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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: bioniconion on November 03, 2004, 08:58:42 AM
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or should i say which is easier to install and run with
the rocky road 2.5inch suspension lift?
or the calmini 3inch suspension lift?
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IMHO
Better, Calmini
Easier, Rocky Road
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My god. Do a serch. This has been brought up alot. It all depends what you think you need. I wheeled the snot out of my emu kitt. never broke a thing.
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My god. Do a serch. This has been brought up alot. It all depends what you think you need. I wheeled the snot out of my emu kitt. never broke a thing.
well that's rather cruel considering i searched for it over the past 500 days *search time* and came up with about 600 different ones..ur telling me u'd look through them all? jeeze cut me some slack im just asking for peoples personal opinions :'(
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Even though I'm having some issues with mine currently, get the Calmini kit... The new control arms make it worth it, IMO.
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Bah. No need for the control arms. Sorry about the search thing man :P. It just seems to be a catching thing around here. heres a reveiw of the Emu kitt. It's realy worth the read.http://www.off-road.com/suzuki/reviews/rromex90.htmMy reason for not buying the calmini kitt is, If i happen to bust up ont of those pretty control arms i dont want to have to buy a new one. You can get stock tracker arms dirt cheap, same with the rear link's.
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Bah. No need for the control arms. Sorry about the search thing man :P. It just seems to be a catching thing around here. heres a reveiw of the Emu kitt. It's realy worth the read.[url]http://www.off-road.com/suzuki/reviews/rromex90.htmMy[/url] reason for not buying the calmini kitt is, If i happen to bust up ont of those pretty control arms i dont want to have to buy a new one. You can get stock tracker arms dirt cheap, same with the rear link's.
Have you ever seen one of the Calmini A-arms? I doubt anyone's gonna ever break one while properly installed... I mean look at what Hagen does with his rig :o ;D It's honestly my favorite part of the kit.
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I see what Mike does. My thought is, If i hit somthing hard enuff that the stock arm is going to give on and it's not there to give :-/. Im not into busting up frame's.
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I see what Mike does. My thought is, If i hit somthing hard enuff that the stock arm is going to give on and it's not there to give :-/. Im not into busting up frame's.
But you mentioned breaking the control arm in the previous post... :P
Yeah, there've been cases of the frame bending around the arm posted here before ;D
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My vehicle is mostly street...I hummed and hawed for a long time over the Calmini 2", Calmini 3" and the RRO 2.5"...I eventually settled on the RRO kit and so far I am very happy with it. The on road ride is firm with very little body lean, but still absorbs the bumps fairly well...sharp bumps will still jar your teeth though if the tires are up around the 30# mark ;). I can't say much about its off-road performance as I've done very little wheeling since the kit was intalled...without the body lift I do still get a slight bit of rubbing with my BFG 235/75/15s. Also, you will have to get camber correction bolts if you get the RRO kit...but those are cheap.
If I were to build up a Track/Kick more oriented for off-road I likely would go for the Calmini 3+3...even better would be the elusive Calmini SAS or RRO Rockfather SAS.
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I thought the Rockfather was a diffdrop?
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I thought the Rockfather was a diffdrop?
That very well could be, I was under the impression that it was SAS ???
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I remember reading over at Pirate4x4 that it was a diff drop kit...
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Mr Calmini thinkt hat you wont break the control arms ,
I have heard people breaking stock ones a fair bit but not Calmini.
I run the calmini setup pushed to its limits and all seems well fingers crossed and touching wood :-)
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Mr Calmini thinkt hat you wont break the control arms ,
I have heard people breaking stock ones a fair bit but not Calmini.
I run the calmini setup pushed to its limits and all seems well fingers crossed and touching wood :-)
lol... that made me laugh for some reason ;D. You're not American, are ya? :P
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lol... that made me laugh for some reason ;D. You're not American, are ya? :P
Huh, huh, He said Wood ;D
(http://www.eye-irritant.com/august2004/bnbdisgruntled.jpeg)
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;DNot to speak for mbmarkyb but I believe it is the same (or similar) to saying "knock on wood". I know, always state the obvious. It still is funny to hear that. ::)
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I have heard people breaking stock ones a fair bit but not Calmini.
The stock wishbones are very strong, you'd have to be very unlucky to break one, I don't know of anyone whos broken one. The Calmini arms look nice but comparing the two side by side I don't think that the Calmini arms are worth all the extra money. If you are mainly driving on road then you can save a lot of money buying the RRO kit. Like Spinal tap says get some camber correction bolts, you will probably need them for a Calmini kit anyway as unless you have just the right front end weight your camber will be out.
Something else to think about, I lost one of my diff brackets - Calmini won't sell me a replacement, they only sell complete kits. Fortunately I will be able to fabricate one but its a PITA.
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The stock wishbones are very strong, you'd have to be very unlucky to break one, I don't know of anyone whos broken one. The Calmini arms look nice but comparing the two side by side I don't think that the Calmini arms are worth all the extra money. If you are mainly driving on road then you can save a lot of money buying the RRO kit. Like Spinal tap says get some camber correction bolts, you will probably need them for a Calmini kit anyway as unless you have just the right front end weight your camber will be out.
Something else to think about, I lost one of my diff brackets - Calmini won't sell me a replacement, they only sell complete kits. Fortunately I will be able to fabricate one but its a PITA.
That's Bulll sh*t about the bracket thing. Plus, You must see alot of Emu Kitted vitara's over there. You see how capable just an emu kitt can make one, But i will admit. The calmini kitt does look the part ;)
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But i will admit. The calmini kitt does look the part ;)
That's 3/4 of the battle.. making your rig look trailworthy ;D
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That's Bulll sh*t about the bracket thing. Plus, You must see alot of Emu Kitted vitara's over there. You see how capable just an emu kitt can make one, But i will admit. The calmini kitt does look the part ;)
I haven't seen that many EMU kits over here as they are fairly expensive compared to some of the other spring lifts. Ironman kits are very popular but don't come with the longer struts or spacers. Calmini kits are very popular too despite the price (or maybe because of it). A few people are going over to SAS, not many have been finished yet though.