lift set up

[JHarris1385]

Not in Colorado...but, get OME 912's, no new shocks (unless stockers are bad), no new torsion bars (just crank) and you are good to go. I have not flipped my bj yet becuase that is only needed when you find trouble in aligning the front end. Thus far and more than a year later after my lift I have not had any troubles. The lift took me about 30minutes to install and I am a novice.

[Triathlete]

33's will fit but not with "minimal" trimming. You will also ned to take BFH to the rear of the front wheel well and do some non-minimal trimming of the cladding.

[ZEUS]

I don't mean to disagree with Mr Harris, but I would do the ball joint flip now because you are going to get new tires. I lifted, but didn't flip the bj's originally - I did get an alignment right away tho. The wear on my tires after that was my indicator that I needed to flip the bj's - pretty expensive way to figure it out the alignment didn't take. Also, I went to Firestone and got the lifetime alignment deal that Tone mentioned awhile ago. That way I can keep an eye on things before I wear out my $200+ tires, and when I get HD tie rods I will get a free alignment, and when I get new shocks I will get a free alignment, and when I re-lift I will get another free alignment. I think it cost $160 or so.

[nfpgasmask]

How hard is it to do the BJ flip?

Wow, that sounds dirty....

Bart

[pbkid]

alright, good, thanks for the great info... im gonna order the new springs probably next week and give it a try...

[ZEUS]

How hard is it to do the BJ flip?

Wow, that sounds dirty....

Bart

Extremely easy... for those with experience with midgets! No, it really is easy to do.

[So-CalVX]

jus ome 912's?
how many cranks on the torsion bars and in which direction?
what would be the advantage/disadvantage to getting the calmini kit?

[pbkid]

well ive been researching more since my last post and i think im gonna go with 919's because i can get a little more lift out of them and im trying to stuff 33's under the VX so im gonna need as much lift as i can get, i dont really mind doing some major cutting/slicing because i already have some pretty significant damage from a yukon so a little more ^(&#$ed up fenders wont be noticed much =)...
i know i have plently of room in the back for spacers and bigger springs and whatnot but ive found that the limiting is all with the CV's and ball joints...
someone needs to make a drop bracket or something for the front so we can go to 4 inches or 5...that would be really nice

[CrnCnn]

How hard is it to do the BJ flip?

Wow, that sounds dirty....

Bart

I could walk you through it when you are ready big boy....


Though it didnt make it any easier for them to do my alignment. So who knows if you want to do it.

[JHarris1385]

There is a thread about the spring compression and height of 912's versus 919's. The 12's are taller.....


Go to planetisuzu.com for the cranking of the t-bars for a helpfull post. It is on the front page if I recall.

[So-CalVX]

can anything be dropped with spacers to release cv stress?
Or is there anything else that can be dun to accomplish that?