Suspension lift

[mack85]

Hi Guys

I am looking to give my Hilux a suspension lift as want it to have massive tires and look like a beast lol but dont know what the heights are that i can lift it by.
And also where and what do u recommend?

[captain_chaos]

Depends on how many beer tokens you're willing to part with. Do a browse in the modifications section, some places to look at would be LA Supertrux

[stormforce]

to give you an idea of what you'll need if you want big tyres is what i am going to be fitting.
I am fitting 38's on mine and the truck will be having 4" suspension lift with 2" spring spacers on top.es9000 shocks all round +4" i have already got 1.5" ball joint spacers fitted and i'll be fitting a 3" body lift.You will also need extended brake lines,the gear selectors and steering column extended also and i am also having 30mm wheel spacers aswell.
Hope this gives you an idea on what you'll need

[Apache]

How are you doing the front end Rich?

Probably also worth mentioning to people that they'll need to re-gear to run massive tyres to alleviate p1ss-poor performance and economy, especially on a 2.4.

[stormforce]

i am buying the proper 4" lift kit from supertrux probably and that with the ball joint spacers should be ok.
I will be looking at regearing at a later date tho but i'm not to fussed at the mo

[Apache]

i am buying the proper 4" lift kit from supertrux probably and that with the ball joint spacers should be ok.
I will be looking at regearing at a later date tho but i'm not to fussed at the mo

Should be less of a problem with the 3.0 anyway, but 2.4 on 37s would be a bitch I'm sure! (They're slow enough on 31s! Just try following one up hills in Wales! )

As a street queen, I'm sure they're fine, but I WOULD NOT wanna take one offroad without extra grunt or lower gearing. There are inclines on places we went last weekend where my 3.0 felt sluggish on 33ish tyres.

[stormforce]

i won't be taking it off road with the big tyres fitted tho as i am keeping hold of my 33's to put on for the play times

[Apache]

Makes a lot of sense.

Boyo's LC was as wide as you'd get through happy valley. Huge tyres plus spacers would not fit, and you dont wanna get stuck up there!

[stormforce]

as i can't see me going back to work on my contracted duties and losing up to 10k a year then i am seriously thinking about working for myself. By having the truck modded up really as a advertisement then hopefully others with surf owners will come to me for small work or parts.I just ned to wait and see what the future brings at the moment