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Cheers all, I should be able to get it fitted this sunday. It'll sit a minimum of 1.25" higher, but probably more like 2" (50mm). It's made up of a selection of spacers, so it's cheap but won't take away as much of the road holding as extended springs/shocks would. More importantly I'll be able to fit the tyres I want under the arches smile

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I cant wait to see your car with its new mods, spray it pink and we can have twins lol.
you gonna get a hard top for the winter mate?

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Too expensive hun, and a pain in the arse to store when you wanna take it off! I had one for the samurai, and it was quieter and safer but no warmer. I still need to get the heaters fixed in this anyway! It's a dashboard-out jobbie though doh

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Webby's done me a pretty decent transfer for the spare wheel cover. Maybe if I'm lucky he'll post up the pic he took after fitting it smile

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ohhh looks very nice. you got any pics with ur kit on yet mate?

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For anyone who doesn't know, "realm" is a boardriding company like quicksilver or billabong, just saying coz webby had to ask me tease

Thanks for the replies, Should be fitting the lift kit this sunday, touch wood.

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Lol, I started the suspension lift today, only I got rained off half-way through. So I'm now driving round in a raked-up vit! Looks pretty cool imo so I don't mind leaving it for a couple of days, I hear the front's harder to do anyway. I should have Tuesday afternoon off work so I can get it sorted then.

Pics to follow in a few mins laugh

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First of all a few more pics I found of the off roading at Mouldsworth the other week:

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Right, I started with the rear suspension, simply because if I got rained off I could leave it with just the back lifted 'til I got chance to finish the job, giving it a raked look. I was also told it was easier to do lol.



So first of all I jacked the back of vit up then supported the chassis on axle stands, then, with the wheels off, I jacked up the hub slightly on the side I was going to do first:

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This takes the pressure off the shock and *supposedly* makes it easier to remove. As you can see in the pic below, the nib on the top of the shock that you're supposed to clamp on to to undo it, is badly rusted. I had a go and just stripped it frown I ended up just pulling the shock cover off and using mole grips to clamp to the top of the shock:

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Once the shock was off I lowered the jack to pull the spring out.
Here's one of the spring spacers:

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They sit on the top of the spring to provide the lift, with the recess sitting at the end of the spring. Here's my bro mike getting a 1.25" lift tease :

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And the shock spacer screws onto the top of the shock, before going into the original mounting point using the poly bushes supplied:

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All fitted together:

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And repeated on the other side happy :

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All done:

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Hopefully I'll get the front done on Tuesday afternoon, it involves taking the half shafts out doh

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looks very high, lookin' good though. was it easy to do?

when you gettin the wheels?


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It was easy, if the shocks were new it'd have been done in less than an hour.

The lad I'm getting the wheels/tyres off needs them this week, so I might fit the AT's I had for the off roading day until they become available.

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It's been on the full lift for a week now, handles slightly better than a boat (better than i was expecting). I'll try and get some pics up soon, it looks great and I'm really pleased. Been off roading at the weekend to test it out and I was very impressed. Snapped a half shaft on a rocky section though, not to worry as it's cheap and easy to fix, just I'm stuck in rwd until it's sorted.

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