makeitfit
24th June 2012, 12:38 AM
I did my 2" body lift a few weeks back and have now got my coils and shocks :santa:
Look at my glory boot :devilred:
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22122332.jpg
It stopped raining here for what I'm told was summer yesterday afternoon, so I rushed out and fitted them :Yahoo!:
It's all Pedders stuff as mainly the only reasonably priced stuff I could find in the UK. Went for longer shocks and heavy duty front coils to carry winch bumper and winch. The back end is stripped out and no load so ordinary version at the back. About 2" lift from stock was to be expected. My old springs were a bit sad so I actually gained 3" :animierte-smilies-t
Old n new back shocks
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22141955.jpg
Old springs actually looked taller but under load behave differently , few
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22135711.jpg
Back end in and done in an hour
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22143041.jpg
While I was there the old ARB gubbins got binned too :)
The front end was a complete pain in the arse mind, the shocks were rust welded together !? Took a while with mini grinder to cut the buggers out. Got there in the end nearly 2 hours later.........
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22182759.jpg
Also binned the front ARB stuff too. Took it for a spin to settle things in and then stuck the fork lift under the old girl to see how high it would go :biggrin:
About this high at the front before the wheels come off the ground
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/trollift.jpg
Did the same at the back and got about 31" under the tyre
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22193406.jpg
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22193329.jpg
I've got castor correction bushes to fit next but wondered about the bushes at the end of the hockey stick. Are there any better ones of those to help with the flex?
Look at my glory boot :devilred:
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22122332.jpg
It stopped raining here for what I'm told was summer yesterday afternoon, so I rushed out and fitted them :Yahoo!:
It's all Pedders stuff as mainly the only reasonably priced stuff I could find in the UK. Went for longer shocks and heavy duty front coils to carry winch bumper and winch. The back end is stripped out and no load so ordinary version at the back. About 2" lift from stock was to be expected. My old springs were a bit sad so I actually gained 3" :animierte-smilies-t
Old n new back shocks
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22141955.jpg
Old springs actually looked taller but under load behave differently , few
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22135711.jpg
Back end in and done in an hour
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22143041.jpg
While I was there the old ARB gubbins got binned too :)
The front end was a complete pain in the arse mind, the shocks were rust welded together !? Took a while with mini grinder to cut the buggers out. Got there in the end nearly 2 hours later.........
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22182759.jpg
Also binned the front ARB stuff too. Took it for a spin to settle things in and then stuck the fork lift under the old girl to see how high it would go :biggrin:
About this high at the front before the wheels come off the ground
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/trollift.jpg
Did the same at the back and got about 31" under the tyre
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22193406.jpg
http://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv36/daudwpsyn/2012-06-22193329.jpg
I've got castor correction bushes to fit next but wondered about the bushes at the end of the hockey stick. Are there any better ones of those to help with the flex?