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4 inch lift

Post by 90brumby » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:45 pm

is there anything i should watch out for when fitting a 4inch lift to a ea81 brumby


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Post by brumbyrunner » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:49 pm

overextending brakelines, wiring harness & speedo cable.

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Post by stinky » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:12 am

blocks bending and warping from being abused over too-rough terrain.
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Post by 90brumby » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:43 pm

i ve got brake line extensions and a steering extension that came with the kit so they should be the right ones i hope

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Post by julian » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:39 pm

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Post by stephendean » Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:31 pm

Making sure you have a decent oxygen supply :)

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Post by cruzingbrumby » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:42 pm

Have you got the missing block made yet ?, and the 2 bolts (i think) should be high tensile ones, not mild, otherwise you will be stuck with car half done. I real pain if it's the only transport

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Post by 90brumby » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:58 pm

yer my old man made the block at work and the 2 missing bolts i found in our workshop ( head bolts out of some car we wrecked ages ago)
yer luckly its not the only form of transport cause im still on my L's
but im having some trouble with the 4 square blocks i think its slightly different to the one required for my car
but yer ill get there

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Post by 90brumby » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:01 pm

Ok 4inch lift has now been fitted
in the proccess i have had to change the bottom hose, cut the side of the air cleaner to allow the top hose to not have a kink in it, dissconnect the 4x4 linkage to allow the gear selector to select gears (2, 4 and reverse)
bash plate needs to be remade to suit the 4 inch lift
eccesive camber on the front wheels
i think thats most of the thinks i have had to play with
ill post some pics up 2 morrow to show you all

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Post by brumbyrunner » Tue Mar 20, 2007 6:27 am

90brumby wrote:eccesive camber on the front wheels
Camber should not have changed if your strut tops were built and installed correctly. Better check.

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Post by AndrewT » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:52 pm

Yeah make sure the strut tops are pointing in the right direction at the top. Doesn't matter for L series but it does for MY.
Can't wait to see this Brumby!

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Post by 90brumby » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:56 pm

ok finnaly got the fone and comp to wrk properly so heres some pics



i also fixed the camber problem by turn the strut tops around and removing a hump in side the wheel well

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Post by cruzingbrumby » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:13 am

looking good, better in that car than sitting in my garage for another couple of years

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Post by Subafury » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:31 pm

that thing is freakin huge- love it!
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Post by Alex » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:54 pm

well done dude! very nice!

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Post by 90brumby » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:06 pm

Cheers guys im very happy with it so far the only other issue i have now is the bash plate
wat have you guys done with them on ur cars????

subi if ya dont mind i was think of using ur dual handbrake set up

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Post by Subafury » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:34 pm

oo the dual handbrake is popular hey tim:p
course i dont mind. its pretty easy to do - i just hope it works good enough for ya to b worth the mod- i didnt have time to test mine before i got welded diff. but meh still looks the part.
for the bash plate a few of us have got custom made ones of steel in varying thickness.
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Post by wrx_nut » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:52 pm

whats the dual handbrake setup for?
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Post by 90brumby » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:24 pm

refer to subi's thread and you will see all the reason
search dual handbrake its in there

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