possible to lift skoda yeti 2.0 tdi 4x4?

[pibby]

can this be done? attached a photo of the front and the rear suspension setup.

spoke to brad at suspension stuff and understandably he didn't know the cars in detail but mentioned the likely issue will be the angle on the drive shafts. he said the amaroks suffer from it and the most he'll do is 30mm lift on them though other places will do more.

the options i've found so far are some spacers which go with with the existing spring. raises it in increments of 12mm. so if i whack 3 of these in won't this stuff up all of the steering geometry or it's ok once a wheel alignment is done? what other things to check to work out if these spacers will be ok? obviously brake lines, how much downward travel should the shocks still have?

larger wheels look out of the question as on steering lock there's only 10mm clearance.

at moment car has ground clearance of 180mm so if could get say another 40mm it would do me. didn't buy the car do this this but other factors are lending themselves to looking at this or i'll probably have to offload it. went to the gammons ranges in it and just found on heavily crowned roads it will scrape. not interested in doing 4x4 in it, just ability to go down trails etc on my way to somewhere.

she's a great solid cruising bus if you dont want to offroad it too much, just don't need a big car like a defender/disco. using 6 litres/100km is quite good too and does around 10 seconds 0-100 so quite quick compared to the defender and likes corners. :)

[Dougal]

VAG do a body lift on several of their models by installing spacers between the body and suspension subframes. From there they gain another half an inch with bigger tyres over otherwise similar models. I don't know if they did this on the Yeti. My Scout has these spacers for ~25mm taller than standard and then bigger wheels for the last half inch for almost 40mm total increase.

Interestingly they don't seem to do the spring lift on any factory vehicle that I've checked. Likely for reasons of handling and stability. When you lift an independent suspension vehicle the angle of the links increase and roll centres gain height. This makes for faster weight transfer when cornering and in emergency maneuvres.

Go too far (extreme case) and it can actually jack a corner up under hard cornering. But on these vehicles you'd hit issues with CV joint and boot wear before then.

How much lift do you need? I'd go the tyre route first, you can get 16" rims to fit and 16" gives you the biggest range of rubber. That might gain most of what you need and mean spring spacers could do the rest.

[p38arover]

Not LR specific so moved to Euro.

[pibby]

How much lift do you need? I'd go the tyre route first, you can get 16" rims to fit and 16" gives you the biggest range of rubber. That might gain most of what you need and mean spring spacers could do the rest.

would like 40mm (nothing scientific behind this 40mm other than i reckon it would just allow better clearance over crowns and help just a tad elsewhere)

rims are 17inch but as i said it's pretty tight so not much room to go more.

delta 4x4 put in 215/60R17 with a 20mm lift giving 35mm lift. as per this :
Skoda Yeti*-*delta4x4 (http://www.delta4x4.com/content/view/94/85/lang,en/)



spaccer do spacers as such :
SPACCER car lift kit / suspension lifting kits - lift your* (http://www.spaccer.com/en_AU/makes-and-models/skoda/yeti.html)
seem expensive for what they are. is there a standard/requirement for "x" mm drop required at each wheel? ie if put in 24mm spacer and left with 40mm drop ok, but if put in 36mm spacer and left with 28mm drop this is not acceptable?

at a guess the scout would be the same suspension setup as yeti so likely the 25mm spacer from factory is deemed within limits?

[Dougal]

would like 40mm (nothing scientific behind this 40mm other than i reckon it would just allow better clearance over crowns and help just a tad elsewhere)

rims are 17inch but as i said it's pretty tight so not much room to go more.

delta 4x4 put in 215/60R17 with a 20mm lift giving 35mm lift. as per this :
Skoda Yeti*-*delta4x4 (http://www.delta4x4.com/content/view/94/85/lang,en/)



spaccer do spacers as such :
SPACCER car lift kit / suspension lifting kits - lift your* (http://www.spaccer.com/en_AU/makes-and-models/skoda/yeti.html)
seem expensive for what they are. is there a standard/requirement for "x" mm drop required at each wheel? ie if put in 24mm spacer and left with 40mm drop ok, but if put in 36mm spacer and left with 28mm drop this is not acceptable?

at a guess the scout would be the same suspension setup as yeti so likely the 25mm spacer from factory is deemed within limits?

The 16" rims are narrower, so you can keep some steering lock while maxing out diameter. I'd be worried about a 215 on the 17" rim leaving the rim edge exposed. The 225/50R17's on the scout are a minimum IMO for rim protection.

I think the scout front suspension is the same, but rear in the yeti is different to most others in the class and may have even changed throughout yeti production.

The requirement is more about the working angle of the CV joints and boots with regards to longevity. For ride/handling it will start to pickup wheels as you run out of negative suspension travel (droop). It will also become tippier feeling.

The spacers will be the easiest and cheapest option. Tunable too.

[bee utey]

Those rear springs look like they'd fit some Coilrite air springs inside, fully adjustable then, lower it for road speed.

[pibby]

Those rear springs look like they'd fit some Coilrite air springs inside, fully adjustable then, lower it for road speed.

sounds like an option. had some airbags on another car for towing but could imagine the right shape bag will lift more than make stiffer.

then the question becomes how to get the front up? dont mind the lift requiring user intervention as 99.9% of the time it would be better at the current height.



The 16" rims are narrower, so you can keep some steering lock while maxing out diameter.

i might be reading this incorrectly, but it is the outer edge of the tyre which is the closest to hitting. do the 16 inch rims position the tyre further inboard?