newbie with vit

[general--lee]

hi new guy here , use to off road a range rover years ago , missed it ever since....

just brought a blue 89 vitara , fairly solid needs body mounts welding up ,

so far painted it bright orange , nearly finished the 3" body lift ,(box section) and will weld body mounts up at same time,

read hundreds of posts about whats needed,  i heated the 2 gear levers and straitend them slightly and had to extend steering shaft by about 1" , need to lover the brake piep mount on inner wing,  going to make a snorkel (3" stainless tubing in stock for that,)  remove anti roll bar , and do the 2" sus lift,

i have a lump of polyurathane so will prolly make the spacers up on my lathe

i understand i only need 1.5" spacer for front to get 2" lift????

also will flip strut mounts,

also raising fuel tank 3"

will post pics asap ,


thanks ken

[general--lee]

a couple of pics.....

[generation-x]

hi ken
nothing wrong with that spec buddy
i wud'nt bother with the strut flip thou u really dont gain very much musch better to buy some dampner spacers

and yes you are correct about the front coil spacer but if you intend to fit a winch or hd bumper id stick with the same size alround


hope this helps

simon

[general--lee]

im planning on making front and rear bumpers with usa receiver style hitch so i can use a winch front or rear....

when you say damper spacers for front i take it you mean from b4vits whats better the strut spacer of the damper spacer?

i thought ' everyone' did the strut flip mod??

although tank is still out of it at mo as rear offside chassis is well rot so making some new bits up today

thanks ken

[generation-x]

hi ken
tbh different people call the same item different
strut spacer i think b4v call it
i call them dampner extensions
but yes get a pair to gain 1.5" if you flip the tops ur ont get that much iirc

plus fitting the extensions is quicker and easier imho

hope this helps

simon

[general--lee]

some more pics made a start on bumpers and lifted the tank 3"