NachaLuva's Body Lift

NachaLuva

NachaLuva

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A while ago I got a 2" body lift kit from Crossbred Performance. Before I put it in I wanted to beef it up a little by boxing the open ended blocks & tieing the rear trailing arms together, also the front control arms.

So far:
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The trailing arm blocks are on the left, they're also welded to the moustache bar blocks for extra stability. I put them on the car then tacked in the connecting 1"x1" RHS, then removed them & fully welded them. Some of the welds are a little rough but its strong.

I also replaced the bolts on the rear strut blocks with longer bolts to fit 1" spacers. A bit of a bugger as the longer bolts wouldn't go in so I had to make up some using HT threaded rod & HT nuts. The end result isn't neat but its strong & functional
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The 28 plates I'll use to box in the blocks are along the front & took ages to cut :(

I also noticed a funny little triangular support on each side of the moustache bar:
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It looks like their purpose is to stabilise the bar. Trouble is there's nothing in the lift kit for this. Would I need to fab up something or can I just leave this off? Its only thin pressed sheet metal with I think M6 bolts. The bar itself is held in place with substantial HT bolts so I'm not really sure why these plates are needed :shrug:
 
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It needs blocks. Like this:

moustachebarblocks.jpg


One small one for the round bit, and a long one for the flat bit.

I think you might not have enough blocks to do the job properly. See this image:

https://www.scorpionsubaru.com/liftkit.jpg

You'll note that there are some extras. e.g. you need one for the steering. You'll also note that the scorpion kit comes with longer bolts to replace the originals.

PM me an email address and I'll send you the instructions for fitting a scorpion lift kit. It will help you figure it out.
 
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Thats a very complete lift kit by Scorpion! The photo I put up isnt the complete kit, just the bits I'm modifying. When I'm finished I'll post a photo of the complete kit for others to see. Its missing the extended brake lines though, plus the blocks you've shown in your photo.

PM sent...
 
OK, I'll do some measurements & post them up for you. Some bits like the steering extension may be a bit more tricky for you.
 
Looks great NachaLuva :ebiggrin:

Can't wait to see your Forry once it's all fitted :raz:

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
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You can see em in the 1st post. I didnt make the kit, though if you knew the dimensions (which I do now lol :iconwink:) it isnt too hard. Its just a few items like the steering extension which may be hard to source
 
NachaLuva said:
You can see em in the 1st post. I didnt make the kit, though if you knew the dimensions (which I do now lol :iconwink:) it isnt too hard. Its just a few items like the steering extension which may be hard to source
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Do you mind sharing?:ebiggrin:
 
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Looks good mate, I might buy one of these kits and through it in, 2 out of 4 of my CV's have ripped boots and are clicking... partly due to the massive lift I have but they are original 12yr old CV's with 203,000km on them.
Would you mind taking a picture of the extension for the steering knuckle, that is what I'm worried about the most.
 
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Would you mind taking a picture of the extension for the steering knuckle, that is what I'm worried about the most.
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I'll post it up on Sunday. I was talking bout that today...you might be able to buy just the extension from Jeff at C r o s s b r e d but he may only sell em with a kit
 
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