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Hi all, I guess this has been done to death? wanted some braided hoses for the brakes and came accross the lift kit, now i want one. do i do a body lift (truck not me lol) or one of the spacer kits for suspension? also if i bought long hoses can i run them without the lift kit? many thanks, muzz

dragged the MT's out today, think winter is here :wavey
 
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Search for a thread by richspanerman. He is in the middle of doing his bud :thumbright:
 
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i made my own lift kit buy copying the ones for sale. 2" spacers at front and 2" hangers at rear. i also made some 2" blocks for the rear which ive yet to fit just to give it that bit extra. i had to get the tracking set on the front but it drives perfect. the extra clearance is handy when i go shootin and when im driving round the woods gettin logs
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Now it's a real bird puller :thumbleft:



Sorry couldn't resist :D
 
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Where abouts are based GK anyway? If you have any spare birds i'd be willing to take them off your hands! :D
 
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Monty_Python_X said:
Where abouts are based GK anyway? If you have any spare birds i'd be willing to take them off your hands! :D
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mate im from the sunderland area ...wouldnt care ive just been up me mates up killcreggan not too far from helensbrough i could have dropped you some off monday gone,i got roughly 300 at the weekend
 
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forgot to say its a 06 d40. was going to get the 2.5" lift front and rear from llama 4x4. £185 ish. read some kits come with different bolts for the camber /castor correction. will 2.5" lift affect this? also there are some spacers on begay but with no bolts. where can you buy correct bolts and u bolts? cheers :bowdown1
 
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so ive just read its better to get new leaf springs to raise the rear but doing a google search only brings up companies in u.s or oz. where can i get some lifted leaf springs in uk? might do shackles as well to get a bit more.
 
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put another spring in with yours. makes it stronger and higher
 
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the navs springs sit pretty flat compared to other pick ups. if you get another leaf and open the clamps on yours just lay the other leaf underneath and secure the clamps. hilux owners have been doin it for years and you get good results
 
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the gamekeeper said:
the navs springs sit pretty flat compared to other pick ups. if you get another leaf and open the clamps on yours just lay the other leaf underneath and secure the clamps. hilux owners have been doin it for years and you get good results
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so bought some more nav springs and had them couriered to me, took a leaf out and hey what do you know. its not that easy to "lay the leaf underneath". you have to have new spring clamps made to accomadate the extra spring and the nav spring clamps are rivieted on so not sure how you get away with that one!

lesson here is make sure you see with pics how its done without outlaying your cash! imho just buy hd springs that bolt in! :dunno
 
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Adding another leaf also makes the suspension very hard on the rear. That was a quick fix when i used to offroad suzuki samurais and they do a kit called an add a leaf. Again Lhama dave will have a contact for a company that makes them for the Nav i would guess. If you look at his web site there is a you tube clip on the rough country suspension lift. Looks good
 
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flying kiwi said:
[quote="the gamekeeper":16qubgjj]the navs springs sit pretty flat compared to other pick ups. if you get another leaf and open the clamps on yours just lay the other leaf underneath and secure the clamps. hilux owners have been doin it for years and you get good results
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so bought some more nav springs and had them couriered to me, took a leaf out and hey what do you know. its not that easy to "lay the leaf underneath". you have to have new spring clamps made to accomadate the extra spring and the nav spring clamps are rivieted on so not sure how you get away with that one!

lesson here is make sure you see with pics how its done without outlaying your cash! imho just buy hd springs that bolt in! :dunno[/quote:16qubgjj]
mate you can take them apart with a bit of work then just put a new bolt in the middle where it sits on the axel(it allready has a resess in where the original spring sits) then fit the extra spring in,clamp it down .it sits ok when done ,i know a kid who has done it and it works spot on .sits higher,a lot firmer and not too hard .wish ide got him to do a step by step how to now
 
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