Recently bought myself a vitara which has got 2" spring spacers fitted and pro comp shocks on the back. As far as the suspension is concerned I am not sure what else has been changed....
No I know these arent the greatest handling machines and once you start jacking them up and fitting bigger tyres then handling is adversly affected... but... is there anything that can be done to improve it?
Basically I have limited my speed to about 50/55mph because any faster and things start to get sketchy... Is there anything else I can change to improve it? Will a steering damper help at all?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Dodgy at speeds!
Re: Dodgy at speeds!
Has the caster and camber been checked? Guessing 2" lift would require camber adjustment bolts etc?
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Re: Dodgy at speeds!
Not too sure! Best bet to get it in for 4 wheel alignment and see?
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Re: Dodgy at speeds!
Mine is raised 2" as well and I have no problems at any speed, goes into bends very nicely too. I have got wider tyres on, but even before they were added the old girl was fine. I'd get underneath and check everything...shocks, UJ bolts, tbox mounts etc. And make sure the wheel nuts are tight (obvious I know...)
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Re: Dodgy at speeds!
It should drive OK, I had a 2" spring lift on my Vit initially and drove it for thousands of miles flat out on the motorway. Has it still got the anti-roll bar? I found the handling rather nasty without it but fixed that with wheel spacers and then offset wheels.
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2000 Vitara 4u2 - Calmini 3+3, 33" MTs, 5:83 R&Ps, winch bumper, remapped ECU.
1986 Suzuki SJ413K - G16 conversion
1984 Suzuki SJ410 - Blitz
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Re: Dodgy at speeds!
So I had a visual look and could see some nice positive camber on the front, so the zuk was sitting on the outside edges of the front tyres. I ordered up some camber bolts from jimnybits and fit them today so I could bring them back and and give them a touch of negative camber and it feels way more solid on the road (the tyres are actually on the road now haha), only tested it for a few miles but I'm pretty confident it is ok now