1 1/2 body lift

Submitted by rossm2508 on

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looking to lift my sportrak 37mm using sguare steel pipe, as mowerman did? my question is what size holes do i need to get drilled and what length of bolt and nut do i need, thanks in advance Ross

I took one of the bolts out

Submitted by mowerman on

I took one of the bolts out from the floor near the drivers seat and used this as a pattern, I just got bolts a minimum of 50mm longer then the standard. I then drilled through the standard nuts so I could use the spacer sleeves through the rubber body mounts and put my longer bolts through, then added a nylock nut. This means you can use off the shelf nuts and bolts. However the problem lies with the rear 2 fixings, these are captive and there is no access to the nuts. These are effectively studs and I ended upmhaving a local machine shop make 2 bolts of the correct thread (M10 x 1.25) so i could simply bolt them In using the existing captive nuts. It may sound comex but when you get a bolt out all will be clear!

cheers

Rob

body lift bolts.

Submitted by steve the grease on

I got some 6 inch long regular m10 bolts, screwed the nuts on the threaded ends, welded them in place and then cut the original heads off the bolts making them the right new length that I wanted for the body lift. Then you could take the bolts to a machine shop that has the right size dies and ask them to rethread the bolts, threading each bolt about 30 mm down its length. I actually got an M10x1.25 die and stock from
'Tracy tools' and did the job myself. If I remember 2 of the original bolts I could re-use in a different location. There are 10 bolts in all, you have to unscrew the back studs with a mole wrench, or lock 2 nuts together to unscrew them.

my mate seems to reckon that

Submitted by rossm2508 on

my mate seems to reckon that although the pitch of the bolt is different from his vitara, that that the kit on his vitara bar the fixings would do the sportrak? anyone ever fitted a non sportrak kit to theres? cheers ross

I imagine they are similar,

Submitted by mowerman on

I imagine they are similar, but I made mine from box section steel that a steel merchant cut up into sections for me. Total cost of steel

cheers

Rob

just go to a tool shop and

Submitted by loftyborofan on

just go to a tool shop and get longer stronger bolts same thicknes as yo have know i have raisd mine 2 inch looks class

2 inch body lift,
2 inch suspension lift
sj steel rims
31x10.5 tyers
volvo radiator and expanstion tank
upgraded hoses!
vw polo 1.3 supercharged webber carb

to do
snorkel designed just to fit

Body lift

Submitted by Brown916 on

Hi mate
We used scaffold tube and didn't buy bolts but brought a lenght of threaded rod ,also the captive nuts where no problem as we drilled through the body above them and put a nut on the end job done