Thread: 5" lift on defender

Originally Posted by uninformed

How much lift on that one Slunnie?

Not sure to be honest. I cant find a flat picture of it. This is about as flat as I've got. The tyres are 35"



No chance the rest of us were doing this.

Slunnie; Coreys Defender was about 3" on custom coils cold rolled by a mob in Sydney, wasnt a major though.

Problem was the thing 'pig rooted' every time it tried to climb something steep as it never had the rate for coils and shocks balanced - I remember Corey struggled with multiple sets of springs to try and resolve it.

Still, he did it up well, and I was surprised when he sold it...

Originally Posted by Tombie

Slunnie; Coreys Defender was about 3" on custom coils cold rolled by a mob in Sydney, wasnt a major though.

Problem was the thing 'pig rooted' every time it tried to climb something steep as it never had the rate for coils and shocks balanced - I remember Corey struggled with multiple sets of springs to try and resolve it.

Still, he did it up well, and I was surprised when he sold it...

Pig rooting is a by product of high Anti-squat. Coil rate and shock valving will only mask bad geometry so much.

That's it Tombie, it was an awesome truck. Just needed long arm lower links to put the power down. 3" was it, it sat high, but did have a roof rack.

Picture of the same 110, (but without the big tyres) behind one of my 90's. Picture taken April 2013.
I had a good look at the 110 when it was parked outside Rhodes shopping centre, appeared to be a very well set up vehicle which the owners obviously enjoyed using.

Mike.

Sorry, cannot figure out how to make pictures bigger when posting from an iPad.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

That's it Tombie, it was an awesome truck. Just needed long arm lower links to put the power down. 3" was it, it sat high, but did have a roof rack.

But only solves one part of the rear. The front will feel harsh over bumps on the road no matter what spring shock combo and the oversteer will be unsettling.

Originally Posted by uninformed

But only solves one part of the rear. The front will feel harsh over bumps on the road no matter what spring shock combo and the oversteer will be unsettling.

Is there any way to fix the front?

Originally Posted by chook73

Is there any way to fix the front?

Longer radius arms with new chassis mounts and all the legal hassles that go with it.