my sj wanders all over the road very bad

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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by Edweird » Sat Dec 11, 2010 11:50 pm

The only reason people lift is so that they can get bigger wheels and tyres on and thus more diff clearance. Other than that you really want to be as low as possible.

As I understand it anyway. :lol:
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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by twiss » Sun Dec 12, 2010 2:24 am

Watch Russ go round a corner flat out and find out... his is pretty tall!
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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by Nasher » Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:43 pm

iv just been out green laneing in my father in laws disco, do any of you goys green lane your sj's?

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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by twiss » Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:31 pm

I do occasionally, not many lanes around my way :(
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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:25 pm

yep when the sj is on the road i used to go out at least once a week laning :mrgreen:
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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by Nasher » Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:56 pm

right guys now the sj has sorted its steering problem out i have another question, i have longer pro comp shocks on the sj aswell and the rear is very hard, do i need to lift it up a bit more even though the springs are all ready over the axle? i was thinking of putting rear spring onto the front of it what do you guys think? cheers matt

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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by twiss » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:28 pm

Rears up front is a good swap that quite a few people do...

IIRC, most of the time people put bedford rascal springs on the back to make the same lift front and back

...and as for the pro-comps, they are normally rock solid...

I took my rear pro comps off and went for astra ones, SO much softer...

The front ones are OK, but I think that's cos of the weight of the engine
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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by Nasher » Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:43 pm

ok yea te rears are really hard just going over the speed bumps in our yard is a horrible ride, would i get away with rear springs on the front and lift shackles on the rear to even it out?

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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:06 pm

Are they standard springs on the rear? if so they shouldn't be that hard. can you post some pictures up of the set up please? also what pro comps are they 1000s, 3000s or 9000s? sounds to me like you've got 9000s on in which case they will be far too hard. take the shocks off and see if it is softer, obviously dont drive on road without any shocks though.

IMO you dont want to be lifting it any higher in any way on the front or back; it will not help the ride quality.
RUF will improve the front flex and ride buy lift shackles on the rear will not make any difference to the rear being so hard.

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Re: my sj wanders all over the road very bad

Post by Nasher » Wed Dec 15, 2010 2:02 pm

guys will the suzuki carry starter motor fit my sj?

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