Rear spring spacer fitted

[Paff]

Looks great! I've not got the cahoonas to do anything like that

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Looks great! I've not got the cahoonas to do anything like that

Thanks, I have to say that it was probably at the limit of mine, with the tools I have available. I don't mind unbolting and replacing, but fabrication is beyond the equipment I have access to.

I need to make one of those tyre steps to work on the engine bay now. :doh

 

[Banshee]

Thanks, I have to say that it was probably at the limit of mine, with the tools I have available. I don't mind unbolting and replacing, but fabrication is beyond the equipment I have access to.

I need to make one of those tyre steps to work on the engine bay now. :doh

Oh mate that looks quality!!!!! Any problems with bumpers or transfer levers etc? Did you have to make new brackets?

 

[Sweety]

Looks great Clive:thumb2

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Thanks...

Oh mate that looks quality!!!!! Any problems with bumpers or transfer levers etc? Did you have to make new brackets?

Steering fine, undid the pinch bolt, gave it a little tap to free it up, and when finished tightened it back up after rocking the steering wheel back and forward a couple of times after the lift. It moved along the splines less than 2mm, with no stretching of the doughnut at the top of the steering rod either.

Transfer lever is fine, actually still has clearance behind, but the main gear stick is pretty close to the plastic surround. It does clear, just very close though. Will need to extend the gear lever as I keep groping around in the air above it, or giving my wife a dead leg, as I slip off the top..:augie:lol

Rear bumper was a Pig... marked a line vertically on the bracket as a cut line, then one across it, so I could measure when it was 2" down. As my welding is not so hot, I bolted some repair plates to hold the two parts together in the right place, and then welded both the plates into place, as well as welding along the join. Not necessary if you are a good welder but gave me peace of mind. The bolts that join the bumper to the chassis in the wheel arch, sheered on one side, so it took an age to drill them out and re tap the holes, only to find I really didn't need to remove them from the chassis, and could have got away with just removing it from the mud flap side, as it is easier to drop the bracket there, meaning you only have to drill one hole, as one of the mud flap bolts is perfectly placed.

Front bumper was my concern, but I now understand what I was looking at in elty001 pictures, it's not as bad as I feared. Basically, I had to make the hole you get to the front bumper bolt through bigger, as it goes through body and is now to high up to get through properly. On the bumper, I drilled an oversize hole, 2 inches down, and then had to grind it into a slot to get it where it needed to be. I have some nice galvanised brackets that are predrilled 2" apart, and 5mm thick, which I used to raise the rear mount. So basically, the front bumper was easiest.

The Bull Bars were a git, as they are braced to the front bumper, which is now 2" higher, so I had to make up new brace brackets, and to fit them to the bumper means removing it all again... When finished, I found the spot lamps foul the bumper, so had to mash things around there. I also discovered the number plate was now also up behind the bull bars, so had to make a bracket up for that.

I did take me 2 days, one day to remove everything, fit the lift and mod the rear bumper. I then hammerited the bumper metal work and left it to dry over night. It then took the whole second day to actually finish off, so I was a lot slower than Elty.

So all in all Simples...:doh

 

[elty001]

I think I spent as much time modding the bumpers as I did doing the lift :lol
Alex's was a lot easier as there was only a bit of grinder work needed for the front bumper.
A job well done there clive:thumb2
Looks very well indeed.

 

[Barrbeast]

Yeh looking great bud :thumb2

 

[AlexD333]

I need to make one of those tyre steps to work on the engine bay now. :doh

Just get a yellow pages :augie

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Just get a yellow pages :augie

Are you kidding, I just got the new RS catalogue, which is three times as think as our yellow pages, and I can still only reach the bonnet safety catch, and that is standing on tip toe...:lol:lol

 

[elty001]

I have got a step up to the front door on our drive so I just drive upto that when I need to get under the bonnet.
just the right height for working on the engine.

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

I have got a step up to the front door on our drive so I just drive upto that when I need to get under the bonnet.
just the right height for working on the engine.

I haven't got one of those... I have resorted to using the caravan step at the moment! I already bought a small step ladder that I used for loading the roof box and washing the roof, not sure that will reach now... :doh

I dropped Suz at the train station this morning, and when she climbed out, I could only just see her over the seat to say goodbye...

How do you manage to get in with our side steps? I feel like I am doing the CanCan when I hoist my leg up without using the steps.

 

[elty001]

one hand on wheel and one on door and jump:lol:lol
was quite funny a few weeks back when I picked my sister in law up.
she is small and round and I couldn't help her for laughing at her attempts to get in..
in the end I passed her the little plastic step that my mum uses to get in:lol
got a gob full off her for not giving it to her straight away but where was the fun in that:thumb2

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

one hand on wheel and one on door and jump:lol:lol
was quite funny a few weeks back when I picked my sister in law up.
she is small and round and I couldn't help her for laughing at her attempts to get in..
in the end I passed her the little plastic step that my mum uses to get in:lol
got a gob full off her for not giving it to her straight away but where was the fun in that:thumb2

That made me snigger...:clap