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front suspention on 91 vitara wagon
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:16 pm
by ziggy
has anyone done a 2inch lift and what struts and springs have they used .
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:39 pm
by cj
Have you done your bodylift yet? The OME struts are the best round but you could go cheap and make up some strut spacers. The OME kit is OK for ride and handling but it certainly isn't the articulation king. You could give Allsprings in Sydney a call for some coils and maybe look at some Ranchos for the rear.
Have you had a chance to look at the compressor yet?
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:47 pm
by RIKSTR
Tough dog make some good struts
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:32 pm
by RB zook
cj wrote:Have you done your bodylift yet? The OME struts are the best round but you could go cheap and make up some strut spacers. The OME kit is OK for ride and handling but it certainly isn't the articulation king. You could give Allsprings in Sydney a call for some coils and maybe look at some Ranchos for the rear.
Have you had a chance to look at the compressor yet?
allsprings are shit i have had 3 sets and my zook doesnt sit level
ive bent one and just on saturday one snapped in 2 places
lucky the zook was parked when it snapped.
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:38 pm
by RB zook
it only has to hold up approximatly 450kgs
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:33 pm
by antt
thats scary rb zook.
i run ome struts on mine and they work alright for me, along with the ome 2 inch lift spring.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:24 am
by Damo
RB zook wrote::shock:
it only has to hold up approximatly 450kgs
This is more than likely a result of using a product outside it's intended use. Are you running limiting straps and bumpstops? Coils dont like to be stretched and banged together.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:39 am
by redzook
Damo wrote:RB zook wrote::shock:
it only has to hold up approximatly 450kgs
This is more than likely a result of using a product outside it's intended use. Are you running limiting straps and bumpstops? Coils dont like to be stretched and banged together.
he used them under the rear of his coily id say the shocks would be the right length for his application and i think the first ones he got sagged alot
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:39 am
by Gwagensteve
Be a little bit careful of the tough dog struts. We had a member that ran them in the front of their 2.0 GV and whilst they are longer than the OME struts (good) they are a bit too long compressed and after landing it after a little
jump in the sand one strut blew through the mount.
I have never heard/seen this happen with OME.
Personally, I think that bumpstop lengths need to be checked with strut length whenever spacers/different struts are fitted.
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 4:41 pm
by RB zook
Damo wrote:RB zook wrote::shock:
it only has to hold up approximatly 450kgs
This is more than likely a result of using a product outside it's intended use. Are you running limiting straps and bumpstops? Coils dont like to be stretched and banged together.
that coil was put in and the zook sat over nite than i drove 5 minutes to work and thank fark it broke while the zook was sittin out front of work
so i dont think it had it rough
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:19 pm
by RIKSTR
My struts are on a V6 and I have no problems
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:20 pm
by RIKSTR
but that is a good point about the bump stops Gwagensteve
, that would stop any problem
Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:12 pm
by Beastmavster
Buy the OME fronts they're longer than almost anything else you'll find..... Even the 3" calmini lift uses shorter struts. The ride on them is really good... dunno about tough dog but form comments on their stuff elsewhere I'd expect way too had.
Dont buy the OME rears thoguh they're way too short for any decent travel.
As far as springs go that seems to be the bane of vitaras...getting the springs right. Ome are good though, and a coil spacer on top makes reasonable lift.