TheGageinator Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Are there are major differences in lift components between 4inches and 6inches? i am wanting to run 27 or 29 inch tires, and make an adventure rig. capable offraod, but still very street derivable. I will drive the subaru around alot. to and from riding locations for sure. I am about to purchase Front and rear strut spacers for my 92 Loyale. I am planning to make the rest of the lift kit myself.I have it raised on 2inches right now. I am planning the get the spacers from SJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 fronts similar, rear on the 6" the rear suspension tube with swing arms are lowered 4" with the 4" the rear tube is not lowered 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torry33 Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 i did a 5 inch lift and made it all myself.i did 2x4 1/4 inch spacers front and rear,did 5 inch strut spacers and a diff drop plate.15 degrees of angle on the front stut lift and tie tires sit perfect.drives nice too with thr EJ swap! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberoo Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Just run your 2" lift and trim the fenders as needed.There is no benefit to lifting it 4-6" just to fit a 27-29" tire.More weight,more complexity,taller Center of Gravity,etc just to not have to trim your fenders a small amount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloyale Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Just run your 2" lift and trim the fenders as needed.There is no benefit to lifting it 4-6" just to fit a 27-29" tire.More weight,more complexity,taller Center of Gravity,etc just to not have to trim your fenders a small amount? Walkover clearance. with proper driveline, trans mount and exhaust you can have a high belly and hence make it over much steeper humps without having to launch it to get over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uberoo Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 True,More lift does get the body further from the ground.If you try to always place your tires on obstacles rather than straddling them more lift does get the body out of harms way, even if the center is still as low as ever.However, the transmission is protected by the body on something with low lift,while more lift exposes it to more possible damage.Eventually no matter what lines you take the center of the vehicle always gets kissed by rocks,trees,stumps,hills,etc.So in that case having the body help protect the drivetrain is a good thing.Besides its not like the rocker panels wont self clearance anyway. I will concede the point in mud however, in mud just getting the body up out of the mud helps with some of the drag that gets vehicles stuck.The less surface area that the mud can cling to and halt forward progress the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XHighOctanex Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 With 4-6 inches run the 29s, I have 27s on a 2 inch lift and with a little cutting wheel massaging I was running my 27s before I even put my lift on with not much rubbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGageinator Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 fronts similar, rear on the 6" the rear suspension tube with swing arms are lowered 4" with the 4" the rear tube is not lowered Thanks! That's what I needed to know. I want to go 4 inch, but 3 Inch body spacers will be hard to find. If I go 5 Inch, body spacers will be easy to find at 4inches, but 5inch shock spacers are not avaliable. I'd like to not have to make the shock spacers. It's really hard for me to buy stuff from other people. I'm very used to just making it myself. But I know my limits. i did a 5 inch lift and made it all myself.i did 2x4 1/4 inch spacers front and rear,did 5 inch strut spacers and a diff drop plate.15 degrees of angle on the front stut lift and tie tires sit perfect.drives nice too with thr EJ swap! Good info here! Do you have any pictures of your front / rear strut spacers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torry33 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 i do have pics.i will try to get them up.but i can explain what i did,for the fronts i used schedule 40 4 inch pipe cut at 15 degrees at a total length of 4 and 3/4 so when you weld the 1/4 inch end plate its 5 inches.i mabe a copy of the strut opening on the car for the dementions for the top piece.drill and put bolts thru the top and check for fit and then weld them in place.for the bottom make tabs for the bottom bolts.the bottom bolt tabs will be off set from the top for best fit and clearance.for the rears i turned the strut 180 so the top mount angle is oppisit from what it is mounted to the car.that way when you extend it you get the right angle in th end.i welded 1 inch square tube on each side about 3 and 1/2 and weld that to a piece of 90 degree angle that i mounted to the stock strut bolt holes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torry33 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 ADF has a 6 inch install site the i got all my ideas from mostly.lots of picks and they go through everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torry33 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 also my first car i did a 2 inch strut only lift abd found that my axle angles were maxed out.the rears started clicking and eventuly ripped the boots.with my 5 inch the axle angles are perffect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGageinator Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 Awesome info!! Thank youm I'm ready to get this started. My driver front inner boot just ripped and slung out all the goods. Lasted 85 miles with the 2inch lift haha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsyme Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 also my first car i did a 2 inch strut only lift abd found that my axle angles were maxed out.the rears started clicking and eventuly ripped the boots.with my 5 inch the axle angles are perffect! I'll admit I don't understand how 2 is bad and 5 is good in the rear. was the diff invertered too? Please expound here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I'll admit I don't understand how 2 is bad and 5 is good in the rear. was the diff invertered too? Please expound hereits not the lift height that's hard on axles its the difference in strut extension height compared to the rest of the suspension , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferp420 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 The differance between a 4" lift and a 6" lift is about 1-2 miles per gallon and 2 inches of lift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsyme Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 its not the lift height that's hard on axles its the difference in strut extension height compared to the rest of the suspension , OK. I get it. strut-only-lift of 2" or 5" doesn't matter if it all gets lifted, but to lift only struts and leave the rest of it OEM stock, breaks things. check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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