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wats the difference, jimny/coily??
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:55 am
by chester_390
im jus curious if u could use jimny springs in the coily, the make 80mm lift springs for a jimny and i can only find like 35mm for the sierra coily
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:50 pm
by Ridge
the coily has struts in the front, the jimny has a separate coil and shock set up.
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:12 pm
by chester_390
could u use jimny springs and jus get like rancho shocks/struts?
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:36 pm
by Ridge
no.
basically the only extended strut available is the ebay kit.
if you want more clearance, cut your guards or get a body lift.
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:00 pm
by Gwagensteve
The springs aren't the reason why there's only a 35mm kit for coil sierras.
The front end of coil sierras has many design compromises, least of which is a very short and small diameter shock. Caster is also an issue.
Basically, if you want more than 35mm of lift and any sort of travel in the front and of a coiler, an almost complete redesign is required - to say nothing of the back, which has its own quirks.
The thing is, there's no need to run more than 35mm of suspension lift in a coiler - with a BL and some bumpstop spacing, you can comfortably run a 31" tyre on a coiler with this much lift, and that's the limit of what the front end can handle anyway from a strength point of view, and the easy limit of what can be geared.
If you are able to handle the fabrication involved in fixing the front end, what springs you end up using are the easy bit.
Steve.
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:53 pm
by chester_390
could ya jus copy the set up on a jimny and get dropped radious arms? i jus want more lift... prob should of looked into it a bit more befor i got a coily haha owell... i jus put a gti swift motor in it, it has 30s 2inch body and 35mm spring lift.. wouldnt mind more lift and bigger tyres but
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:58 pm
by grimbo
why do want a bigger lift and bigger tyres? What is your current setup stopping you from doing? What are trying to achieve?
More info given the better the answers will be to solve it
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:45 pm
by chester_390
it scrubs a bit, ya can get better tread pattens on 31's or 32's its not really stoppin me from alot jus like it to be lifted more and have bigger tyres
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:40 pm
by saffrett
i had 30mm lift and fit 31's witha virtual lift and bumpstop spacer
try and find some stiff springs for the back to stop it flexing so much and just go out and have fun in it
Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:03 pm
by Ridge
you can get coil spacers off ebay if you have to have more lift