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| posted on June 14th, 2004 at 07:04 PM |
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Lift kits for bugs!
Just wondering if anyone has info on an aussie company that makes lift kits??
I remember seeing an ad in a mag ages ago,
PS I'm talking a body lift not suspension.
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MR930
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| posted on June 14th, 2004 at 07:26 PM |
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Yep Sharpbuilt do them. Go to http://www.sharpbuilt.com
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| posted on June 14th, 2004 at 08:25 PM |
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Contact the Manx Club, They can put you in contact with the right people.
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| posted on June 17th, 2004 at 04:31 PM |
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thanks guys I'll try em out!
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| posted on June 17th, 2004 at 06:53 PM |
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WTF do you need that for? :alien
Dude, forget the lift, and body drop that thing!LOL
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 06:47 PM |
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i priced a 2'' lift kit from sharpbuild and was about 500 bux same as 3"
all alloy but all u real need is the from part
http://www.austech.info/forums
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oh sgetty will you respect me in the morning
things could be worse you could live in kentucky
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| posted on July 6th, 2004 at 07:20 PM |
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http://www.sharpbuilt.com.au try this as the other one was for a kitchen co.
[Edited on 6-7-04 by pod]
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| posted on July 9th, 2004 at 05:16 PM |
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Thanx guys!
Nectar did'nt you know??
I've given up on the resto look,
AND GONE FOR THE MUDDY LOOK!!!!!
Ive switched to the dark side.
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| posted on July 12th, 2004 at 08:16 PM |
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and now u will never go back 
http://www.austech.info/forums
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oh sgetty will you respect me in the morning
things could be worse you could live in kentucky
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| posted on July 13th, 2004 at 07:46 AM |
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check out this link for a DIY 2' lift kit
http://sandlizrd.baja.com/2inchlft.htm
marcel
[Edited on 12-7-2004 by type82e]
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| posted on July 18th, 2004 at 10:16 PM |
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Thanx alot guys, I'm in the process of bringing my dads old desert bug back to life, after sitting in the grave yard for a couple of years, its in
need of a little TLC. I put in a dual port 1600, should be ready for rego in the next month or so and then I will be putting the country buggy running
gear back underneath and I might have a go at making my own lift kit for it.
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 01:46 AM |
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John at VW ctr in Osborne park Perth does a 2 inch lift kit fully welded up for $230- this is about the only thing i would ever buy off him.
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 01:47 AM |
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John at VW ctr in Osborne park Perth does a 2 inch lift kit fully welded up for $230- this is about the only thing i would ever buy off him.
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 01:47 AM |
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John at VW ctr in Osborne park Perth does a 2 inch lift kit fully welded up for $230- this is about the only thing i would ever buy off him.
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 01:49 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by buggied
John at VW ctr in Osborne park Perth does a 2 inch lift kit fully welded up for $230- this is about the only thing i would ever buy off him.
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:duh....lol
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 12:58 PM |
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For those who have fitted body lift kits-whats some of the tricks you need to know about-eg- lifting up the seats so you can see out the
windscreen,how do you hook up the steering shaft to the box,what do you do for the engine bay sealing if it's not Baja'd and any other things to
look out for?????????Sorry to hijak your post but you probably need to know this stuff as well.
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 02:09 PM |
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I assume this lifts the body above the pan? no offence, but what's the point if it doesn't increase ground clearance? just to be able to run bigger
wheels?
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 06:02 PM |
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it makes wheel to body clearance so you can run bigger wheels and better suspension travel.......... not the that it is very legal... lift kit is up
to 2 inch, but not much elsel is..... bloody fourbies get away with anything though, so unfair
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 07:31 PM |
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Hmm.....bigger wheels=more ground clearance
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| posted on July 19th, 2004 at 11:50 PM |
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DIY... or did Ian take his welder to the wild-west?
Hey Rhett,
whats wrong with RHS and a little welding and grinding? Tip: sleeve the bolt holes with pipe to stop the tube crushing.
If you used strap and angle you could have more lift at the rear and less at the front, for that going somewhere look. 
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 03:15 PM |
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So it appears no body has fitted a body lift kit yet.
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 05:34 PM |
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I have a 2" body lift kit. I bought the sharpbuilt front yoke (tricky to make) and made the rest myself. fourbies are limited to 2" too.
Body lift helps with tyre clearance, gearbox clearance, and engine clearance.
here you can see the lift kit sitting on my pan. I ran the nose cone of the gearbox through it
you can also see it a little here
bits I made here
crap picture of it all on the pan here
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| posted on July 21st, 2004 at 09:27 PM |
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wes
how much is just the front piece to buy?
you just used 25mm* 50mm rhs?
marcel
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 08:32 AM |
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I used 25x50mm RHS, I basically built it underneath the body of the baja, bolt it to and tacking it as I go.
It was 3 years ago so I can't remember the price exactly, but I think it was around $150.
You also have to make some spacers for in front of the fuel tank (2 places), and the rear shock towers (4 places)
For the steering column, it is still bolted to the underneath of the dash, and then angles down to the steering box. The stock rubber steering joint
handles the small angle. I cut the front firewall around the steering column hole, fitted it all up and then rewelded the steering column back in to
the front firewall in a slightly lower position.
I raised the seats 2inches. front seats only as the back seat raises itself with the body.
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| posted on July 22nd, 2004 at 02:08 PM |
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Thanks Wes-Thats what I was after.Looks like a fairly simple job.Steering column was the thing that concerned the most but figured I would do it just
as you described.Even thought about cutting a piece from a wreck around the hole and have it overlap the original hole (which would be cut out) and
then have it bolt up with slotted holes like early Fords and Holdens.Whatever was the easiest.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2004 at 03:34 PM |
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I made and fitted my own lift kit to my baja too. Like Wes, I used 50 x 25 RHS. One thing that caught me was that when i got my bolts, I forgot to
request the length of thread. Consequently, the threads weren't quite long enough to tighten fully and I had to borrow a "tap and die" set to get
the extra smidge I needed. Pain in the ass.
Hmm, the steering column wasn't much of an issue; pretty easy compared to the other stuff. I found that getting all the holes in the right place was
the worst bit. Mine ended up slightly oversise  but no major dramas.
I didn't want to buy the front section, so instead I just cut and welded the sides of my front "yoke" out of the RHS and welded it to the side
sections of the kit too.. Then on top, I cut a bit of 30 x 55-or-so rubber strap so that it fitted into the RHS. Bit of silastic on the ends and jam
it in as you jack it up. Worked a treat. Nice and strong and bent to fit the curve perfectly.
I was on my own when i jacked the pan up to the body to put the kit in. (I had stripped the pan bare beforehand and done an IRS conversion.) It was
a bit stressful. Tryign to get the two seals, that body sealant goo stuff and the bolts etc lined up was a bit on the crappy side. Funnily enough,
it all worked fine.
So yeh, that is my experience with it. Good luck mate.  I was 18 and
did it myself, so most people should be able to do it if they don't give up. Bit of cutting, bit of welding, bit of grinding, bit of bending, bit of
bashing, bit of swearing, bit of crying ...peice of piss.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2004 at 05:08 PM |
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yeah a bit of swearing was involved
to help get the bolts through the lift kit and 2 body to pan seals grind the bolt ends to points, like the factory bolts. Makes them self guiding.
Then using an air rachet to screw them in while force them a little seemed to work ok.
I got the bolts down one side, and then wen't to the other side. I put a jack sideways between the tunnel and the body to push the body sideways in
fine adjustments. Check to see if the holes were aligned using a screw driver and make small jack adjustments until I could get the bolts through.
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