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Question on bj73

Post by davebj73 »

Hey all iv recently purchase my dads old middy it's a pretysure tidy. Little rig was curious if 35's wud fit on with just a 2' bodylift and 3' wheelspacers?
Iv go some other querys also about doing a sprung over conversion on it, but I'll leave that or later.
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Post by hulsty »

No they wont with those mods.

You need to move the front diff forward or trim the rear of the front guards, and trim the lower rear quaters (depends how big a 35'' you have).

The more offset you have on the front (the 3'' wheel spacers) you might run into problems with the tyres hitting the body mounts and the rear of the front guards more than without.

I start with a 2'' lift, diff forward ~40mm and gaurd trimming. THey fitted no worries, but still rubbed on the rear inner guards.
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Post by MID STRENGTH »

I ran 36" swampers on my BJ73......2" body lift 2" spring lift and some EFS extended shackles....I had some custom offset rims made by Fourbys in Brissy ( highly recommend offset rims instead of spacers )

No moving the diff and definately no grinding!


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Post by davebj73 »

shit hot cruzer their , mate! looks shmiko!!!

ill probly get sum offsets soon,but why not spacer,seeing thats what i have alredy in the shed, anyreason why not?
cheers mate
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Post by MID STRENGTH »

davebj73 wrote:shit hot cruzer their , mate! looks shmiko!!!

ill probly get sum offsets soon,but why not spacer,seeing thats what i have alredy in the shed, anyreason why not?
cheers mate
While travelling along the M1 in Brissy, my left rear wheel overtook me !
All the studs on the S___K_ R____G wheel spacer had sheered. Luckily no one was injured.
Besides they are illegal to use on QLD roads
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Post by davebj73 »

FARRRK that mate,luckly u wernt injured!
ha kinda put me of the spacers lol..
hmm what springs did u use? they look like they felxd up alright
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Post by HANCOCK »

This is spring over with shackle reversal flat springs and 2" body lift 39.5" iroks. Before the SOA i ran 36" TSL'S with 2" body lift reset springs and extended shackles.

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Post by davebj73 »

maate ur 73 wud have to be the felxyest middy iv seen so far!

do u have any pics of it when it wasnt soa?
cheers,
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Post by hulsty »

MID STRENGTH wrote:I ran 36" swampers on my BJ73......2" body lift 2" spring lift and some EFS extended shackles....I had some custom offset rims made by Fourbys in Brissy ( highly recommend offset rims instead of spacers )

No moving the diff and definately no grinding!

Amount of grinding/cutting really comes down to how flexy your front suspension is and how much body lift you have. Instead of 2'' body lift I went 2'' guard chop, could have gone 2'' chop and 2'' body lift for more clearance. I have pretty flexy front suspension and 33''s still rub a little.

This thread has heaps of good info to fit 35''s on a 70 series leafy.

http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/showt ... hp?t=58244

This is mine on 33''s shocks are about 3'' to short though so much moredroop in it. The last pic shows how little tyre to guard clearance there is. If you have stiff suspension that flexes like a brick less work will need to be done to get 35''s to fit !

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Post by davebj73 »

haha i have the same colour middy, white fiberglass and red body :armsup:

ill get sum pics of it up soon,
thinkn of buying some 60 diffs and converting them for a soa set up,

oi iv had a snoop around, and im sure its up here sumwere but i cant for the life of me find out specs on fiting high steer?

thanks fellas
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Post by midi73 »

My midi has 2" body 2" springs and extended shackles at the front with 35 claws. all the probs i have are on the inside,eg chassis and inner guards etc at full flex. Have had no probs on the outer guards.
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Not the best flex, but no money spent on the suspension either.
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Post by rickybrown »

I also have a Middy, and am going to put he 2" spring shackle on. But wondering if anyone is running a turbo with an intercooler system?

I have been running my Denco turbo kit for 4 months now and am about to put in a intercooler and just looking to see where others have mounted theres?

if your running a standard 3b motor i REALLLLLLLYYY recommend getting it turbo'd! it has changed the life of the truck. Got my pump upgrades done my Diesel Australia at Slacks Creek QLD and i am running 7PSi boost atm and using 12.7 L/100Km and i drive that thing like i stole it. so REALLY happy with the turbo from denco. just at 110KM/h on the M1 for more than 20min = rise in temp gauges.

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anyone know the best place for offset rims for my Middy

Post by nickgentile »

Just moved up to Brissy from SA and have had the displeasure of going through your safety check in order to register it here ...

big mistake

anyway I need 15" offset rims (steelies) to fill out my new tjm flares not sure if I'm going to replace my Goodyear Wrangler 285/75 R16 or go down to 15" so stop the rubbing, any help would be appreciated

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Post by leva »

Hey all, working on my middy, putting 80 series diffs in front and rear. Should give heaps of travel and comfortable ride. Have almost completed the front. Will post some pics when get camera back.

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Post by ndog »

man u guys have some good middys , i bought mine at chrissy its been so hard to get aftermarket parts for mine no where wants to make stuff big enough , ive got 3'' springs 2 1/2 shackles and efs made me some shockies to suit, has taken a while but have got here, have got a problem ive got to get my diff realined any1 no where i should get that done? i live in brissy west side? thanks
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Post by SteelArt »

ndog wrote:man u guys have some good middys , i bought mine at chrissy its been so hard to get aftermarket parts for mine no where wants to make stuff big enough , ive got 3'' springs 2 1/2 shackles and efs made me some shockies to suit, has taken a while but have got here, have got a problem ive got to get my diff realined any1 no where i should get that done? i live in brissy west side? thanks
What do you mean "diff realigned"

what have you done to un-aligne it ?
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Post by ndog »

because its lifted i think the alignment of the drive shaft and diffs r out i think, i was told i got to get wedges or something? does that sound rite?
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Post by SteelArt »

ndog wrote:because its lifted i think the alignment of the drive shaft and diffs r out i think, i was told i got to get wedges or something? does that sound rite?
Ah ok yeah so you want to get your castor setup correctly. In that case I would goto a reputable tyre shop and ask for an alignment and tell tem to check castor.

You could also try Fourby's at Marooka they seem to do good alignments and know there way around a 4WD which is a good thing.
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Post by ndog »

ohk yep i was thinking fourbys,
hey mid strength were u at scenic rim just ova a month ago im sure i saw u ? nice rig i had my middy there..
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