Hi guys can someone clear up some confusion for me, is a 50mm body lift considered fitting 50mm blocks or is it 50mm over the hight of the standard blocks? So that would be about 70mm blocks to give a net 50mm lift.
Also do you keep the rubber blocks under the body mount( I'm guessing it is to reduce vibrations)
thanks
Body lift question
Re: Body lift question
mudmike wrote:is a 50mm body lift considered fitting 50mm blocks or is it 50mm over the hight of the standard blocks?
50mm in addition to the standard rubber blocks
mudmike wrote:Also do you keep the rubber blocks under the body mount( I'm guessing it is to reduce vibrations)
YES... unless you want to solid mount the body and risk pulling the mounting points out of the panels or cracking around them.
What other mods are you looking at in addition to a body lift and exo cage?
Because you may not need a certification if you are careful with what you do.
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Am going to cert my bigger tyres as I've done my diff ratio's, I know alot don't bother, but after talking to an insurance assessor who said he love 4x4's on big tyres, no cert no insurance pay out, even if the other guys fault.
Don't feel its worth not doing, thats why I want to do body lift at same time to save some money.
Don't feel its worth not doing, thats why I want to do body lift at same time to save some money.
Re: Body lift question
Fair enough.
I wonder if there is any requirement (or someone has set a legal precedent) for the insurance company to prove where the vehicle needed to have a certification when they reject a claim.
After my dad made a claim for a written off sports car (MG replica) and got the run around from the insurance company that resulted in legal action I have to wonder how many rejections (or ridiculously low valuations in his case) are just the insurance company trying to weasel out of the contract they entered into.
There was a decree issued by LTSA about 1 1/2 years ago that said that body lifts must be certified and then it was later revised to may need to be certified.
Others have made inquiries with certifiers about body lifts and told that it wasn't an issue for only 50mm, however a 200mm lift would require a cert as it would definitely alter the centre of gravity, steering joints etc.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8848 makes interesting reading.
I wonder if there is any requirement (or someone has set a legal precedent) for the insurance company to prove where the vehicle needed to have a certification when they reject a claim.
After my dad made a claim for a written off sports car (MG replica) and got the run around from the insurance company that resulted in legal action I have to wonder how many rejections (or ridiculously low valuations in his case) are just the insurance company trying to weasel out of the contract they entered into.
There was a decree issued by LTSA about 1 1/2 years ago that said that body lifts must be certified and then it was later revised to may need to be certified.
Others have made inquiries with certifiers about body lifts and told that it wasn't an issue for only 50mm, however a 200mm lift would require a cert as it would definitely alter the centre of gravity, steering joints etc.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8848 makes interesting reading.
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