[monley]

I made my bump stop
s spacer's a bit to long

[DarkHorse]

Pics?

[Chop]

Is this worthy of the "I'm a dickhead thread"?

[monley]

Not really dick head worthy.....i don't think. I was going to make them at work on Saturday at smoko time, but forgot about it until 30min's before we knocked of. I also forgot to measure how long they needed to be, so i took a i guess and went with 40mm longer I checked the the distance between the bump stop landing bracket's and the bump stop before i put them in. It was 100mm, so now with the 40mm bump stops it's now 60mm, result, no rear end flex



I will make some new one's at work tomorrow @25mm and see how they go.

[DarkHorse]

Speaking of which...

I had a doozy today...

[tonka_tuff]

ok cool well when my new springs go in ill have a look but atm with 35mm king springs and 30mm spaces i don't have a problem..

thanks for the help guys

[Built4thrashing]

alexvitara wrote:

that looks wrong. Have you flexed up the diff to make sure the bumpstop still makes contact with the lower perch and doesnt foul on the coils?


I made some for the GV and i had to taper the top by just under 4mm to get it to mate up properly under compression.

[alexvitara]

Yeah they look wrong but they work fine. they don't meet in the center of the lower perch but they don't foul on anything. Making them sit perfect was going to be to complicated.

[tonka_tuff]

hey alex how ling did you make em? 40mm?

[alexvitara]

tonka_tuff wrote:

hey alex how ling did you make em? 40mm?

55mm

[Chop]

DarkHorse wrote:

M10.

They cost about $35 for the pair, but you have to find an ARB sales rep that believes they actually exist.

Part No is FK28, they are part of the OME lift kit for the XL7.

I've got some coming for $25

[oohsam]

atari4x4 wrote:

The bumpstop I made was urethane 50mm dia/ 70mm tall and bolts to the lower spring mount. after installing longer rear shocks I noticed that on compression I was getting close to full coil bind on the spring also I was at almost full compression on the shock. I made a lower bumpstop that mates with the original upper rubber bumpstop to limit max compression.

The urethane is easy to work with, it was left over from a roof top boat loader i think. It was the perfect diameter to sit in the concave of the bottom spring mount, only had to drill 2 holes on the diff to mount them and cut the roller to lenght & set some bolts and lock nuts on a "shouldered" hole in the centre of the urethane...

It's a bit fiddly to get the nuts up in the coil mounts, if I did them again I'd get someone to zap some stiff wire onto a couple of nuts so there was something to grab onto rather than just reaching with ya fingers.

The only thing I'd change is to round the top edge so it's not as sharp as it gets close the coil when flexing it up.

Depending on how big the bumpstop needs to be ARB list one for the front of the XL-7 that can be fitted to the front and rear of Vitara's.

Polar_Bear made up a few front bumpstop spacers, I don't have any pics of mine fitted so but here's a shot of his, I can't remember the lenght... maybe 50mm, hows ya memory Polar_Bear? This is with the OME front struts & Calmini strut spacers.

Hey Atari,
Im about to extend my bumpstops this week, but I'm trying to work out how you got the bolt in the lower spring mount....
Cheers

[atari4x4]

for a mild sort of lift i'd look at the OME or bits4vit's bumpstops...

i drilled the spring seat & there is just enough room to get a nut & spanner up under the bottom of the spring seat & the axle tube of the diff... it was a custom spanner

[oohsam]

Ah ok I got ya!

cheers mate. I think i'll just buy the bits4vits stops.
Works out 100 bux to my door for all 4.

Cheers

[DarkHorse]

Never posted the one's I made up for the back of the old car:

50mm poly from Bruce, tapped both ends, thread from an old M10 fine bolt at top and original bump under.

These will make their way into the new car in the next few weeks, and I'll do something similar with the front.

[sj80tourer]

What length extension in the front atari ?