CJ ran a vitara calmini kit with 7.50’s on steel 2.0/V6 vitara rims, no BL, and had no/minimal tyre contact. That’s about as much help as I can offer.
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
Hi all. Hoping someone has a similar set up and can help me out. Vitara with calmini 3" suspension kit, including Lower arms. No body lift.... How much bump stop spacing will I need to stop a 235/85 R16 from killing itself on my guards? Front only. This is a temporary measure until I can do a virtual lift. Firewall and back of guards, as well as headlight buckets have been trimmed to within an inch of their lives already. Running XL7 rims. Cheers. |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
Worth adding... suspension is apart already, so a flex test is a little difficult. |
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| Author: | p0isonra1n [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
In mine with no body lift on 31s I had 50mm bump stop spacers and even then I could get the tyre to hit the the guard and all the weight was on that wheel. |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
Yeah ok. Cant have had much usable up travel. Ill start at 50mm and add what I need from there. Cheers |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
50mm at the bump will be 100mm at the wheel. A stock vitara barely has 50mm between the bump and the a arm. |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
How much of the overall length of the oem rubber bump stop actually compresses under heavy load? |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
I’d work on 50% |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
Working on that.... 65mm spacer is needed. |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
CJ ran a vitara calmini kit with 7.50’s on steel 2.0/V6 vitara rims, no BL, and had no/minimal tyre contact. That’s about as much help as I can offer.
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
If it ran bumpstop spacing at all in the front it was only the XL-7 shim. |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
 
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
  This is almost full extension. Maybe 5 or 10mm left in it. About 165mm total travel left. I can live with that for now. Id wager I would have needed an extension anyway as I reckon those calmini springs would bind before touching the oem bumps |
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| Author: | Gwagensteve [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
Yes, I’d agree with that- I believe the coils bind at full compression. I think the wider track of the 2.0 litre car along with the XL-7 rims are complicating things as they tyre can’t tuck inside the guard. |
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| Author: | alien [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
Check Shandy92's build thread?? He was running 31s with some franken-lift, but there might be some info there, even if just in images? |
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| Author: | Fatzook [ Thu Oct 08, 2020 1:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Save me some time... Vitara suspension setup |
 Not pleased that I'm reducing travel, but here's what a 65mm spacer looks like. Hoping to get this down to 25mm or so after a virtual lift in the future. Steve- agree about the extra width giving me clearance issues. Alien- ill check it out. Thanks. At this stage I think the only cure would be smaller tyres or less panels. |
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