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G'day

I searched all of the MQ bible lifts section but couldn't find where to purchase the rod to make these blocks, I seen the suppliers section but for $24 each is a little on the $$$ side for a block of plastic don't you think..
I know im a tight arse but I don't want to spend $200 and another $50 for bolts, just to raise 2in, I could get the springs reset for that..

Also could someone tell me what outside diameter I should get, I gather there is different circumference diameters, so what is the best size needed.

Thanks
Casey

70 to 75mm Aluminium with a 13mm hole drilled in middle. Forget plastic.

Bazzle

2 or 3" poly blocks from aust 4wd speciallist $10 each
pm if you want the details

kc_ksom wrote:I could get the springs reset for that..

If your springs are shot, why not get them sorted out, it would be better all round.. ride, travel, etc..

YMMV

bazzle wrote:70 to 75mm Aluminium with a 13mm hole drilled in middle. Forget plastic.

Bazzle

Where can I find this stuff in Melbourne? If I purchase the raw materials myself and have someone cut and drill it am I going to save anything over buying a "kit" from a retailer?

Cheers,
David

iwannabeapirate wrote:Where can I find this stuff in Melbourne?

capral ally in Dandenong. got mine from them. Got enough to do 2 cars cut to size and all!

bogged wrote:

iwannabeapirate wrote:Where can I find this stuff in Melbourne?

capral ally in Dandenong. got mine from them. Got enough to do 2 cars cut to size and all!

Thanks bogged will look into it.

iwannabeapirate wrote:Thanks bogged will look into it.

http://www.capral.com.au/_contact_us/

41 Greens Roads (corner Williams Rd), Dandenong, VIC 3175
Tel 61 3 9791 3334 Fax 61 3 9791 3394

bazzle wrote:Forget plastic.

Why

DirtPigs wrote:

bazzle wrote:Forget plastic.

Why

Me too?

I just took out ally blocks out and put in nylon ones.

i read that they flex too much for nissans and the floor cracks and body twist and groans?

Just what i heard/read not sure if that s the same reason as bazzle

Bundyrum-i would have swapped you my nylon ones for your alloy ones

most places sell their material by the metre, so find somebody else who wants a body lift as well and go halves, you can do 1 LWB GQ and 1 SWB GQ from 1 metre of material (10 for LWB, 8 for SWB), don't know how many you need on MQ though (or make 1 metre worth of blocks and sell the leftovers).

If you want plastic, e-plas in clayton is where i go cauz its close to my work. For ally, as bogged said, capral is the best bet cauz they are big supplier, although i went to smart aluminium in bayswater cauz capral was out of 75mm round ally at the time i did my body lift. I also got them to cut my bar roughly to size, i think 52mm blocks, then i turned them to size (mine ended up 49.7mm), saved me the hassle of finding a cutoff saw to use as well.

Nissan mounts are structurally solid. The centre moves inside the OE mount, which is a captured tube so lift blocks should extend this rigidity to allow flex only thru the rubber each side of the chassis mount, ie they float at this point. Softer materils change the way this works and will transfer the movement to the lift block and maybe the floor which does crack.
Thats how I see it anyway.

Bazzle

bazzle wrote:Nissan mounts are structurally solid. The centre moves inside the OE mount, which is a captured tube so lift blocks should extend this rigidity to allow flex only thru the rubber each side of the chassis mount, ie they float at this point. Softer materils change the way this works and will transfer the movement to the lift block and maybe the floor which does crack.
Thats how I see it anyway.

Bazzle

Thanks, again - you never stop learning

On the subject of different materials. Is there any reason why you can't use steel? I have enough steel blocks at home for a lwb, 50mm x 75mm with a 13mm hole through the middle. I was keen to do it but not convinced it is the best way to go, they've been sitting in the shed for ages.

Ive used steel a few times in the past too, just give it a coat of good paint

Bazzle

Thanks for that fellas

Casey