL71's
Fitted them last thursday

The only other thing needed, apart from fixing the camber issue, is extending brake lines. The fronts I just cable tied against the shocks which works, giving me that extra bit of length, but the rear had to be made. I went to Carter's Clutch & Brake and $42 later the brake line was made.
Using Carter's before I can only say the service was great. I highly recommend them to anyone.

Looks good , you will have to let us know how it goes off road!!

i am fitting Cooper STT this saturday in the same size

fordy1 wrote:Looks good , you will have to let us know how it goes off road!!

i am fitting Cooper STT this saturday in the same size

I've got heaps of photos and am uploading them as we speak.
Stay tuned.

I thought I'd stretch her out and see how she goes