Virtual Lift

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Virtual Lift

Post by lazy rambler » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:26 pm

This is probably gonna make my seem a bit thick, but I've seen in Scottie J's signature, and googled it but I can't figure out what a virtual lift is. Can anybody shed any light on this for me?
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Re: Virtual Lift

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:54 pm

it's not really a lift of any kind, it's chopping out the arches to fit bigger tyres.

like this

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You can actually cut out enough to run 35" tyres with no lift :guns:
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Re: Virtual Lift

Post by lazy rambler » Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:42 pm

ahh that makes sence, all I have to do now is learn to :weld:
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Re: Virtual Lift

Post by Newtomud » Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:32 pm

Lazy rambler said..This is probably gonna make my seem a bit thick, but I've seen in Scottie J's signature, and googled it but I can't figure out what a virtual lift is.

Jep, me to, but guess what that's what I've started to do to mine,without knowing how good a mod it is or what it's called.
My SJ's at the second photo stage just a bit different shape as I'm fitting LR flexi arches.

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Virtual lift

Post by Christoff » Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:39 am

Hi can somebody explain what is a virtual lift please?

Seen it mentioned a few times and as im tackling some bodywork rust issues soon i understand that i should be thinking about doing this to mine

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Re: Virtual lift

Post by twiss » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:00 am

We'll wait for Scott to reply to this one, he's got the virtual lift :)
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Re: Virtual lift

Post by ScottieJ » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:13 am

Christoff wrote:Hi can somebody explain what is a virtual lift please?

Seen it mentioned a few times and as im tackling some bodywork rust issues soon i understand that i should be thinking about doing this to mine

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twiss wrote:We'll wait for Scott to reply to this one, he's got the virtual lift :)
I merged this topic with the last person to ask this :thumbup: It was in the wrong section, thats why you probably didn't see it so I also moved it into bodywork & Trim :doublethumbs:

Personally If I was going to do a virtual lift again I would probably make complete new inner arches for the rear like how Shuduck has done his

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note: he also raised the floor, you dont need to do this unless you want to raise the fuel tank.
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Re: Virtual Lift

Post by Christoff » Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:52 am

Very cool. Some of you guys do some extreme stuff im impressed

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Re: Virtual Lift

Post by Newtomud » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:26 am

I'm doing a virtual lift on my SJ but the boot floor has a thousand patches poorly welded to it.. So.. I was thinking about replacing the boot floor with a dam great sheet of checker/chequer plate??
Any thoughts on this??

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Re: Virtual Lift

Post by twiss » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:30 am

Have you thought about buying a new rear floor?
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