Lift Kits and River crossings

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zukmeista
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Re: Lift Kits and River crossings

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There are two reasons for lifting a 4WD, 1. To fit bigger tyres, 2. To get more ground clearance. A bodylift and a suspension lift both allow you to fit bigger tyres, but a bodylift doesn't increase ground clearance. I think bodylifts need to be certified too. With a snorkel on, and if all ignition system parts are waterproof(ed) yes you will be able to cross water over your bonnet. Not a good idea to attempt it if the water is flowing a bit because it'll wash a little suzuki away pretty easily. :wink:
wayfastwhitee
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Re: Lift Kits and River crossings

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There are lots of different lift kits around, heres an example of a basic lift kit from the US:
http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/index.ph ... -kits.html

And if your truck is just an old hack, not worried about wheel travel etc:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 336672.htm
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Re: Lift Kits and River crossings

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regarding the pm... its on 31s btw
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zukmeista
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Re: Lift Kits and River crossings

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By the way, SJ's are much different to vitara's so they have yo be modified in different ways to fit bigger tyres. It's much easier to fit big tyres on an SJ.
wayfastwhitee
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Re: Lift Kits and River crossings

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we were pming before, he wanted to see a photo of my truck, couldn't workout how to do it via pm lol.
this is a pretty good write up
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
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Re: Lift Kits and River crossings

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Vitarazook wrote:sorry bro that link didnt work

didn't work for me, but its working now. otherwise just google something like "how is offset measured" etc
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