lift a vit?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:58 pm
Just wanting to know the sest suspension lift for a 89 SWB vitara, as much lift as posable. 
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:34 pm
Why?
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:21 pm
Why not?
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:53 pm
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.
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.
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:21 pm
Was just wondering what brand to go for, have already done body lift.
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:32 pm
tlc75v8 wrote:Why not?
perfect answer...i'd look at ome if you want your ride to be good. or others if you want just lift.
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:19 am
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.
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.
Vitara Lift
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:02 am
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.
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.