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[b]body lift on a bj73 anyone ?????[/b]
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:02 pm
by kwikvt
hi guys, i own a mid wheel base bj73 land cruiser, im keen to get some 35" muddies under her so i just did a 3" shackle lift and want to do a 3"bodylift. not sure if i will run into any probs so thought i would put the word out and see if any1 has done one. anyhelp would be awsom.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:16 pm
by lay80n
Your more likley to get some infomation if you post in the TOYOTA section. Also search the site, there will be plenty of info already posted.
Layto....
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:52 pm
by bigcam
3" body lift will give you issues like steering column length , shifter positioning and radiator positioning.. aswell as being pretty much illegal..
50mm body lift is fairly straightforward, i would go 2" body 2-2.5' suspension lift and extend shackles if needed.
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:12 pm
by Rookie
I put a 2 in body lift in the middy on sunday the only issue i had was the radiator shrowd I just cut the bottom off it or you could mount the radiator lower.
Send just cruzin a pm he did me a complete kit for a god price
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:42 pm
by AZZA'S HJ47
im doin the same thing with my 47 at the moment 2 inch body lift would like to see some picks of steering mods needed ro accomadate for the body lift i posted a thread however nowbody posted any thing
bj73 body lift
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:01 pm
by jkv6
just did one on my bj73 2 inch i would say lower the radiator as the radiator cap in on the thermostat housing the radiator is now higher (with body lift)you will not get the right amount of water back into the cooling system
also clutchline is to short for my liking need a longer one
have not looked at steering yet
Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:47 pm
by hulsty
do you really need that much lift? with abit of creativity you can easily get 35''s under a middy with much less lift. On a good day I reckon I have a 2'' lift and run 35''s no problem, remember a angle grinder and sika flex are your friends
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:06 am
by boy-c
hey mate i got an fj 73 2inch spring 2 inch body i run 37' with a little bit of cutting ( bugger all ) i would just buy th tyres! got form there......
how does yours handle with the extended shackles??
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:44 am
by kwikvt
boy-c wrote:hey mate i got an fj 73 2inch spring 2 inch body i run 37' with a little bit of cutting ( bugger all ) i would just buy th tyres! got form there......
how does yours handle with the extended shackles??
thanx mate, with the shackles i didn't put any shims in, ( coz i wana do a spring over soon) but i just have to go into corners a bit slower ive found.
what did u have to cut to fit 37's? by the way the shackles i had made at a metal fab place, only cost $80 for the 4.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:35 pm
by boy-c
hey man i only had to cut about and inch out off the front gaurd as in make it longer because when in flexd in it rubbed! but that was about it but i have a massive amount of offset! 10 inch rims that have about 8inch of offset!
but she handles like a dream so much fun on and off road!
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:15 pm
by hulsty
If you want to minimise lift cutting is definately the way to go, i took about 2'' out of my fronts. I needed to so I could turn again and get more up travel without killing my tyres, with 33'' though they still rub at the top on the inner guard so I'm thinking of getting rid of it all together.
On 35''s
This one shows how much guard is left... not much
