looky what i made.

[Phantom]

yea i can make them bigger at a cost of £10 per inch.

Hi Vatch so if I wanted to lift mine another 4" on the rear they would be £140 a pair yes?

[surfenstein]

Hi Vatch so if I wanted to lift mine another 4" on the rear they would be £140 a pair yes?

no sorry £180 the pair £10 per inch per spacer. plus you would need +8 shocks and longer brake hoses.and i wouldnt recomend it though.

[Phantom]

no sorry £180 the pair £10 per inch per spacer. plus you would need +8 shocks and longer brake hoses.and i wouldnt recomend it though.

Why would you not recomend it worked ok on this one.

[pirate-storm]

Short wide length?

You mean 'thick sheet'?

are you trying to say theres some thick sheets on here?

[RodLeach]

Hi Vatch so if I wanted to lift mine another 4" on the rear they would be £140 a pair yes?

no sorry £180 the pair £10 per inch per spacer. plus you would need +8 shocks and longer brake hoses.and i wouldnt recomend it though.

Im with Stein on that one! (nearly called you vatch mate! )


the biggest problem with that is you would need relocation brackets for the trail arms that connect the axle on, hanging 8" down would not only be expensive but it would probably be very weak without a lot of reinforcing.

Its possible, Anything is possible, just might not be a great idea!!

[TonyN]

Short wide length?

You mean 'thick sheet'?

Fool, I need 3"-4" or so dia alloy bar, (as in wide!) but only 6" or so long, (as in short!) but don't want to buy it by the lots of meter lenghts as its expensive.

[TonyN]

Why would you not recomend it worked ok on this one.

More than 4" of lift pulls the axle forward because the radius arms are quite short. The axle will be under the rear doors with to much lift, and it'll want to wrap itself further under the car under heavy load. Not a good set up.

Have a look at a proper 4" suspension lift like on our truck, the front mounts of the raduis arm are dropped 4" so the radius arm kept the correct geometry with the +4" rear coils.

Lower radius arm front mounts....


Upper arm rear mounts.....

[surfenstein]

Why would you not recomend it worked ok on this one.

i cant quite see what they have done there,to me that looks like an elongated bump stop not a sus lift.and what vehicle is that,coz surfs have got a locating turret on top of the spring,all that has is a cup.??

[TonyN]

i cant quite see what they have done there,to me that looks like an elongated bump stop not a sus lift.and what vehicle is that,coz surfs have got a locating turret on top of the spring,all that has is a cup.??

Looks like a 3rd Gen to me, (or a Colorado)

[Karma Supra]

Will 2" if lift change the geomety at all? (In a forwards to backwards sense, as opposed to panard bar angle and associated changes)??

[nero279]

Will 2" if lift change the geomety at all? (In a forwards to backwards sense, as opposed to panard bar angle and associated changes)??

yes, but not enough to worry about, + as the suspension is compressed it will sit back to where it was, the problem with going OTT as far as i can tell is that as the angles on the radius arms increase the rear axle will basically try to drive itself under the truck when you pull away rather than pushing the truck forward.

[Phantom]

More than 4" of lift pulls the axle forward because the radius arms are quite short. The axle will be under the rear doors with to much lift, and it'll want to wrap itself further under the car under heavy load. Not a good set up.

Have a look at a proper 4" suspension lift like on our truck, the front mounts of the raduis arm are dropped 4" so the radius arm kept the correct geometry with the +4" rear coils.

Lower radius arm front mounts....


Upper arm rear mounts.....

Thats the exact same kit that I have Tony. Its a pro comp + 4" yes? I have every piece except the rear springs. What I need to know is how much lift do I need on the rear to match the front. Which has hd torsion bars and 1 1/2" bj spacers when I fit the pro comp lift. It looks like this.

[Apache]

I guess that moves the arms away from the fuel tank seam as well? Those parts look eminently suitable for 'Stein to produce...

[TonyN]

Thats the exact same kit that I have Tony. Its a pro comp + 4" yes? I have every piece except the rear springs. What I need to know is how much lift do I need on the rear to match the front. Which has hd torsion bars and 1 1/2" bj spacers when I fit the pro comp lift. It looks like this.

Almost, ours is a Superlift Kit, but they all work the same way.

I'd get +4" procomp rear coils, you'll won't get bigger coils easily. If you still need more lift, you can put spring spacers on there.

The Superlift kit leaves you a slightly lower rear anyway, but It don't bother me cos it flexes superbly, and 33's still fit. The Procomp springs are a little taller but stiffer.

I fitted a set of 1" coil spacers to Bash's truck on top of his +4" superlift coils and it looked great.