Gravityman Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 What would be the max you could lift the suspension on an XT6? The axles are 2 inches longer than a brats on either side, so it would give it a better articulating angle. Would a 3 inch lift be cool and could I go bigger w/o F~ing up the axles? Also what is the best way to add a suspension lift ie.. what do I need to do and or modify? Thank you for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 drooling and rubbing hands together.....awaiting responses. gravitman - there is a way to splice in a toggle switch to get the car to lift up about another 1.5 inches with the air suspension. you only have to splice into one wire under the drivers seat. i guess technically that's a *body* lift not a suspension lift so that might not be what you're after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravityman Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 The only problem is I have swapped to Struts!! Suck. BUT What about swapping a total air bag suspension lift? Front and back. Has anyone tried?? Totally adjustable. Lower for road use.. HIGHER for offroad use. Is it possible? just need to fabricate the bracketry to fit. Bad rump roast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 grossgary that would be a suspension lift, it would be body if the subframes moved down. I doubt you can go more than 2", and thats all you can do in an ea82. The problem is that the axles go over top of the suspension arms in the front (Im not sure on xt6s you should check to make sure) which causes them to hit the arms when you push them down too far. I went to great lengths to modify my front suspension to eliminate this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 possible? of course it's possible. i've never heard of anyone doing it. i've heard of people talking to air bag companies about options and seen people talk about ideas, but never seen anything attempted. the stock air suspension has two height settings, the canadian models had the height switch standard on all XT6's. change height with the flick of a button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 (edited) the axles do go over the lower control arms in the XT6. 3 inches is possible while retaining the stock air suspension if i heard this guy correctly. only modification needed is a steering extension. Edited December 24, 2020 by idosubaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravityman Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 So if i fabricate a control are to fix this problem then would it be good to at least three inchs? Is that the only thing preventing the suspension lift other then the axle angle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 in that picture shown i think he got 3 inches by leaving everything stock except he made a steering extension. i don't think you need to touch the control arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravityman Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 COOL! I figure when I do my er27 swap into the brat I will go 3 inches body w/ 3 inches suspension. But ultimatly the air bag swap, as long as when they are fully deflated I can still get good the same traction and turning without alot of body roll that would kick rump roast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 this is 120 psi in the stock air suspension with tractor tires... ( from WCSS 3 ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravityman Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 Kick rump roast pic!!! What is normal operating psi run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 sorry scott, i forgot you were putting this in a brat. the XT6 can sustain 3 inches of lift with only a steering extension. not sure about the brat. nice picture, that is sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 in my opinion, runing around on the road for any length of time(like 2 weeks) would blow up your front cvs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 and running your airbags all the way up would equal hardly any downtravel at all, which would suck for off-road and if you go far enough, could cause you to even lift wheels on the street on hard corners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravityman Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 and running your airbags all the way up would equal hardly any downtravel at all, which would suck for off-road and if you go far enough, could cause you to even lift wheels on the street on hard corners. Ya I know i was thinking about that today. I went for a ride in my friends whip that has air bags and it would suck offroad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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