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What hi-lift for 2" lifted GU

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:47 pm
by WelchyGQ
Looking for advise on what size hi lift to buy for a 2" lifted GU.

I am looking at mounting it to the rear door so the 60" would stick up a bit past the roof rack.

However i dotn want to buy a 48" that will look awsome mounted on the door and be useless as a jack.

I realise ever car is differnet but just looking for what others have done.

Cheers,

Welchy

Re: What hi-lift for 2" lifted GU

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 4:51 pm
by TheOtherLeft
WelchyGQ wrote: However i dotn want to buy a 48" that will look awsome mounted on the door and be useless as a jack.
It won't matter what size you buy...because you'll be looking so awesome you'll never get a flat, you'll never get speeding fines and girls with huge boobies will be all over you.

Re: What hi-lift for 2" lifted GU

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:42 pm
by Gwagensteve
If you use a highlift properly (i.e you strap the axle to the chassis before you start the lift) you don't need a 60" highlift. If you need a hilift at all.

I have a 48" hilift. It's quite dusty because it sits in the shed. It does make my shed look cool though. A 60" Hilift would collect 30% more dust though. That would suck. Do the 60" hilifts have longer handles? That would make them more useful. Hilift handles are the best thing ever.

Steve.

PS TheOtherLeft FTW :armsup: There's no better compensation than a hilift on a car. Especially on a car with no sliders. Even more so if it's a 60" hilift. On the roofrack. Flanked by 6 rooflights. Fawk yeah!

PS What's wrong with the standard jack? They seem to work pretty well.

Re: What hi-lift for 2" lifted GU

Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 7:49 pm
by vanbox
My 3 in lifted GU nearly maxed out a 60in highlift to lift the front right off the ground. I didnt strap the axle (had nothing to do so) and had to lift from the wing of bullbar. ARB sidesteps will not support a GU. ARB designed lift points in the bar started to fold. :bad-words:

Im sure they have their place, (not as a jack) I could have used mine a little better, but wont use it again!

PAUL

Oh, and the jack shaft had deflected about 25mm over its length suppporting my GU :shock: