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suspension compatability for sj51

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:05 pm
by mick s
hi guys very informative forum,just one question i have just got another suzuki[1985 sj51 1.3lt ute]and was wondering if all my old suspension [ome dakar springs,rancho shocks and snake 2in shackles] off my 89 widetrack hardtop, would fit and if i need to make any mods cheers

Re: suspension compatability for sj51

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:19 am
by Kitika
Should fit. I'm pretty sure the suspension kits fit lj80s all the way to the last leafy widetrack

Re: suspension compatability for sj51

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:48 am
by supazuk
you might find that the springs will be too long and too soft going into the LWB
i had a few issues when swapping my springs from my swb WT to my sj51.

i never had a issue with inverting shackles in my swb but i couldn't drive up my driveway
with out inverting the springs after i swapped them into my lwb.
i think arb have have different rear spring for lwb sierras

also if you have a rear top shock mount that locates to the original shock mounts
then it wont fit the LWB.

Re: suspension compatability for sj51

Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:47 pm
by mick s
cheers for the advice i'll give it a go and let you know how i go