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Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 7:06 pm
by Rodden87
Hello chaps, I hope a few of you might remember my jimny build from a laning trip we did last year. Well after selling the jimny and buying a defender (the biggest regret ever) I'm now desperate to return to zooki's. I'm considering a Gv lwb and would love some advice on lift and trimming required for roughly 31-32 inches tires.
I'm also going to be keeping my winch so any advice on winch mounts would be much appreciated
Thanks Andy
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 9:42 pm
by Rodden87
Nobody
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:01 pm
by Anton
back! I know nothing about GV's, but someone should be along soon, there are a few GV owners on here. It's just that most of us have SJ's or Vitaras, a few Jimny's, but not as many GV's.
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:04 pm
by ScottieJ
You'll need to do quite a bit of work to fit tyres that size on a GV, there's not many lift kits available for them really I don't think, plenty of places selling bodge lift parts like spring spacers etc though.
You will need to do quite a bit of trimming.
Tbh there's only a few people with modded GVs on here so you might need to wait a little while for them to pop on and reply.
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:20 pm
by Rodden87
Cheers chaps hope fully some one will shed some light if not I will just have to get angle grinder out after it get one lol
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:37 pm
by Rodden87
After a bit more of a look around It looks like a can get 3 inch suspension lift which give lots of arche height so the remaining problem will be arche width so it might be all down to how much you can trim?
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:02 am
by ScottieJ
Where is the kit from?
There is a lot of crap around in this country at the moment so be careful.
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:50 am
by Rodden87
Both bits4vits and jimnybits sell the kits or components to do the lift.
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:33 pm
by dan_2k_uk
There is a bit of plastic you can loose.
Guess it would need diff drip brackets like the Vit does. At least the front diff's and shafts are a bit stronger than a normal Vit.
Re: Hello again, grand vitara suspension help?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:35 pm
by ScottieJ
dan_2k_uk wrote:There is a bit of plastic you can loose.
Guess it would need diff drip brackets like the Vit does. At least the front diff's and shafts are a bit stronger than a normal Vit.
Depends on the engine, the 1.6 and 2.0 still have alloy front diffs, however I think the shafts are a bit longer so they will be at slightly less of an angle with the same lift on a normal vit.