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04' grand vitara bodylifts 2"
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:49 pm
by oozuk
wanting to know the in's and out's of bodylifts on grand vitara's
mines a v6 2.5L 04 model lwb wagon and i want a 2" body lift
but i wanna know if anybody has experenced any troubles in bodylifting these cars ????
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:46 pm
by oozuk
what ..... do we all own bog stock standard GV on outer's ??
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:52 pm
by chunkz
think you have to extend shit, like brake cables n stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:08 pm
by GV_Qld
have looked at it for my GV, anything above 35mm and things start getting messy. steering shafts, fuel lines, clutch line, shifters, strut brace, etc. So I just ended up making room in the guards for my 31's.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:03 pm
by Huggy
i have done the 2 inch on mine wasnt that hard only real extented the steering and lifted bumpers unclipped brake lines from brackets
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:08 pm
by GV_Qld
Huggy wrote:i have done the 2 inch on mine wasnt that hard only real extented the steering and lifted bumpers unclipped brake lines from brackets
do you have a V6? if so what did you do for the strut brace?
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:14 pm
by oozuk
GV_Qld wrote:have looked at it for my GV, anything above 35mm and things start getting messy. steering shafts, fuel lines, clutch line, shifters, strut brace, etc. So I just ended up making room in the guards for my 31's.
how the hell did you get 31"s under yours !?!
i can barely squeeze 245/70/R16's !! AT's
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:43 pm
by GV_Qld
oozuk wrote:GV_Qld wrote:have looked at it for my GV, anything above 35mm and things start getting messy. steering shafts, fuel lines, clutch line, shifters, strut brace, etc. So I just ended up making room in the guards for my 31's.
how the hell did you get 31"s under yours !?!
i can barely squeeze 245/70/R16's !! AT's
removed all the plastic
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:48 pm
by Gwagensteve
haven't done a 04, but have done a 2.0 V6 with the strut brace and just clearanced the inner guards to fit around the brace. Looks pretty stock too.
Can't see any reason why 2" is harder than 35mm. I have lifted three vitaras (1.6 LWB, 2.0 V6 and 2.0 SWB) and heaps of sierras, and really, if you can solve the problems caused by 35mm of lift, then 50mm will be fine.
3"/75mm gets much harder - the low range shifter will end up through the floor and there will be more underbonnet hassles.
steve.
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:56 am
by oozuk
cool thanks for all the info guys
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:54 pm
by Huggy
strut base just still connected, doing another 2.1/2 spring spacer lift in the next 2 weeks ill take pics and show you all how it works