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Post by Tom in MO on Aug 5, 2007 22:01:10 GMT -5
Since it's so hard to find struts for Justys at a reasonable price, why not use a longer strut and spring from another front-drive car, for the front struts? Something from a Civic for example might work. If they are longer, that would be good--essentially a suspension lift, permitting larger tires.
For the rear, a simple block to raise the rear springs by the same amount as the replacement front struts; then find longer rear struts to match. So suspension lift in front, body lift in rear with longer-travel struts. I saw one guy used a square tube to lift the rear springs; not bad, but he should really have a cover welded onto one end, to give the tube strength, and paint it to prevent rusting. Alternatively, and better, it might be easy to find longer springs to match the front, without using a block.
The next issue would be to make lift blocks for the drivetrain, to drop it down so that the axles remained level; otherwise they would wear out too quickly. None of this should be too difficult.
With for example 3" of lift, you should be able to easily fit a 185/80x13 tire, like the very nice and inexpensive Kumho 795 Touring A/S. (I have this exact type and size on my Loyale.) 24.6" diameter vs. about 21.5" for the stock 165/65x13 on the 2nd gen cars. This would raise the body another 1.5" over the body/suspension lift.
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SeattleJusty
No, a boxer will not fit in a Justy.
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Post by SeattleJusty on Aug 6, 2007 0:04:46 GMT -5
Yeah there's a guy in Oregon that's done two jacked up Justys with body blocks and they eat axles for lunch. I know I know, you talked about dropping the subframe to keep the axles level but there's another problem keeping you from getting that far. The Justy has no adjustable camber and is set from the factory at -0.4 degrees. If you were to do a long strut swap and lift your car, you'd have so much camber (positive camber) the thing would be pretty worthless. Also, I would like to know where you get your Humho A/S 795 tires in a 185/80R13. I have only ever been able to find them in 185/70R13 at 23.2" tall and 175/70R13 at 22.6" tall.
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Post by Tom in MO on Aug 6, 2007 11:20:27 GMT -5
Regarding adjustability, when I did my lift on the Loyale I didn't have to adjust anything. The rear was no issue, and the kit came with camber-correction built into the front upper strut mount extensions. So a longer front strut would not be a good option, but a corrected extension, either at top or bottom, should work. Got my Kumho 185s by going to their website ( www.kumhousa.com ) and checking out their dealer locator. They had to order this size since it's unusual, but took only a couple of days. Without a lift I think they'd be too tall for the unmodified rear wheel well, though. But modified...hmmmm.
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Post by dgkustomz on Dec 2, 2007 22:03:31 GMT -5
ive done two lifted justys and im in washington i droped the subframes down along with the droping the engine and diff down and made strut spacer and am runing 27inch tall tires and have no problems with axles id put pics up but my camera is broken at the time but here is my car on car domain check it out!! www.cardomain.com/ride/2229044/1
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Post by gardening-boy on Feb 6, 2008 19:19:54 GMT -5
I heard Spring Assisters give a little lift and stop the springs bottoming out. to fit measure the distance between the spring coils. This can be checked by jacking the car up by the body until the wheel is clear off the ground, and measuring the distance between coils approximately in the centre. buy the spring assistor closesed to the size of gap and push in the assistor (when car is jacked up) these are used for cars that tow trailers
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