testy Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Whats the easiest way to build a 6" rear ea82 lift? Ive pretty much got the front down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivantruckman Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 i would think the rear is easyer than the front, im still struggling with my strut tower extentions, in the rear you dont have to calculate angles , just how much you have to block the diff, as opposed to the suspention.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott in Bellingham Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 4" blocks and 6" at the shocks and 5" at the diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 blocks easy, diff easy. Thanks for the numbers though. Is there a simple way to construct the 6" rear strut extensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted February 12, 2008 Author Share Posted February 12, 2008 i would think the rear is easyer than the front, im still struggling with my strut tower extentions, in the rear you dont have to calculate angles , just how much you have to block the diff, as opposed to the suspention.. I just got some steel pipe. Welded the 5 3/4" section of steel pipe to the top of the strut. Welded the a 1/4 steel plate with the 3 holes at a 42mm offset. Now I gotta block the engine/trans down and extend the steering shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivantruckman Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 the rear are shocks, on my 86 and 85 ea82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phizinza Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 How about some 12" travel fox air shox in the rear. No need for springs, just pump them up to the height you want Ok, maybe not.. Becareful with rear strut extensions. I've seen ones that fold up and then rip the car apart. Not pretty. Theres only two bolts on a angle holding that all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 How about some 12" travel fox air shox in the rear. No need for springs, just pump them up to the height you want Ok, maybe not.. Becareful with rear strut extensions. I've seen ones that fold up and then rip the car apart. Not pretty. Theres only two bolts on a angle holding that all there. Someone one the board is building me a lift. I just cant be bothered ahaha. Id rather pay someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reveeen Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 What I did with mine is: Use 1 1/4 X 3/16 flat iron from the existing upper mounts to the frame (tied together at the top and curved at the top to fit), so it looks like a inverted U, tweaked at the top to bolt to the existing shock mount. The bottom is bolted through the frame and plated on the inside. Then I made shock mounts to weld to the flat iron out of heavy angle iron, positioned at 6" lower than the upper bolt holes, nuts welded inside the angle. The rear does not really carry a lot of weight (unless you load the back of the car), empty I'm guessing about 350 lbs a corner, 500 lbs tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruloverbrad Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 what i did as far as struts was i came down the amount of lift i wanted, re drilled the body for the upper strut bolts and then on inside of trunk i installed a peice of angle 1/4 in thich that sets flat on the trunk floor and the strut bolts go through it. the bolts are long enough that i installed spacers to hold strut away from the body so spring would not rub. I have drove this car like this for over 5k miles with no problems and during this time ive earned the nick name "baja Brad" for the way i drive off road. (jumped it lots of times cause i had no low range and 27 inch tires) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urabus-84HBDR Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 if your putting a 6'' lift on the front and back your going to run into some steering issues. first the angle is way too sharp; the point at which the steering shaft comes out of the fire wall needs to be lowered. trust me. then add an extra u joint there... also when doing this what did you do about the brake lines?! you have to re-route them so they arent in the way of the steering shaft. I will take some pics of mine this weekend and try to get them up on the board before end of the quarter... march 20. more and more of 'you' and 'us' are going to the 6''. thats a good thing! cant wait to see what shes made of... I just got some steel pipe. Welded the 5 3/4" section of steel pipe to the top of the strut. Welded the a 1/4 steel plate with the 3 holes at a 42mm offset. Now I gotta block the engine/trans down and extend the steering shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testy Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 if your putting a 6'' lift on the front and back your going to run into some steering issues. first the angle is way too sharp; the point at which the steering shaft comes out of the fire wall needs to be lowered. trust me. then add an extra u joint there... also when doing this what did you do about the brake lines?! you have to re-route them so they arent in the way of the steering shaft. I will take some pics of mine this weekend and try to get them up on the board before end of the quarter... march 20. more and more of 'you' and 'us' are going to the 6''. thats a good thing! cant wait to see what shes made of... Ya I gave up on the rest. The Beast I Drive on the board here is making me a sweet 6" lift. Ive learned im not a fab guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reveeen Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 the point at which the steering shaft comes out of the fire wall needs to be lowered No "issues" here with a '92 Loyale. The frame is blocked with 6" inter connected blocks, the steering shaft needed 5 1/2" of "extension", no brake line "issues" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruloverbrad Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 With my 8" lift i had a little binding so i cut off some of the slip part of the steering wheel shaft and re notched it with a angle grinder no more bind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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