apparently one of the fellows in the zook club has just fitted some 32x9.5 centipedes onto his v6 vitara estate wagon. it's had a 2" spring lift (OME) and a 2" body lift.
Where's the pics of the vit with the 'pedes ? It's gunna be on the zook stand at wandin I hear?
I checked it out the other night, and they fit- sorta. There has been a fair bit of trimming of the plastic on both front and arches (fore & aft), and he is still to adjust the steering stops (tyres foul near lock both ways). the clearance on the rear edge of the front arches is less than an inch.
He tells me it's geared it near 20% taller (judged on speedo error), so now she needs some revs & clutch to get off the line, and struggles somewhat in 5th.
To me, it is just too much. Sure it looks tough (looks pretty cool for a Vit IMO), with tonnes of extra clearance, but the tradeoff in steering & in particular gearing, it'll struggle in much but mud. I think he plans on bumping the diff ratios, and anyway, he LURVES mud!!
BTW- It hasn't had an OME kit. Just 4 kings springs- still running Stock shocks/struts.
