Body lift or just leave it alone?

Paul, I’ve done a bit of work on my 79 and ended up with around 70mm for rear tray clearance and extra ground clearance. I would suggest that a 50mm lift is a valid consideration on clearance issues alone. It is within the appropriate specs for roadworthy and insurance in most cases and also allows a wider choice of tyre. Without knowing your specific purposes and travel habits, it’s a bit hard to say. I’m running a 285/75R16 as opposed to the standard 270/70R16’s (I think). Any move to a larger tyre will require a bit of extra room in the front wheel well as provided by a lift.

Are you considering beefing up the suspension at the same time. I’d recommend that as part of any lift strategy as the rear leaf springs are notoriously soft despite the vehicles apparent load rating.


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Cheers Mick

Paul,
I considered doing a 50mm lift on my old 75 series and still have the marks adaptor lift kit in the shed.

The reason I didn't do it was I would have had to make another shroud for the fan and while some things were easier to get under the bonnet others became harder, so I decided against it. 25mm shouldn't worry you to much, a few things it can affect is, anything going from the chassis to the body, your slide on the steering shaft, the shroud on the radiator and any hoses from the body to the engine (heater,a/c) + your gearshift boot.

Hope this helps,
RA

For the CSR, you have enough clearance with your present setup.
Lifting the cab 25mm won't make any difference. Its pretty hard to hit the sidesteps because the chassis rails sit a fair bit lower than the steps.

I do desert trips with both standard and raised 79series and the main issue is rampover angle because of the long wheelbase - the chassis can easily get hung up on the tops of soft dunes (such as in the north Simpson). The usual 2" lift and upsized tyres help improve this.

Paul why not just do a suspension lift and beef it up at the same time two birds with one stone. i did the same to my 75 ute then put 35s on looked like it was ment to be but bit slow without a turbo i would suggest that you get 33s witha 2 inch lift. I dod all the work myself pretty easy really.

Boileys do it with bigger roads