jackaroo lift

Jackablue

Had my jack lifted by the local ARB people. They supplied a report on ride high before and after lift. I think 20mm front 25mm rear or there abouts. Ride is a lot better. I understand like most things with a jack, there is limmited adjustment available. My main concern was with the weight I carry & effects on suspension.
Good people to deal with & happy with the result.

Regards

Jackablue

Installed Pedders coils in rear which gave 50mm lift unladen and wound up torsion bars about 30 mm in front. Rancho adjustable shocks all round.

When loaded rear is about 25mm over standard and I adjust the shocks to suit the load and ride, Very happy with result.

Regards

Robert

Yeah mine came up about 2" at the back and 1.5" at the front, had RS5000s and lovells springs. Not sure about the laidn height but it doesn't hit the bump stops anymore so its done something.

Jackablue,had ORE in Myaree (W.A) fit King springs coils with a 40mm lift to the rear,This was mainly to compensate for larger fuel tank,drawers and equipment.
Have wound up the the front 25mm and put on overlander h/d shocks all round,I also put on 235/85/16 toyo tyres .The tyres have have added a further 25mm ground clearance which is very handy on the jackaroo.

Terry

Jacka,

Another alternative if you have variable loads is to go with Polyairs in the rear. The Jack I had did a lot of work fully loaded on them and I found them terriffic. I just wound the standard bars up at the front and the bags at the back gave the standard springs a sizeable lift (probably about 30mm) when they were pumped up.

As for shocks, the IFS is really hard on them, the back not so bad. I'd spend the dough on Bilstien for the front and put some OME's or TJM XGS on the back.

Regds

Bill

I took the Jack back about the ride height to try some other springs. Well I got the jack back yesterday & it sits a little higher now. It now sits about 30-35mm higher & thats with both tanks full (145ltrs). The ride is still fantastic. The true test will be when I load it up again, probably this easter weekend. The springs I had first were the OME 919. After questioning the ride height OME recommended the OME 929 (taller) which is for models after 2001. So far much happier.

Thanks for all your imput