lift job feedback on jackaroo

Jackablue
Lifted my 99TD last week, put lovels (heavy Duty) springs on the back, RS500 all round and had the torsion bar wound up. All up gave a bit over 2" lift.
So far I found it does handle better however it has a tendancy to bounce in the back end although it has definatley improved off road performance.
Cost around $700, installed the shocks and springs myself, had Active 4X4 to the torsion bar.
Tim

I found when I put Polyairs in the back of the '98 Monterey I had, even at the nominal 5 PSI in them it lifted it about and inch and a half from where it was in the back. I then just wound up the front bars to match and got a sizeable lift for the price of the Polyairs (around $350) from memory.

You can't lift too much on a Jack anyway since the front is upper and lower control arms so what you gain going up you lose going down if you know what I mean.

Adjusting the torsion bars is a DYI job. Under the mid section of the car on either side, at the rear of the bar you will see a big 24mm or thereabouts hex head bolt. You just jack the car up and turn that either way to go up and down. Turn it a couple of times and then put the car down and check height, repeat procedure. Measure gap beteen lower control arm and bump stop with a ruler is a good way.

If you want more clearance you may be could consider 75 profile rubber too.

FWIW the Polyairs worked really well and completely cured the tendency to bottom out at the back with a big load and for the bump oversteer on corrogations.

Regds

Bill

jackablue, I own a 93 MU and while you might not see the relevance these two vehicles share their drivelines exactly, only mine is shorter!!

It weighs in at just over 1700kgs so is a pretty heavy truck for its size, has alot to do with the Jack running gear!

Over time mine had sagged nearly two inches so something had to be done! I lifted mine with new rear leaves and new Jack short shaft torsion bars, fitted track rider shocks front and monroe air rear. The air rears went in to save the backside while I was waiting to fit the new springs and with just the rear shocks and the torsion bars wound up, it made a HUGE difference!
I had an ARB deluxe winch and warn xd 9000, so I didnt want to just wind up the fronts hence the new torsion bars!

This all all good, handles soo much better and does not make it rough (if you wind the bars up too far the droop is eliminated and the ride gets very harsh) but thats only about an inch over standard, any more without altering the front A arms and then you hit problems!

If you want more I suggest you look at Calmini (www.calmini.com) and you will see all the good gear that is available and there are importers in Aust now if you are interested!

Goodluck,

Matt

Hi jackablue I havn't lifted the jack but my 2001se petrol goes great on fraser just got back spent 10 days let tyres down

Regards Geoff