suspension and body lifts and sway bar disconnects and....
Submitted: Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:22
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Member - Brian (Gold Coast)
Ok Guru's.... ;-) without starting a war here.... I drove a GQ last
week that my brother-in-law has in his car sales yard, it had a 2" body
lift and a 2" spring lift. I liked how it handled, can't explain why, I
just did! In my mind, this gets the body away from the track without
upsetting steering geometry and keeps the centre of gravity low in
comparison to a 4" lift. Am I right in thinking this? At some stage in
the near future, we are adding a winch to the bar and upgrading the
suspension to suit, I had been thinking of going to 4", but with the
current 2" lift, the truck handles
well, and I don't want to lose that.
(I realise that the 4" lift can be made to work properly but not sure
if it will suit us). Soooooooo.... I am now thinking that a 2" lift
and a 2" body lift might suit us for what we want, which is a
reasonably capable off road tourer. Also am contemplating sway bar
quick disconnects for the rear bar, any thoughts on that?
Cheers in adavnce guys!
Reply By: Wayne (NSW) - Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:45
Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:45
Brian,
While the body lift and
suspension lift will make the vehicle look good and a little harder to get in and out of, the clearance has not been changed.
The body and chassis is higher but the lowest part of the vehicle has not changed and that is the diffs. The only way as you will know is to increase the size of the tyres.
If it was my vehicle I would have the 4"
suspension lift, a 1" body lift, and a set of 1" taller tyres.
With only doing a 1" body lift there are a lot less changes that will have to be done.
Wayne
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:48
Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:48
Thanks Wayne, I should have mentioned that I run 33'' muddies and at present it has a saggy 2" lift..... when the winch goes in, I will have to update it.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 13:59
Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 13:59
much easier to get insurance for 3inch and under now...
You say 4inch maynot suit you - whats the diff in going up 4inch or going up 4inch?
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 20:16
Saturday, Nov 12, 2005 at 20:16
Bruce,
I knew someone would ask that, and somehow I knew it would be you!! :-))
And I guess you have a point there but let me try to explain.
The Patrols I have driven/been in that have a straight 4"
suspension lift feel (to me anyway) a bit "vague" in the handling and I have noticed that the higher centre of gravity has the whole shebang from the coils up on a lean on the simplest of slopes. The GQ I drove last week handled much like
mine does, and although I didn't take it off road, our front driveway here is quite angled and I put it on the "slopiest" bit to see what the cab did, and I didn't think there was much roll at all in comparison to other trucks that have been on the same part of the driveway. I put it down to the slightly lower centre of gravity, as the chassis etc is still at 2" above standard, although the cab itself is higher.
Or is that just a perception I have? When I upgrade my
suspension, I had been thinking of a 3 or a 4" lift, but figure that 2"
suspension is what I have now and the truck goes pretty much wherever we want it to and handles
well enough.... the 2" extra on the cab gets the lower bodywork that bit further away from the rocks etc.......
Make sense??? Basically our truck is more a tourer than a rock crawler.
Also what do you think of the quick disconnects for the rear sway bar?
Mine does lift a wheel in
places and I thought perhaps the disconnect would keep try to keep my
wheels on the track. I have no experience with these devices and the only guys I know that have them are running 7" lifts.
Thanks in advance Bruce.
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