Thread: A 2" lift question

Hi Crash,

Congratulations on joining the 2" club, your not going to regret the positive change this will make to the car. I haven't.

I have not long ago lifted my coil sprung 2000 D2 with 2" heavy duty Luvell and long stroke Dura Shocks (also marketed by Luvell as their own) from Driveline Services in Brisbane.

The change over is very straight forward with the fronts being the easiest, believe it or not. I found that I needed to use spring compressors to get the heavy duty rear coils in as I just could push the diff down far enough to get them in. I use a pair of SuperCheap $56.00 specials for the job which worked a treat - don't forget like I did to CRC the thread of the compressors as it makes them easier to screw down as you will be working them hard.

As for extending the brake lines and ABS sensors cable, this isn't necessary for the 2" lift as there is plenty of movement allowed for at full extention of the 2" suspension.

One thing you should look at doing is obtaining at least a 5mm metal spacer to go under the front cross member as you will probably find the front drive shaft will hit it on full articulation. If you go any bigger than 5mm you will need to get longer mounting bolts for the cross member.

I think that is all I can remember from when mine went in other then don't forget to unclip the brake lines and ABS sensor cable from their mounts, you may also have to take the brake calipers off the disks to allow the diff to drop sufficiently and remember the car hydrolic jack is your best friend in this project to push the diff's down.

If you need to send me a PM and I'll give you my mobile no. to step you through it.

Good luck

Tony

Crash, I second what Tony has said. Bump stops and brake lines can be left alone. As to whether you will need a crossmember spacer it will depend on the travel of your shocks. I found with mine that the driveshaft would only contact the crossmember if the shock is removed/disconnected, allowing the axle to drop fully. So if the new shocks you have are a similar travel to the originals you will probably be OK....Cheers Chris.