[fully sick coily]

hi everyone
i have a quick question i have a 40mm sus lift and have some 30mm coil
spacers to go in will i need tail shart spacers for front & rear?
what size?

also are castor correction bushes necisary?

any help would be great

max

[Rusho]

Doubt you would need tail shaft spacers and castor bushes aren't a bad idea

[fully sick coily]

thanks

[fully sick coily]

one more question

if i lift my transfer 2" will i need 2" tailshaft spacers?

[Rusho]

Doubt it

[KEENSY85]

I think u will defently need castor bushes or longer radius arms if u lift it in that way u will notice ur wheels will move in towards each other the higher u go 40mm still shortens ur wheel base a bit on its own

[zukmeista]

Castor correction is a must. They wander all over the place when they are lifted.

[KEENSY85]

I had some very scary trips home on the gateway and o had a 40mm coil lift and a two inch body lift ,I thought the bitch was going to kill me ,then if u slightly bent a front radius ARM even scarya

[fully sick coily]

Do i need castor bushes in front and rear

and how hard are they to fit?

[Rusho]

fully sick coily wrote:

Do i need castor bushes in front and rear

and how hard are they to fit?

Just the front. Easy to fit, hard to set the castor correctly

[Veggiesoup]

Recently just lifted my vitara two inches and as you say both front wheels are pointing inwards where would I get some castor bushes? And will that straighten them up?

[atari4x4]

Veggiesoup wrote:

Recently just lifted my vitara two inches and as you say both front wheels are pointing inwards where would I get some castor bushes? And will that straighten them up?

which way do they point & from where are you looking from? need more info please...

it could be a camber issue (fixed with camber bolts) or a wheel alignment issue due to the lift as the extra height will the toe adjustment to be out.

[Veggiesoup]

Looking at the front of the car both of the wheels at the bottom face in towards the engine, the opposite to camber.. Someone said a wheel alignment just wasn't sure if a wheel alignment would totally set them straight.

[atari4x4]

that's positive camber, get some camber bolts to return it back to a zero or negative figure. (tops of the tyres face inwards)

Pedders should have them in stock, or you could grab some online if it's not urgent.

[Veggiesoup]

ok thanks for that mate, ill get a wheel alignment and see how much it is out then look into camber bolts from there =)

[atari4x4]

the camber isn't adjustable without camber bolts, unless you elongate the bolt holes in the strut where it bolts onto the knuckle = a bit dodgy

how bad is it, can you post a pic of the front of the car? how big was the lift kit you fitted... anything more than 2" should probably have camber bolts fitted, some aftermarket struts have a bit of camber correction built in.

personally i'd buy bolts & then get a wheel alignment.

[Veggiesoup]

had to make the photo that small its hard to tell plus the photo didnt show much justice anyway it looks worse in person, its not heaps im thinking the bolts may do the trick. 2 inch lift aswell sorry

[atari4x4]

yeah camber bolts should bring it back in check easy, have you driven it much since the lift went in? as it will settle a bit after the springs break in.

also when the front end has been jacked up & lowered it does tend to "hold" onto a bit of positive camber due to the way the suspension cycles once the tyres touch the ground again, driving the car back & forth in the drive way would let it settle back to where it wants to sit.

[Veggiesoup]

yea where it's at now is after 3 days of driving so yea think its fairly settled ill grab some camber bolts and go get some new 31s fitted aswell as a wheel alignment should be all sweet thankyou sir =)

[atari4x4]

no drama's i see you're a Radelaidian... welcome to AZ

it will probably settle more over time especially once you start working the springs a bit off road.

[Veggiesoup]

truee, lets just hope we don't run into each other around Adelaide or there might be a 4WD off