Quote Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD View Post
Both the Iron Man and Tough dog hold a similar market share mate and will serve you well. Not a big fan of adjustables and the average punter right through to very experienced punter will likely, at best, guess what is the best adjustment and likely rarely ever adjust again? The Iron man is a variable valved foam cell shock so would likely get my vote there. If your budget allows you cant go past Old Man Emu though mate. Simply a Cut above.

As for the rest of the stuff you need... Give much thought to whether you go 2" or 3" as the list gets a bit bigger with a 3" lift and will cost you quite a bit more to setup over a standard 2' lift.

So why do you want the extra Inch??

2" lift you will need 4 x Springs & 4 x Shocks. Fit in your driveway in 3 to 4 hours if your handy.

a 3" lift you will need a little bit more but not as bad as a 4" lift.

A 3" lift you will need the following extra:
1 x Brake line for the back and fit the old back to the front.
Some kind of Caster correction. I Highly recommend 3" Drop Boxes over any other style of caster correction. Simply Awesome.
You will almost certainly NOT need adjustable Panard rods. dont buy these until you fit the kit and are absolutely sure you need them. I doubt you will.
Being a GU with a drivers airbag you will need an adjustable Drag Link to reset the steering wheel back into central position.
1 x Brake Bias Plate.

That list will likely add $600 to $700 to the cost of your lift over a 2Inch kit.

Going a 4" kit and you will spend that $700 again on adjustable Panards front and back and adjustable upper rear control arms.

Hope that helps. Think about why you need the lift to figure out how high you want to go.
I have two mates in GQs with 3 inch lift and neither have extended brake lines? They have no problem, but we don't do crazy rock crawling articulation.


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