EXTREME DUTY 3" Lift Kit: 92-03 Trooper/VX

[haggisgood]

l dub.. so your saying that the stock suspension is just as capable as the indy? We have to remember that the suspension is 9yrs old now also.. not to say its damaged.. but existing suspension prob has more of a chance of failure.. hard to imagine then putting that kind of cash into something that basically functions no better than what I have currently..

[Triathlete]

Navi,
When dealing with Matt did you mention the problems with your 1st set? Matt is great to work with and would have probably checked into it and if not fixed it would at least advise future buyers of the situation. The problem is that most of his stuff that fits the VX is actually designed for the Trooper and there is probably some small differences in the two. Matt is a very upfront kind of guy and if he was made aware of the problems would take care of you or as I said at least advise future buyers of any mods that would need to be done for proper fitment.

[navistar]

Navi,
When dealing with Matt did you mention the problems with your 1st set? Matt is great to work with and would have probably checked into it and if not fixed it would at least advise future buyers of the situation. The problem is that most of his stuff that fits the VX is actually designed for the Trooper and there is probably some small differences in the two. Matt is a very upfront kind of guy and if he was made aware of the problems would take care of you or as I said at least advise future buyers of any mods that would need to be done for proper fitment.

I did call Matt and he hadn't heard of the misalignment issue before, was willing enough to help and asked for pictures of the completed installation. I wasn't angry or anything I just gave him a call with an FYI. I appreciate that he's got these way cool things for the VX and since I like working with my hands and mechanical things I enjoyed doing the final fitting. The ball joints I used were after market not OEM so perhaps that was part of the problem. Also, the expense of them powder coating the parts certainly would have upped their cost and maybe some people wouldn't care one way or the other that they're unpainted. This topic was an opportunity for me to describe an installation that maybe not everyone has done so I wanted to let everyone know of my difficulties.

The VX is about looks in addition to performance and the extreme lower links greatly compliment the overall appearance so even though I know there is not performance advantage it is worth the cost to me. These Indy4X extreme links should have been OEM on the VX.

Navi

[Ldub]

l dub.. so your saying that the stock suspension is just as capable as the indy? We have to remember that the suspension is 9yrs old now also.. not to say its damaged.. but existing suspension prob has more of a chance of failure.. hard to imagine then putting that kind of cash into something that basically functions no better than what I have currently..

I'm saying MY stock torsion bars, shocks, etc. work just fine for me......

I don't know of anyone who has replaced their torsion bars with the H-D ones from Indy4X, & I wheel with 20-30+ of the membership here.

Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend Matt & Indy4X every chance I get, I think it only logical to support the ONLY vendor in the country who is interested in bringing a wide variety of aftermarket parts to a very small market.
I'm just sayin' ALL that stuff isn't necessary to be VERY capable off road.

[Ldub]

l dub.. so your saying that the stock suspension is just as capable as the indy? We have to remember that the suspension is 9yrs old now also.. not to say its damaged.. but existing suspension prob has more of a chance of failure.. hard to imagine then putting that kind of cash into something that basically functions no better than what I have currently..

I'm saying MY stock torsion bars, shocks, etc. work just fine for me......

I don't know of anyone who has replaced their torsion bars with the H-D ones from Indy4X, & I wheel with 20-30+ of the membership here.

Don't get me wrong, I highly recommend Matt & Indy4X every chance I get, I think it only logical to support the ONLY vendor in the country who is interested in bringing a wide variety of aftermarket parts to a very small market.
I'm just sayin' ALL that stuff isn't necessary to be VERY capable off road.

Here is some more food for thought...

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ht=lift+thread