some ideas needed... well more like questions...

[MattF]

Learning from the best matey are you proud of how I have improved?

Awfully chuffed. You did sort of steal my thunder on responding though.

[Bibs]

Awfully chuffed. You did sort of steal my thunder on responding though.

Ooops sorry. Have to learn to be quicker now won't you

BTW OoBrood - nice one - that was quick.

[00Brood]

BTW OoBrood - nice one - that was quick.

nah!! i like to take my time :P

[RodLeach]

Being arsed to search would be a good start

bl**dy hell bibs!! miserable g!t!!


An everyone else... WTF! If you know answers tell the guy!





Hey brood! welcome to the site an sorry you've not any answers yet!

Right, 35's look loads cooler than 33's on a truck but if your doing any real heavy offroading there is no real way of getting them to work. At full flex they will bash the hell out of the wheel arches!

I ran 35's with a set of +2" coil springs with 2" coil spacers. torsion bars wound to gain 1.5" up front with ball joint spacers to gain another 1.5" on top of that!

Then i had a 1.5" body lift. If i hadn't had a giant exhaust an could've been bothered to move it i'd have gone 2" body lift.

I beat ze cr*p out of the inner arch an they only rubbed slightly on the road.

One guy on another site has cut the bulkhead of the truck up so that the wheels fit without rubbing at full flex.

I'd start off with a set of 2" coils from roughtrax and the ball joint spacers. then work out things from there!

[MattF]

Ah, it's the young spunker. (Gra's words, not mine).

[MattF]

Ooops sorry. Have to learn to be quicker now won't you

[Bibs]

bl**dy hell bibs!! miserable g!t!!


An everyone else... WTF! If you know answers tell the guy!

I wasn't being miserable cheeky.

[00Brood]

its good to have some friendly banter.... and TA for the advice on the suspension Rodleach...

but where can i find some good looking deep dish alloys that will accommodate 33' or 35'

[Bibs]

its good to have some friendly banter.... and TA for the advice on the suspension Rodleach...

but where can i find some good looking deep dish alloys that will accommodate 33' or 35'

Ooo now see - I had to stop myself then, can't steal Matts thunder twice in one thread.

[MattF]

Ooo now see - I had to stop myself then, can't steal Matts thunder twice in one thread.

You just had to put the speck on me, didn't you. I can't think of anything to say in response now.

[Jonny77]

Hi guys...

I know these questions were asked somewhere before... but i have to know... and CBA to go and search for it..

So now off to the good stuff...

1: 33" or 35" ... what and where can i find some nice alloys that will work with the size tire... (bit of a noob here ) what fuel economy should i expect... it will be on on a 2gen 3.0td manual... You will need 10" wide rims, go for steels from Silverline or JCS. Fuel economy? try 18ish, maybe 22 if you drive like a fanny

2: suspension lift... where can i get the kits from and how much will it cost... and 2" of 4 " lift? Roughtrax is gonna be your cheapest option. Rear springs, longer shocks, BJ spacers from 4crawler, tweak your Tbars. £400 or so should do it.

3: body lift... what do i need and how high?? and the obvious.. how much where to get it from?? Max of 2", £100 or so, get an engineering firm to knock them up


what else so do... Loads, how deep are your pockets?

Cheers
Brood


ps all is subject to money availability...

pps sorry for any dodgy spelling

Where in Maidstone are you? I am in Snodland. There are a few of us from Kent on here.

[Bibs]

You just had to put the speck on me, didn't you. I can't think of anything to say in response now.

Wahhooooo - stumped

[00Brood]

Where in Maidstone are you? I am in Snodland. There are a few of us from Kent on here.

I'm just outside maidstone town center... and on the money side... not very deep cause i'm a student... well... was one 6 months ago

and cheers for the advice on my questions guys

[RodLeach]

I wasn't being miserable cheeky.

sorry bibs! i forgot the ' ' face.. which normally represents im being light hearted!


1: 33" or 35" ... what and where can i find some nice alloys that will work with the size tire... (bit of a noob here ) what fuel economy should i expect... it will be on on a 2gen 3.0td manual... You will need 10" wide rims, go for steels from Silverline or JCS. Fuel economy? try 18ish, maybe 22 if you drive like a fanny

Um... i dont think you'll reach 18mpg!

my surf was truly, truly awful on fuel! i guessed around 15mpg.. I've just got a (f**ked) Jaguar XJ8 an its doing 17.9mpg an its ligher on the wallet by a fat chunk!!!

dont expect much!

[Bibs]

sorry bibs! i forgot the ' ' face.. which normally represents im being light hearted!

I should think so too young man