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Nick's 94 Loyale build


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Just ordered some parts for my 4" lift kit. Ordered from SJR. 
the 4" fronts, the 4" backs, and the diff lowering plate. 
I'm going to fab the rest of the parts with the help of my dad, shouldn't be too challenging. 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Lots of progress made today! 
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Here's the beam we used to make the parts before any cuts were made. 

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first cut!

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finished piece 

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makes bolts easier to access. 

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just cut one big circle in the middle, then cut it in half to make things easier. 

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the parts we made. 

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the whole kit hanging

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painted with 1 coat, sorry for bad picture but it's a pretty vibrant red. Planning on another coat since this one is pretty transparent. 
Now all that's left is to go buy the rest of the bolts and figure out a steering extension then it will go on! 

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So, you did everything, except the Strut Blocks, and the Rear Diff Plate, isn't it?

 

Awesome!!!

 

About the steering shaft, I removed it from the car, cutted it and lengthened it welding extra material between the cutted edges, it is not "Rocket Science" but you must take the proper measurements before welding it back together.

 

Also, if you still has the Mechanical fan attached to the Waterpump, remove the Frame around it, from the Radiator, before droppin' the Crossmember, or the fan blades will hit it...

 

Kind Regards.

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Im think you should have gone with 14 in wall box tubing... or beef it up how was telling you cuz in my head that does look like it will flex when off road(the spacer blocks)... just a thought.. but other than that its good to your progressing and it all looks very presentable thus far... congrats!!

 

marcus

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Well it happened. I had the help of Marcus and my dad. Started around 9:30am and ended around 3:00am with our only breaks being to go to McLendons for more hardware. 
Sorry I don't have more pictures of the whole process, I would have never of finished if i took pictures of every step.

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You can see the red parts are the lift parts. The drop plate in the back and the spacers in the front. 

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Done with the rear!


I don't have any pictures of the lift pieces or process from the front of the car. I can crawl under it and take some tomorrow. Here are some pictures I took today while out on a drive. 

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It drives a little different. The steering is off, but that's a given. The ride is quite a bit higher, I was turning lots of heads when I took it out today. And my shifter feels a little stiffer. 
Other than that I can't complain I love the raked look that It has right now. Might lop a few rungs off the rear springs though because it does look pretty wonky and offcenter. I love it! bigger mudflaps to come next. 

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Lookin' good Nick. Let everything settle in before you chop the spring. Having that extra height will help when you're carry a full load in the car.

His spring rate is alot higher in the rear thanks to his hinda front coils... id bet it would take almost 600lbs to leval the rear... it could use a chop really... the back wheels almost touch the front within an inch... they are very stiff springs.

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who made the rear diff drop plate that you are using ?

Scott from SJR. Pretty disappointed with it honestly. If I knew this is what he was going to send I wouldn't have paid the ~$70 that I did for it. I would have made it myself. http://www.sjrlift.com/index.php/catalog/lift-kits/3-diff-lowering-kit-detail That is the plate that is advertised. As you can probably see I didn't get the full cool shape, with the oval in the middle SJR print deal. I received a block of steel that would have taken me 10 minutes to cut. Sorry if it comes across as harsh but it's the truth. 

 

Lookin' good Nick.  Let everything settle in before you chop the spring.  Having that extra height will help when you're carry a full load in the car.

Thanks! I'm not cutting them right away. But it is on my agenda. Just a rung. It sits pretty offcenter and isn't pleasing to look at. If I had the stock springs on still I wouldn't cut them, but since they are the Honda springs they are way stiffer. I jump on my rear bumper and there is little give in them. It shouldn't effect my payload much, nor the ride height. Believe me I wouldn't do it if I was sacrificing functionality. I just want to get it away from the back doors. It's too damn close. 

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no worries . i was wondering why you didn't just make the diff drop but that makes complete sense now . i would have wanted the one with the nice shape also . dont care to much his his logo but still . glad it worked though . did you have to space the carrier bearing on the driveline down at all ?

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no worries . i was wondering why you didn't just make the diff drop but that makes complete sense now . i would have wanted the one with the nice shape also . dont care to much his his logo but still . glad it worked though . did you have to space the carrier bearing on the driveline down at all ?

Marcus had a great idea to flip it. It spaces it down and gives me enough room that I need. Not as much stress on it. 

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So I went wheeling with Marcus and Kevin. I drank a bit of water....well actually quite a bit of water, half my filter was soaking. Luckily Kevin had an extra filter and after a lot of high rpm idling it runs fine. On the way home i noticed the steering had a lot of play in it. I can describe it as turning my wheel back and forth 10 degrees both ways with no resistance or turning. It was a pretty scary ride back home. I figured I had just loosened the linkage since I replaced my OEM one with a gen 1 legacy link to go with the lift. When I got home I wiggled the linkage around and sure enough there was some play in it, the axle would turn a bit inside the linkage before it started turning with the axle. I tried tightening the nut down and HLHA31R.jpg

snap. I snapped the bolt and the nut both in half. steering still has play in it  but it easily drivable.  :mellow:

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So i clicked my car into 4WD and i heard funny noises on the way home in 2wd. Checked it out. I guess the bolts came off the mustache bar to hold my diff up!?!? It's wedged under at this crazy angle and I can't kick it out. I don't have any jack stands so i don't feel comfortable kicking at it while its lifted. I guess i'll see what I can do tomorrow. Anyone had this happen before? 
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Dropping The mustache Bar can Cause It To Catch or Snag Offroad And Bend... There Are Better Options For dropping The Diff, But Basic And Affective diff Drop Plates Do An Awesome Job of Keeping Most The Things from Hanging Up But It Still Happens With It Up.. A Good Option Could Be Tube Diffdrop That Attaches At The Oem Locations And Triangulates To The Diff ..seems Like A nice Strong Happy Medium There Is A Guy On the Board That Sells Them...

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