I lifted the rear of my girls loyale today. I havnt put the new tires and wheels on yet. But the problem is the back tire is so close to the front of the wheel well and I havnt even install the bigger tires and wheels. I know people with 2" lift running 26's and 27's. The tires im puttin on are 205/75/14, bout 25.5". Can I rotate the rear bar a little to push the wheel back some?

Here is some pics of the lift. Its actually bout 3" in the back

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 20, 201115 yr by bratclay

sawzall, also will need to drop the diff

Gotcha. Sweet Ill make some lines and use my cut off wheel.

Thanks Clay

Edited January 20, 201115 yr by bratclay

Sawzall or hammer. The bigger you make those brackets, the worse that clearance gets. That's the problem with lifting this trailing arm style suspension.

 

You don't need to drop the rear differential. All the ones I've seen without a dropped rear diff seem to hold up just fine. It's all a matter of personal preference.

Thats what I thought. Cuz I made those rear brackets 1" longer. I was told to do it at 4" piece but I did mine at 5". I measured and it came out to 3".

Thanks Clay

Saw that car in the costless parking lot this evening... Looks good! Needs a little bigger tires but looks tough!

Thanks. Ya we have the new wheels and tires. I just have to repaint them. Something happen with the paint. I have pics of them in the offroad area somewhere.

I had 5" extensions on my '88, and with only 1" drop on the diff, I blew up 2 rear axles in about a half a day worth of wheeling. swapped to a 2" diff drop and 4" extensions, and never had a problem again. So there definitely is a limit.

 

 

Only way to re-center the wheel is to lower the whole suspension crossmember. Which is not a good idea if you actually plan on wheeling it, as it'll make a major hangup point and weak link.

 

Good news is, due to the trailing arm being where it is, the tire will never get any closer to the body in front of the tire. So if it's not touching now, it won't be a problem.

Got the new wheels and tires on last nite

 

 

 

Here some pics of playing around up at larch Mtn before the new wheels

 

 

It was getting foggy and dark sorry bout pics

Heres a better pic:grin: