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i am assuming it is a reasonably easy job on a manual gearbox swb safari but any pitfalls or problems?? i expect the rear brake hoses will need lengthening. but are there any other problems i should know about, radiators etc. or is there a link to doing the lift on here.

thanks

Half asleep when I read the question Some people need to extend their fuel filler hose

i happen to have 10 spare 50mm lift blocks if your interested, i bought them but no longer need them

Bit more info for ya, http://www.gqpatrol.com/bodylift/index.htm although I'd seriously consider why you actually want to do one. Most top comp trucks don't even have a body lift.

Cheers, Jeff.

rangimotors wrote:i happen to have 10 spare 50mm lift blocks if your interested, i bought them but no longer need them

ok maybe, pm me the price details please..oh and are they for a nissan or just random spacers that may need modifying. thanks

i just tried the gq patrol link, wont work for me (ok just tried now and it works after i have been trying all weekend), i am about to take into ownership a safari 1995 SWB, just wondering where you get the body lift kits from, or does any one have any plans or pictures and whats required and also whats legal, as i may be able to make some bits up, i have access to a lathe and milling machine etc...

cheers,
gary

Body lift of any size will need to be certified.....

hi try here aussie crowd
http://www.4wd1.com/gq_patrol_wagon_&_trayback.htm

There is a guy on TM selling these kits,also as Rancho susp lift kits.

Up to the individual but I would never use Rancho's on a Safari.

MudBum wrote:There is a guy on TM selling these kits,also as Rancho susp lift kits.

hey, i dont suppose you have a link to one of the auctions or the guy that does sell them?? i just cant seem to find anything on TM.

cheers,
gary

gary_in_nz wrote:

MudBum wrote:There is a guy on TM selling these kits,also as Rancho susp lift kits.

hey, i dont suppose you have a link to one of the auctions or the guy that does sell them?? i just cant seem to find anything on TM.

cheers,
gary

no neither can i.

If you are hell bent on Ranchos, http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 6.htm?p=14

Yeah Dak thats the guy,his listing must have finished but he has LIFT kits.I wouldn't buy Ranchos either but i used the reference to them for finding on TM.

why are ranchos so bad?? please explain then i can stay away from them

Basically to wimpy for the job. I've seen them fail in all sorts of ways, bent rods, broken rods, mounts breaking off, underdamped, leaking etc.

so what are a reasonable compromise on quality, my local ARB centre highly recomends old man emu kits

They have a good name also EFS stuff is good as well..

MudBum wrote:They have a good name also EFS stuff is good as well..

I won't be touching EFS coils again, my have sagged too much, so I will be going back to dobinsons

Yup, bang for buck I reckon an OME kit is the way to go, no stuffing around, the kits lift the amount they should and they last. I've had mine in for over 3 years and they have had a reasonable beating, it hasn't sagged at all and the shocks are all still as new.

Cheers, Jeff.

DaveM wrote:

MudBum wrote:They have a good name also EFS stuff is good as well..

I won't be touching EFS coils again, my have sagged too much, so I will be going back to dobinsons

Hi Dave do you end up getting that info??

Not yet, hopefully in the next week or 2