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Jimny body lift

Post by Carl0197 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:31 pm

:rhinohump: hello can a 2 or 3 inch body lift fit as standard or will I need brake hoses and wots best tyres to fit cheers carl

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Re: Jimny body lift

Post by dan_2k_uk » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:31 am

Would have thought someone would have known this.

What size tyres are you planning on running?

It might be worth just chopping the arches out if you don't want huge tyres as it keeps the centre of gravity lower.
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Re: Jimny body lift

Post by Rhinoman » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:01 pm

What year? you need to decide what size tyres you want and then lift it to suit.
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Re: Jimny body lift

Post by Ju » Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:55 pm

Anything over 3" will require longer brake hoses.

I would not reccomend a bodylift unless totally necessary as you will not gain any ground clearance.

Realistically what tyre size would you like to run? 215 75 R15 can be run as standard I believe but spacers may be needed.
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Re: Jimny body lift

Post by Carl0197 » Thu Apr 02, 2015 6:23 pm

I've got a 53 plate and it's had spring spacers and shock extenders and I've got a set of 31 10.5 r15 but they don't fit and got 32 mm wheel spacers on so wots best get smaller tyres or body lift and cut arches

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Re: Jimny body lift

Post by Ju » Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:50 pm

Lifting the body will allow you to fit they tyres in easier, and you will still need some trimming. Without the body lift you will need to do a lot more cutting.

What tyres?

I would seriously consider castor correction also.
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Re: Jimny body lift

Post by Carl0197 » Fri Apr 03, 2015 7:41 am

Think I'll look into smaller tyres at min then I'm
No mechanic so it all sounds abit 2 much do want it doin tho love mi jimny n think it looks well all dun cheers 4 ye help

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