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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: TysonS on July 31, 2006, 05:10:56 PM
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Hey,
Is there anyone on the forum that has taken the calmini 2" kit and modifited it to get 3.5" of lift? How did you do this?
Thanks, ohh could i run a 31"x12.50"x15" on stock ford bronco rims without any outer body trimming with a 3" bodylift and a calmini kit modifyed to 3.5"?
thanks you guys are awsome
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Hey,
Is there anyone on the forum that has taken the calmini 2" kit and modifited it to get 3.5" of lift? How did you do this?
Thanks, ohh could i run a 31"x12.50"x15" on stock ford bronco rims without any outer body trimming with a 3" bodylift and a calmini kit modifyed to 3.5"?
thanks you guys are awsome
Longer springs, or coil spacers, but your diff needs to be lowered, you can now get lowering brackets separate from boondox motorsports.
That should be enough lift for that tire, maybe try and PM Mikerpm4x4 with that question, he used to run a 31x12.5 on 10" rims, with 6" combo and from the looks of some pics, I don't think he trimmed very much.
(http://www.zukiworld.com/month_070102/images/hagen/1stday.jpg)
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anyone modifiyed the 2" kit?
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ive put 3" on my suspension, i trim 1" and a half of the fender, i run the 31" x 10.50 on stock rims
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anyone modifiyed the 2" kit?
I added OME front struts to a Calmini 2 inch with a 3/4 inch coil spring spacer in the front and a 1 1/4 to the rear. That brings it to just over 3 inches. It actually preformed very well that way. We still have a guy in our club that swears by that combo. If that is not enough room you may need to trim the rear of the front fender.
Mike
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I added 2" spacers to the 2" kit, added calmini 3" dif drop brackets, 2.5" strut spacers with a mount flip, and a 3.5" rear dif spacer. It seems to work very well.
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I added 2" spacers to the 2" kit, added calmini 3" dif drop brackets, 2.5" strut spacers with a mount flip, and a 3.5" rear dif spacer. It seems to work very well.
hey dude, can you get some pics up for us on your rig?
it's hard to imagine what a tracker looks like with 5" sus lift onthe front and 4" lift on the back. is the calmini diff drop brackets for the rear diff, or the front diff? if its the front, i thought that they only drop the front diff down by only 1.5". are you also using stock struts, or the calmini struts. i think they are the same length anyway. the 2.5" strut spacers with a mount flip is about 3.5", then minus the 1.5" front the diff drop, and that leaves you with about 2", so you have about 5" of lift on the front, but have only lowered the stroke range on the struts about 2". do the struts top out or bottom out at all?
i have 3.5" lift on the front of my vit, and i have OME struts and mount flip. i haven't yet to bottom out the struts (near impossible with out breaking anything) and i haven't topped them out either. seems to work really good for me, but i wish i had 2" lift on mine. i haven't lowered my front diff, and yes, my CV joints and axle shafts aren't at the greatest angles, but it gets me places.
hope to see some pics soon. cheers.
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There are some pics on page 9 I think of members rides before I started the cage and such. Also there are a couple here http://www.funinbc.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64511
The truck sat slightly lower in the rear but not much at all, I have since replaced the rear coils with Heep XJ coils which brought it up nicely.
Diff drop brackets are for the front and came from a 3"kit. Struts are stock also. The struts would top out on occasion if the wheels dropped suddenly but overall was pretty good. Now they are more in the working range of their stroke as I have also widened the front suspension ala Hagen, and also the extra weight I have on it is taking it's toll. I don't understand why you subtract the diff drop from the strut spacer they are 2 totally different systems?? My CV angles are really good and I haven't broken one in quite some time but I'm also running an auto tranny which helps. I picked up a set of Ranger coils that I'm going to try in the front to see if they hold the weight better and a fresh set of Heep coils for the rear.
Cheers