A few pics so far...

[dieselboy]

Anymore views on the spots? Starting to get used to it without any now!

Clearasil?

[Wolfracer]

Any more poll takers?

Anymore views on the spots? Starting to get used to it without any now!

[Wolfracer]

Just the RT+2" springs don't require any other mods. But will only return the truck to where you "think" it ought to be.
There should be at least 2.5-3" of additional travel in the standard shock.
I wanted the truck lifted and balanced so had the 2" polyurethene coil spacers fitted. Now I'm pretty much at the top of the shocks, and the front TB's are wound up to nearly their max.
I'll need ideally plus 4" shocks and panhard rod mod to finish it off, but waiting for funds to mount up again!

[jgs600]

when i spoke to roughtrax they said they can supply shocks with the built in extra 2" or it would still be ok with the standard ones in.

BTW when other members here have fitted the extra 2" springs from roughtrax did they notice a marked difference in the way the surf sits as the longer one should be fitted on the driveres side to compensate for the fuel tank and drivers weight, now im 99% sure i fitted them the right way but she still sometimes sits a few cms lower on the drivers side. if they were fitted correctly would the surf actually sit slightly higher on the passengers side till the tank was full and the driver sat in.

[Treadlox]

+2" rear Springs didn't actually give me an extra 2"s about 1.5"s was nearer - I didn't need bigger shocks or anything else

Thanks that 1.5" will be exactly what I`m after.

[Albannach]

Is that as opposed to sasanach?

Yep, a Sassenach would, chefly, be an Englishman (some will argue lowland Scots too) It's derived from the Gaelic for Saxon.

[tintin]

It's a Pronoun, its meaning changes dependant on context.

Albannach translates to Scotsman, in case you're interested...

Is that as opposed to sasanach? (no idea how to spell it)
You learn something every day on this forum! I've often meant to look up your handle but it's one of those things i've not got round to

Alan

[Albannach]

What does that mean?

It's a Pronoun, its meaning changes dependant on context.

Albannach translates to Scotsman, in case you're interested...

[dieselboy]

Yep, just like you think you can spell my name; but you can't.

I can spell Andy just fine thank you :p

Seriously though I'll try and remember two n's - sorry. What does that mean?

[Rustinho]

Thoughts on this please?

Thinking of 2 sets of spots, 8" and 6" or 7" and 5" or similar - think the 2 sizes would work well. Any thoughts other than blocking the rad?
Anyone got some good lamps you can reccomend?

Thinking KC Daylighters, Cibies etc... deffo 100W+

Personally I wouldn't risk putting any in front of the rad. The benefit of having a couple of extra spotlights probably isn't worth the risk of disturbing the airflow. Admittedly I've got a 2.4 and I'm paranoid about over heating...

If you want a couple of angel eye spotlights I've got a couple I was intending to put on at some point but have never got around to doing you could have (for a price - they were £55 new and are unused). PM me if you're interested.

[puddlesurfer]

Do you need any other mods after fitting 2"+ rear springs like extended shock absorbers, and will this lift the SURF up (lesson learned) , or is fitting spacers to the rear another option?

The reason I ask is that I really dont know what route to take and I cant afford a full all round 2" suspension raise at this point in time.

Thanks Tony.

+2" rear Springs didn't actually give me an extra 2"s about 1.5"s was nearer - I didn't need bigger shocks or anything else

[Treadlox]

love the look of the 32x11.50's... i pressume they are on 15" wheels.

i was thinking of changing my wheel tyre combo. ive just fitted a set of roughtrax 2"+ rear springs.... would this tyre wheel size fit ok without any mods.

Do you need any other mods after fitting 2"+ rear springs like extended shock absorbers, and will this lift the SURF up (lesson learned) , or is fitting spacers to the rear another option?

The reason I ask is that I really dont know what route to take and I cant afford a full all round 2" suspension raise at this point in time.

Thanks Tony.

[Shalershasker]

I'd go for the two spots low down but only for the looks, I'm not convinced by the spots effecting the cooling any more (although I was) since fitting the temp gauge, I did the same trip three times (Hastings to Tunbridge Wells), once with 5" spots on, once with none (waiting for the new ones to turn up) then with the 6" Baja's on, there was no difference what so ever.
Don't get me wrong, the theory is sound, your putting two blocks in front of the rad it should stop some of the air flow, but for me my findings were that it had no effect, that said my truck doesn't seem to run as hot as some anyway, certainly not at the 90 degree mark anyway, I even replaced the gauge thinking it was faulty and not showing the correct temp.

[Predictable Bob]

You're losing cooling ...

[slobodan]

My opinion... makes it look cluttered.