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Post by l988justy on Dec 9, 2008 16:26:11 GMT -5
i want to lift my 88 justy about 3 inches in the front and rear. what should I start with doing? and is there any cars with simular suspension that fits onto an 88 justy?
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Post by ascifahrer83 on Oct 30, 2009 10:46:10 GMT -5
that is something I would really like to know too. Until yet I have only found threads about lowering. But, in my opinion the 4wd justy is great offroad and if it was a little higher it would even be better in the forests of germany... Obviously you can`t buy lift kits in Germany and so I thought I could look here... On my 91 Justy 1000ccm I had 155/80 R13 and thad lifted it a bit compared to the 12" rims.
Please help me lift my 87 Justy.
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Post by Raw Justyce! on Oct 30, 2009 12:39:58 GMT -5
It'd be quite a large amount of custom fab work. You could do it two ways:
1) You could custom make a drop bracket that relocates the mounts for all your suspension components lower on the body. Effectively the amount of travel would remain the same, but the car would sit higher.
2) Custom fabricate new arms, and order longer coils and struts. You would also need to address steering, and driveline angles at the very least.
Both mods would be difficult to do correctly. Since the cars cannot be "regeared" like a standard 4wd with a true axle you would be advised against using larger tires because of the subsequent decrease in power.
If you were to use option #1: You would gain room for larger tires which would increase ground clearance, but since the car cannot be regeared it would be much more sluggish under the strain of more rubber. There are many ways to fabricate the lift unsafely, quickly, or cheaply, but I wouldn't recommend it. The only other thing you can do is cut away body panels to allow for a larger tire which, again, wouldn't be recommended.
If you were to use option #2: You're looking at a decent amount of added weight, more than likely, and its definitely the more expensive of the 2 options.
So! Yes you could lift the car, but if you want the car to last much longer I wouldn't lift it.
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Post by thejallenator on Oct 30, 2009 16:19:12 GMT -5
actually i heard of a place that offers a lift kit for these. its like 20 miles from here. i need to call and confirm what i heard.
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Post by Raw Justyce! on Oct 30, 2009 18:33:36 GMT -5
I would indeed confirm it. The only lift I've ever seen that looked professionally produced turned out to be a modified Aussified lift kit for a GL wag. Aussified, back in the day, refused to make a lift kit for the Justy because of the stress it would put on the car. Another company said they WOULD make one if we got 10 orders together. The guy from this board who has lifted his justies is a Washingtonian if I'm not mistaken, and did his lifts on his own.
Let us know what you hear when you hear it. I'd be interested to check it out, although I definitely wouldn't lift my car I'd still like to see their design.
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Post by streetruler on Nov 2, 2009 9:52:23 GMT -5
cant you just use a spring spacer?
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Post by Raw Justyce! on Nov 2, 2009 11:47:27 GMT -5
cant you just use a spring spacer? That would work if there were only coils. All you'd be doing with a spacer is putting your tires into positive camber, and eliminating all your upward travel from the shocks. Spacers are really only effective on straight axle'd vehicles; I use the word "effective" loosely because coil spacing in general just raises your center of gravity without adding extra travel.
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Post by streetruler on Nov 3, 2009 13:36:54 GMT -5
no matter how you do this you are going to lose the upward travel of ths shocks unless you get longer bodied shocks.
sort of a moot point you made.
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Post by Raw Justyce! on Nov 3, 2009 18:48:11 GMT -5
My point was to do it correctly you need to get longer shocks as in any lift. I thought the point of your post was "Just use a spring spacer" meaning "JUST use a spring spacer".
I'm saying its a viable lift, but not a proper lift.
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Post by buckinbronco on Nov 18, 2009 18:10:32 GMT -5
I would indeed confirm it. The only lift I've ever seen that looked professionally produced turned out to be a modified Aussified lift kit for a GL wag. Aussified, back in the day, refused to make a lift kit for the Justy because of the stress it would put on the car. Another company said they WOULD make one if we got 10 orders together. The guy from this board who has lifted his justies is a Washingtonian if I'm not mistaken, and did his lifts on his own. Let us know what you hear when you hear it. I'd be interested to check it out, although I definitely wouldn't lift my car I'd still like to see their design. Count me in for 1 order, aslong as the price is not completely ridiculous and it will bolt onto a Fwd justy... not AWD.
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Post by francis on Dec 17, 2009 21:50:56 GMT -5
I just lift my justy about 1 inch, and put 175/70r14 on it! Really looks good! I'll put a little how to soon!
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Post by Quidam on Dec 17, 2009 23:31:35 GMT -5
We need pictures!
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Post by dgkustomz on Jan 4, 2010 11:39:39 GMT -5
im the guy from washington you can easily lift your justy 2" with little mods the first one i did was lifted 2" and had snow tires on it and it was pretty savage but all you have to do is make a set of strut spacers up front the studs in the upper spring plates pound out and then replace them with longer grade 8 bolts i used some small tubing and some 1/4 x 2 flat bar bent in to fit around the top of the strut and welded to the 2" sections of tubing you could you use some tubing i thinkin like 4" and make top and bottom plates i'll see if i still have the one i made and get a picture the rear is really easly you remove the sub frame and put 2"x2" box tubing as spacers drill the holes in the box tubing and install new bolts i suggest tapping the holes in the car to sae you can buy metric bolts but there spendy and then all you have to do in raise the rear of the diff up 2" i posted a picture i made on paint its of the top front spacer im trying to remember if i had spacer on the rear struts as well i dont belive so but you could there just a shock style struts there no spring on them its in the crossmember/sub frame Attachments:
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Post by dgkustomz on Jan 4, 2010 11:48:11 GMT -5
side view Attachments:
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Post by dgkustomz on Jan 4, 2010 11:58:30 GMT -5
hope this helps you guys!!!!
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Post by dgkustomz on Jan 4, 2010 12:16:36 GMT -5
hey buckinbronco the rear of the fwd is the same as the 4wd the spindles are just different they have axle stubs welded in instead of having the cv axles holding on the hub and brake drum
would anybody be interested in a kit i was thinkin about making 2" aluminum spacer front and rear and steel rear block spacer and new diff mount let me know and maybe all get serious about it
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SeattleJusty
No, a boxer will not fit in a Justy.
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Post by SeattleJusty on Jan 4, 2010 17:43:43 GMT -5
would anybody be interested in a kit No thanks.
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Post by monchiq on Feb 9, 2010 21:16:00 GMT -5
yes, i will be interested
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Post by Cañon Carver on Jan 8, 2012 3:41:17 GMT -5
Bump, I am interested in a lift kit
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Post by uniacke on Jan 28, 2012 8:49:25 GMT -5
luv to buy a kit to do the lift
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