January 18, 200917 yr Author How much lift, how did you do it. how long did it take. 2" of lift. I'm a machinist. Worked on it off and on for about 3 months.
January 18, 200917 yr It does look good! Do you have any pics of the actual lift that you made and installed?
January 18, 200917 yr Author It does look good! Do you have any pics of the actual lift that you made and installed? Here you go. 2" of lift with .236 offset. It rides and tracks perfect,get wheel alignment Tuesday. Fronts(not yet painted) Rear I actually washed it for this shot(not something I'm usually inclined to do).
January 18, 200917 yr Author Just a side note, My CV's were original's (115000mi). They fronts made noise and vibrated so I replaced them both and now it's smooth as glass. I think the old CV's were worn to the angle they had run at all those years and didn't like the change in angle. Rears seem fine but I'll probably replace those as well before to long. Edited January 18, 200917 yr by frogstar7055
January 18, 200917 yr Just a side note, My CV's were original's (115000mi). They made noise and vibrated so I replaced them both and now it's smooth as glass. I think the old CV's were worn to the angle they had run at all those years and didn't like the change in angle. Rears seem fine but I'll probably replace those as well before to long. It probably wouldn't be to hard to whip up some blocks for the crossmembers as well to correct the cv angle
January 19, 200917 yr Author It probably wouldn't be to hard to whip up some blocks for the crossmembers as well to correct the cv angle Figure if it looks like it's gonna wear them out prematurely that's what I'll do.
March 17, 200917 yr Very nice!! You should whip up a few sets and sell them!! 2nd! Edited March 17, 200917 yr by superu typo
March 17, 200917 yr It probably wouldn't be to hard to whip up some blocks for the crossmembers as well to correct the cv angle Yeah, but then he'd be right back to stock clearance at the diffs.
March 17, 200917 yr Yeah, but then he'd be right back to stock clearance at the diffs. Yup, but if he has any problems with CV angle it wouldn't be too hard to correct it.
March 17, 200917 yr Author Yeah, but then he'd be right back to stock clearance at the diffs. More than a thousand miles and A-OK. In future may make 4' strut top spacers and go 2" on everything else. More involved than that I know but I like making mods.
March 23, 200917 yr In future may make 4' strut top spacers and go 2" on everything else. 4 feet!!! but really, how hard was it to make these? as in, how did you calculate offset?
March 24, 200917 yr Author 4 feet!!! but really, how hard was it to make these? as in, how did you calculate offset? 4 foot! I must be nutz:banana: I asked a lot of questions of our Aussie brothers and trigged it out myself and came up with 6mm of offset. Worked but not quite enough,had to put camber bolts in rear. Should have went 7mm. (3.5mm per inch of lift)
March 24, 200917 yr So, old buddy...what's the likelihood you'll be pumping out a few more of these kits for us to buy?
March 24, 200917 yr Author So, old buddy...what's the likelihood you'll be pumping out a few more of these kits for us to buy? Was a lot of work,had to use some equipment at my work and can't do that all the time. Jackson Rally over on dirtyimpreza.com makes a 1" lift and is supposed to be working on a 2" kit as well.
December 21, 200916 yr How about an update? Any axle problems? How about your mileage? Auto or manual? Thanks! Will-
December 21, 200916 yr +1 I'm curious how your axles are dealing with the new angles and forces of the lift. OOH and I'd like to hear your perspective on the phantom grip, now that you've been running it for a while in different conditions, on and off road. Thanks! -mw-
December 26, 200916 yr Author Got about 4000mi on the lift and all CV's are fine. Don't have the Phantom grip,was just considering it. I have done the 4eat lock(sorta)switch and that works FANTASTIC in soft loose sand. Done a lot of mods,wouldn't go back on any of them.
December 26, 200916 yr Author 17 to 20mpg in town depending on how heavy my right foot is at the time. 24+ mpg on the highway depending on where the cruise is set,headwinds,etc. Highest I've got was 28mpg out of a tank on the highway coming back from WV.
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