body lift kits

[madrangie]

Hi guys, looking at getting a body lift. Now i know you can do the kit yourself for like $100 but i was more interested in an engineered kit like lra's white tiger kit. They seem to be the only people who have a kit which is engineered. Are there other kits around which are engineered ?

cheers Joe

[Vern]

Not that i'm aware of. You definately pay for the lra kit, but it is a good bit of kit. I have one in my lse

[loanrangie]

Maybe Scorpion might do a kit but AFAIK the LRA kit is the only one that is engineered.

[madrangie]

Thanks guys i was thinking the same, but with the laws on lifts now makes it hard for us. Not sure i think if you hit some with 35's or even 33's (depending on body lift)on , the insurance company will pull out on you due to been higher then the 150mm and not engineerable

[PeterM]

You'll get away with a true 32" tyre without a lift but bigger than that requires a body lift. I'd advise going the LRA one as that is a comprehensively designed and engineered kit.

Then again I'd only go that way if you feel you really do need to run 33"+ tyres.

[madrangie]

Ok lets say i want to fit 285/75 r 16 ( just under 33 inch ) what is the minimum i need to do to fit this size tire ? flares with a 2 inch suspension ?
As the more i think about it do i need 35's ( had them before ) i got twin locks to go in so it is only gaining 25mm extra diff clearance with 35's over 33's.

[nigelbuilding1984]

I got my body lift kit from xpajun off road in the uk used them twice now they do a complete kit except for bumper brackets. Highly recommend them they do a kit up to 4.5 inches a bit over the top ha ha.

[madrangie]

Thanks Nigel i noticed the xpajun kit doesn't have the extra bracing back to the chassis for the lifting blocks, i am guessing they are important if you hit something at a 100kph. also just noticed i will have to disable my SRS Airbags ? wonder why as i would have thought they still would have worked as they are mounted behind the lights.

[Corgie Carrier]

Body lifts are illegal on SRS equipped vehicles.

LRA have a 4" suspension lift kit for vehicles like yours.

Neale

[madrangie]

I dropped by LRA today and spoke to the chap down there, as mine is a 98 with only drivers side airbag i can disable it and either remove the bag from the steering wheel or replace the steering wheel. As my model the airbags is an optional extra so by removing it i can legally fit the body lift kit i was informed.

[Corgie Carrier]

That's good news.

Before you start fitting the lift, undo the brake lines.

In the LRA instructions they are undone near the end and I found that the rear brake line was very tight and hard to undo.

Have fun

Neale

[loanrangie]

Ok lets say i want to fit 285/75 r 16 ( just under 33 inch ) what is the minimum i need to do to fit this size tire ? flares with a 2 inch suspension ?
As the more i think about it do i need 35's ( had them before ) i got twin locks to go in so it is only gaining 25mm extra diff clearance with 35's over 33's.

You'll get away with just the flares and lift for 33' but may need to space the bump stops out, personally i wouldnt go over 33"if you plan on driving further than Vic tracks.