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VITARA Nudge Bars and suspension, need help

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:15 am
by monkeyplex
Hey guys.

Ive got a 1990 SWB vitara soft top. Where do nudge bars actually attach to the chassis? Under the rails, or on the inside of the rails or outside of the rails?

Also does anyone know where i can get a set of coil spacers for my vitara? Im from victoria so the closer the better.

Any help is muchly appreciated, bloody victoria is useless for finding places with suzuki gear.

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:18 am
by cj
What thickness coil spacers?

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:26 am
by sierrajim
Coil spacers, Pro Comp Narre Warren VIC 9705 6677

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:37 am
by monkeyplex
well i was thinking mabey an inch or 1.5 inch, on standard springs mind you which are fine but obvously have sagged a bit.

Re: VITARA Nudge Bars and suspension, need help

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:26 am
by suzukiboy
monkeyplex wrote:Hey guys.

Ive got a 1990 SWB vitara soft top. Where do nudge bars actually attach to the chassis? Under the rails, or on the inside of the rails or outside of the rails?

Also does anyone know where i can get a set of coil spacers for my vitara? Im from victoria so the closer the better.

Any help is muchly appreciated, bloody victoria is useless for finding places with suzuki gear.
I had a nudge bar on mine will see if I still have some pics of it from under the car.
Mine just used u bolts fitted to the round bar at the front.
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Go to NBS forum and get a set of coil spacers from Bruce postage will not be to much.

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:44 am
by monkeyplex
my bar is a bit different but if you can get some under car pictures that would be great.

heres a pic of it

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:45 am
by monkeyplex
sorry here it is

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:13 pm
by monkeyplex
It's actually a bull bar i guess. There are two holes on each side the holes are drilled east west, horizontally which means they must go into the sides of the chassis rails. Are there any holes there?

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:49 pm
by suzukiboy
Couldn't find a pics of the nudge bar fitting points but here is a pic of where the ARB bolts up and the nudge bar used the same bar.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:57 pm
by cj
Another option for coil spacers are TJ Jeep spacers. ARB even do them in a 10mm size so you can just rack 'em and stack 'em to get what you want. I have used 2 together for a 20mm lift. There are others around too. The Rancho guys up in Sydney do mail order and I think they have a couple of different options available. I take it that if you are wanting to put 1"-1.5" spacers in, that you have considered what you are doing about the length of your struts and shocks?

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:13 pm
by monkeyplex
Thanks for that photo suzuki boy, that gives me some ideas.

Cj, i didn't plan on changing my shocks or struts at all. Is that going to be a problem?, the springs are probably and inch shorter than they originally were.