lift a vit?

[tlc75v8]

Just wanting to know the sest suspension lift for a 89 SWB vitara, as much lift as posable.

[Gwagensteve]

Why?

[tlc75v8]

Why not?

[a reef]

This is my old vitara which I don't have anymore.
2" body lift,
4" Spring Lift,
Cut and grinded,
34" Jungle Trekkers,
everything was good except the engine didn't have enough power, I should've put a v8 in it.
You can lift whatever you like as long as you have the money.

[tlc75v8]

Was just wondering what brand to go for, have already done body lift.

[joeblow]

Why not?

perfect answer...

i'd look at ome if you want your ride to be good. or others if you want just lift.

[Gwagensteve]

The "why" was in response to "as much lift as possible"
OME is quality stuff but we're not talking much lift - 50mm or so. Calmini with OME struts will give you a good 3"-4" but that's a lot of height, and the only reason to run that much lift is to help clear a lot of tyre, and a lot of tyre is very hard to gear on a vitara.

running 6" of overall lift and 31" tyres is pretty pointless IMHO.

Steve.

[Impulsive]

After having tried lots of different "budget" combinations (as suggested in the Vitara Bible), I ended up with a set of 65mm lifted "standard duty" springs from Aldo at Allsprings combined with a 35mm body lift. I also used the A-arm spacer as described in the bible.

I too wanted to go as high as possible for no other reason but the cool factor, but I stopped where I did so I didn't get into pain in the arse territory.

By this, I mean if I went higher on the body blocks, I couldn't use the original body studs & nuts anymore, and the gear levers would have required much more modification than they did.

Coupled with this, if I went higher in suspension, I would get into driveshaft spacer territory (thinking about it, I probably should have one on the rear anyway) and also get to the position where the front CV angles become a problem, meaning that the front diff may need dropping.

All I did shock-wise was flip the front mounts (covered in the bible) and changed the rears for Rancho 9000's although I would have gone & gotten the Cressida ones if I didn't have the Ranchos laying around doing nothing.

Tyre-wise, I'm running 235's on 15's, but I did have 31's on it for a while, but these really needed the front tip of the rear bumper clearanced a bit and the mud flaps removed, the front inner guard weld tapped, and the plastic trim along the bottom of the sill modified a little at the rear of the front wheel arches.

So, without going crazy, mine's a cheap compromise if you don't want to spend heaps just to look cool.