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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:24 am 
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This bloke told me a easy lift is apparently. ..
They remount the diff on the underside of the leaf springs and all you need is a spacer for the tail shaft??

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:08 am 
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That's called spring over, it's popular if your parents are closely related, or you have a time machine.

It messes a lot of things up, and takes a lot of effort and thought to make work, for little gain.
Lift for the sake of lift may be considered cool by some and required for offroad, however it's an old version of "cool" and "performance"

It is not an easy or cheap lift

The easiest lift (besides tyre lift) for minimal downsides is probably a body lift.
It only raises a portion of the vehicle mass, and its effect on vehicle dynamics is minimal.
Much cheaper, and easier to predict and get right than a suspension lift that works well.

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:17 am 
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Yeah ok im struggling to get the 500 dollar beast to run right yet
After I start using it ill consider a body lift.
Thanks for the advice

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:00 am 
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Mine's SPOA... check my build thread. Search "The UFO" posts by me in the Rigs section.

IMO - budget build or not a guard chop is better than a BL as you're not raising anything other than the offending panels to clear the tyres.

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 9:44 am 
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Mine's SPOA... check my build thread. Search "The UFO" posts by me in the Rigs section.

IMO - budget build or not a guard chop is better than a BL as you're not raising anything other than the offending panels to clear the tyres.

and your reducing mass in doing it.

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:02 am 
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I was tempted to, but I didn't mention guard cutting as it's not easy, and not a lift.
A neat virtual lift is out of the skill set of many people.

I was thinking Alien would chime in, as its one of the only proper SPOAs on AZ.

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Post Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:54 pm 
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I like my body lift, as it lifts the door sills out of harms way.
I could get away without it now, but keeping it on.
I have massaged inner guards, too :)

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