brysawn

Wow, that wagon is packin' heat

The car is a '94 Loyale. Up until the time I put my new tires and wheels on my car, it has had no alignment or shaking issues. Even when my car had the 2" lift with stock wheels/tires it drove straight, and didn't shake at any speeds. But when I put my 27's and did my 6-lug conversion, it now shakes pretty badly after 40mph. My tires were mounted and balanced at Les Schwab at the same time, and all the beads look good, they hold air, so I'm not really sure what it is. Could it be misbalanced tires? I didn't think it was my suspension, because before the big tires, everything was fine (I really don't think making my hubs 6 lug affected this) My car still steers straight and everything. Just gets terrible shakes.

One of mine is ripped and clicking

By "look" I mean a thorough inspection. I thought something should be bent, or shifted while driving, so I put it on the lift and poked around. My lift blocks are still in the correct position, my tie rods aren't bent, my ball joints are in the right spot and functioning correctly, and my strut "looks" okay (it's tough to see if its bent with it being in the car). Everything is solid, no knocking, or odd noises, and my tires are all balanced, so I'm not sure why I'm getting the shake after 40mph

Yeah all my tires are balanced, by the same place, at the same time. So I figured it was an alignment issue. No bent struts, tie rods and ball joints all look good too.

Well I would love some help with mine than. My lift blocks are cut and installed as they should be, but I still get the steering wheel death shake over 40 mph

they all have camber problems

Finally "finished". 1994 Loyale, S/R 4wd 2" homemade lift 6-lug hubs using toyota studs toyota 4runner sr5 wheels homemade rack General grabber at2 in 205/75/15 all done by myself

It rubs in the rear, so I have some more trimming. But I've been driving it a little. So here's the finished (almost) project: Thanks a lot 3eyedwagon for helping me out and answering my many many lift questions

Yeah, that's what happened. The drivers side rear, is a bit crooked. I'm not too concerned now, but it'll be changed soon. Also, my rear wheels aren't centered. They are really close to the door

Right now I only have one 6-lug hub. So here's my car with the 2" lift, and one of my wheels/tires on. It needs some cutting, I'm not really sure how to go at that

If my car was 4x100, I could run so many of my cool wheels.

I was so excited to go to this! But no D/R

You would use 1"x1"x 3/8" (some use 1/2" but it doesn't need to be that thick) square steel tubing. Two of the blocks are cut at 15* with the holes centered, and the other block is square with the holes cut at 15*. All pieces are an inch wide

Oh thank you, that's good to know. I like the at2's because of the size they come in. If I were to get a 215/75, I would just go for a mud tire

The spring was never removed from the strut, just the entire strut from the car

I got my lift finished up and installed, but my car sits crooked now. My passenger side is 1" higher than the drivers. I'm not really sure why. My rear struts (when out of the car) were within 1/8" of each other, as were the fronts. I don't understand

Naw, it wasn't that. Any other ideas?

Yeah, Mount Vernon is pretty far. I welded mine today, and I used the perfect fitting pipe, and cut the eyelet off without even touching the strut. But it's a little bit crooked (it's tough to keep it lined up by myself, especially for my first time), not enough to where anything will happen, but it still bothers me. There are no holes, or burns in the struts themselves, and I tried to keep them cool, but monitoring the temperature is a bit tough with an arc welder. The rubber bushings did melt a little, but I have it on the car and it seems alright, there is no way these welds are going to break

that's a little far

I'm just wondering if there is anyone available to weld some 2" extensions to my rear struts? I live in Snohomish, and will deliver strut/spring. Also, when can this be done, how long will it take, and how much will it cost me? Any help would be great.

When turning one direction, I have this annoying grinding sound coming from my driver side front brakes/suspension. It sounds like metal on metal, or like my brakes are rubbing, or something. But when I take it apart and look around, I can't figure out what it is. It doesn't seem to be affecting anything, but I can't stand the annoying sound. Oh, and the car is a 94 loyale

haha I guess so. But now the rears, is there any complications with welding them? Like with gas/fluids in the strut, heating up too much?

It took some strength and anger, but I got everything in. One corner done tomorrow hopefully the rest. I can't wait to order tires, so I can get it done!

I just can't drop the strut down far enough because the axle hits the "housing" where the control arm bolts to the body