7 inches of "out of the box" lift

[LittleBeast]

Either way you go, that looks awesome and I am sure with the lower angle the CV's will perform and hopefully last better and longer :-) Nicely done I am a huge fan. My next car will probably be an Ironman VX :-) Makes me impatient on ordering my 35's though. I still need to wear my 33's down a little more, haha!

[VXorado]

Thanks, I want to make sure that my ride looks good after the planned upgrade. It will help me decide on rims. I do not want to have the mentioned "offset from hell" look talked about here on the forums ( Tom4Bren, no offense ).

I took some pics with my cell & i'll post them tonight if the quality is okay, otherwise I will use a better camera & post some pics tomorrow. To be honest, I plan on buying rims with 0 mm or +6 mm offset in the near future. I like the tire to be at the wheel well edge or just slightly past it and my tires stick out a bit to much.

Either way you go, that looks awesome and I am sure with the lower angle the CV's will perform and hopefully last better and longer :-) Nicely done I am a huge fan. My next car will probably be an Ironman VX :-) Makes me impatient on ordering my 35's though. I still need to wear my 33's down a little more, haha!

Yeah those mud grapplers last a surprisingly long time.

[Etfren]

Looks great at 5" of lift. I usually dislike body lifts, but that looks good and the decreased wear on parts has me considering it now. If I have trouble clearing my 35's when I get 'em I'll probably look into a small body lift and dropping the suspension down just a bit.

[Ldub]

What's going on here.....

Or am I looking at it wrong?

[Triathlete]

Looks like that crown nut is way to short and the bj shaft has walked down the spindle a bit. When the nut is tight the cotter pin should be in one of the slots not sitting on top as it is. My aftermarket bj had the shorter nut so I reused the stock nut on mine. Wow, that was a lot of talk about bj's and nuts!

[VXorado]

What's going on here.....

Or am I looking at it wrong?

Looks like that crown nut is way to short and the bj shaft has walked down the spindle a bit. When the nut is tight the cotter pin should be in one of the slots not sitting on top as it is. My aftermarket bj had the shorter nut so I reused the stock nut on mine. Wow, that was a lot of talk about bj's and nuts!

Bravo, very astute. I was wondering if anyone would notice that .

I purchased the ebay special ball joint kit when I was doing my diff drop work earlier this year and found that they sent me the wrong kit because the lower BJs were shorter than the ones needed for a VX. I then ordered a higher quality set of lower BJs & kept the ebay uppers. When installing the uppers I noticed the cotter pin was too low to lock the castle nut, so being anxious to get the VX on the road I used some thread lock to secure the nut & decided to replace the uppers at another time.

I recently notice I have too much positive camber which must be from the upper balljoints as I didn't have any problems with camber prior to their install. I'll actually be installing new uppers this week & then taking the VX for an alignment since I just adjusted the torsion bar lift.

[Ldub]

Bravo, very astute. I was wondering if anyone would notice that .

I purchased the ebay special ball joint kit when I was doing my diff drop work earlier this year and found that they sent me the wrong kit because the lower BJs were shorter than the ones needed for a VX. I then ordered a higher quality set of lower BJs & kept the ebay uppers. When installing the uppers I noticed the cotter pin was too low to lock the castle nut, so being anxious to get the VX on the road I used some thread lock to secure the nut & decided to replace the uppers at another time.

I recently notice I have too much positive camber which must be from the upper balljoints as I didn't have any problems with camber prior to their install. I'll actually be installing new uppers this week & then taking the VX for an alignment since I just adjusted the torsion bar lift.

OK, that makes sense...

Just didn't want no bad ju-ju happening to you or your VX because of a possible oversight.

[samneil2000]

Oh... I know about Weiner-gate, but didn't know the blue pill was involved.

[VXorado]

I submitted the body lift How-To today. Its not posted yet becuase it needs to be reviewed for approval by admin.

I have driven about 500 miles & 2 offroad trips since the lift with no problems. The drivetrain felt very smooth offroad & I imagine my CVs will last much longer with their new 0 degree angle.

Feel free to PM me with any questions.

[JoFotoz]

Dang it man...now ya got me thinking B/Lift too....
...drop the diff, and wind her down a bit!

Just love the straight CV's.

What did the B/L cost?

Thanks..I love the look!

jo

[BigSwede]

Could do that...then you lose some ground clearance of course.

[JoFotoz]

Yup, for sure...

Could do that...then you lose some ground clearance of course.

I'm doing the diff drop anyway....and ( touch wood ) I have rarely dinged the pumkin,
and I'm thinking the trade off relative to CV's may be worth it.

Certainly food for thought..dreams!

jo

[VXorado]

True but with 35s I still have plenty of clearance. Last weekend I went out on the trails twice & didn't even come close to bumping anything. I have 11.5" ground clearance at the front dropped crossmember (lowest point) & have about the same from the rear pumpkin which can only be increased with tire size.

Jo the kit costs about $230-240 after tax/shipping or you could just buy the spacers & bolts seperately from Indy. I didn't use anything in the kit except the spacers & bolts. There are some things you may need & I include those in the how-to.

[JoFotoz]

Thanks !!

Jo the kit costs about $230-240 after tax/shipping or you could just buy the spacers & bolts seperately from Indy. I didn't use anything in the kit except the spacers & bolts. There are some things you may need & I include those in the how-to.

Sounds like the calmini lift kit..many surplus bits!

I look fwd to reading your "How To"

jo

[Bob Barker]

I can't wait to read the how to. I was talking with Boarzhead a bit a few months ago about doing the body lift, seems like your write up will be all that's left to convince me to get it done! I imagine with the body lift, then taking out the rear spring spacers and lowering the front back down I will still be around 4 or 5" if lift and have those so desireable flat half shafts!