[starky]

Hi all i have just become the proud owner of a 97 Vitara Estate.

I purchased from a caryard who told me it was 1.6 4 cyl. but it arrived and had the h20a under the bonnet

anyway i have already ordered the calmini 3" lift kit, but this is for the 1.6. so i gave the guy a call and asked if the different engine changes the kit, to which he replied....

he asked if my vit was a wide track or not?????? is there a wide track model and how do i tell what i have????
any help will be greatly appriecated as i need to find out so i can get the extra parts for my suspension kit.

Cheers Starky

[atari4x4]

yes it's a "widetrack" model code SV620

the calmini kit will need the diff drop brackets modified, the cross member clearanced for the diff drop & i'd also be chasing up the GV front springs from the calmini 2.5" lift kit to take the weight of the motor

you ordering from 4wdUSA?

[Fatzook]

atari4x4 wrote:

yes it's a "widetrack" model code SV620

the calmini kit will need the diff drop brackets modified, the cross member clearanced for the diff drop & i'd also be chasing up the GV front springs from the calmini 2.5" lift kit to take the weight of the motor

you ordering from 4wdUSA?

He has ordered from the WA dealer. (I'm guessing thats 4wdUSA.....)

[atari4x4]

i might be blind, but i didn't see where he said where he had ordered it from.

profile says he's in Cairns.

[Fatzook]

atari4x4 wrote:

i might be blind, but i didn't see where he said where he had ordered it from.

profile says he's in Cairns.

I may be going deaf, but I could swear thats what he said on the phone 10 mins ago.

[atari4x4]

lol well there you go... i thought i was going crazy

[Fatzook]

atari4x4 wrote:

lol well there you go... i thought i was going crazy

Don't worry, I wasn't really paying attention to WHERE he got the parts from, only that the dealer said that they sell a kit that allows the fitment of the calmini parts into an SV vitara. I didn't know that there was a 'KIT' ( assuming that is the diff drop brackets) for this purpose.

[atari4x4]

it's good to hear that after 6 years since i went through all the drama's that he's finally learnt about the product he sells.

[starky]

yes after talking to Fatzook, i asked the 4wdusa dealer in W.A where he got his wide track kit from and he informed me they make them inhouse!

[Fatzook]

starky wrote:

yes after talking to Fatzook, i asked the 4wdusa dealer in W.A where he got his wide track kit from and he informed me they make them inhouse!

This could be interesting!

[DarkHorse]

Hmmm, believe it when I see it... How much extra they charging you for that?

[atari4x4]

i'm guessing they'll just be modding the RHS bracket & supplying a spacer for the LHS, you'll still need to clearance the crossmember.

[Fatzook]

DarkHorse wrote:

Hmmm, believe it when I see it... How much extra they charging you for that?

He said a couple of hundred.

[DarkHorse]

A couple of hundred extra?

Shit Gus, how much work was it to mod for yours?

[atari4x4]

ball joints, the bolts/nuts/washers for the ball joints, longer bolts for the modded RHS bracket, a head bolt from a celica for the LHS bracket, RHS bracket to be modded & a spacer turned up for the LHS, GV coils from the 2.5" calamari lift + modded crossmember

[DarkHorse]

Yeah OK, so a fair bit of stuffing around.

[starky]

yeah i'll let you all know and post pic's when it arrives