cal 7888 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 ive got a Grand vitara and its a great truck off road, just lacks abit of ground clearance sometimes! have any of you lifted one of these? around 2" Im looking at! and whats the best way to do it? cheers callum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboro shot Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Spacers or springs to lift body but diffs will still be same height from ground so bigger tyres aswell try" bits for vits" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal 7888 Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 ive just got some new tyres but I couldn't go very big because of the arches. went 215/65/16 insa turbo dakar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 If you can afford it I would go with longer springs that will give you extra ground clearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pboro shot Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Ive got insa turbos on my vitara awesome tyre with 2inch lift Vauxhall astra shocks on back with strut spacers on front without longer shocks pointless upgrade as traval is rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendrover90 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 You can lift it 10 inches it still won't give you any greater ground clearance Only bigger profile tires can do that which is where the suspension lift comes in to make room for the bigger tires and to give more axle articulation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 (edited) You can lift it 10 inches it still won't give you any greater ground clearance Only bigger profile tires can do that which is where the suspension lift comes in to make room for the bigger tires and to give more axle articulation vitara's have independent front suspension so 2" longer springs will lift the diff 2" this would also give you the option of putting slightly bigger tyres that would also help with the solid axal on the rear only larger tyres would lift the diff but the longer springs would lift the chasis. Edited December 17, 2014 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendrover90 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 Still limited by the wish bone unless you put bigger tires on though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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