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kemlar

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Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:04 am Posts: 168 Location: Sunshine Coast
Vehicle: 89 Vitara jlx SWB
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 Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:33 pm |
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Hey all just wanting to know..
I am converting my car back to standard and using it as a daily driver just for going to work (As it was originally intended...Maybe got out of hand).
I am keeping all the bits for another project later, so not selling anything... Yet..
My question is, I have my Jimny original front radius arms, but they have the castor corrected bushes for the 80mm tough dog lift.
Could I use the corrected arms on a standard height Jimny, or would it be better to use normal bushes??
On another note, If someone would like to swap the corrected arms for standard bushed arms??
The arms are off a 2010 Jimny and the bushes had only been used for 3 months before I put in castor corrected arms.
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steak_knife

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Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 21335 Location: Smart Ass Island
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 Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:24 am |
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kemlar wrote: Hey all just wanting to know..
I am converting my car back to standard and using it as a daily driver just for going to work (As it was originally intended...Maybe got out of hand).
I am keeping all the bits for another project later, so not selling anything... Yet..
My question is, I have my Jimny original front radius arms, but they have the castor corrected bushes for the 80mm tough dog lift. Could I use the corrected arms on a standard height Jimny, or would it be better to use normal bushes??
On another note, If someone would like to swap the corrected arms for standard bushed arms?? The arms are off a 2010 Jimny and the bushes had only been used for 3 months before I put in castor corrected arms.
That's what I'd do, but I'm strange.... 
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kemlar

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Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:04 am Posts: 168 Location: Sunshine Coast
Vehicle: 89 Vitara jlx SWB
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 Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:40 am |
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Cool. Yeah I was thinking that would be the best option.
Would it matter if I used the other ones for now? Would it hurt anything?
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Lockie666

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Joined: Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 1874 Location: Perth
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 Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:03 am |
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kemlar wrote: Cool. Yeah I was thinking that would be the best option. Would it matter if I used the other ones for now? Would it hurt anything?
It's not going to do anything detrimental.
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zukenutter

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Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 9045 Location: Brisneyland
Vehicle: 2006 Jimny JLX
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 Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:29 am |
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How'd you go with this?
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suzooky87
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 Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:31 pm |
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DO NOT DO IT!!!!!
I did that for a while and it cused severe DEATH WOBBLE!!!!
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fordem
Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 pm Posts: 2656 Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Vehicle: APK416, A6G415, A6N415
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 Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:57 pm |
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When you lift a vehicle with radius arms like a Jimny, the castor angle decreases and it becomes less stable, so you correct the problem by fitting bushes that increase the castor or return it to a normal value.
If you lower the vehicle and leave the correcting bushes in place, you will end up with more castor - and heavier steering.
How did it go?
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kemlar

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Joined: Sat Oct 09, 2010 12:04 am Posts: 168 Location: Sunshine Coast
Vehicle: 89 Vitara jlx SWB
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 Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:46 pm |
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All good, I changed them to normal. It was just for the while until the bushes came.
Didn't experience any wobble. And the steering is always heavy with no power steering, but no heavier than normal.
I wouldn't recommend doing it as a permanent solution. But didnt hurt for the short time I did it.
Thanks for the advice though guys.
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