Has anyone come up with any type of spacers yet to lift the LR3? Is it possible to body lift the LR3 maybe an inch or so?
Gride7 said:Has anyone come up with any type of spacers yet to lift the LR3? Is it possible to body lift the LR3 maybe an inch or so?
nwoods said:Yeah, it's been done. There's a guy in SoCal building a race truck and he replaced the stock 2" urethane spacers with much taller (5" ?) steel spacers. He said he had to do some work on the steering column, but I don't know what all he had to do, nor will he describe it. He's keeping most of the tricks to himself because it's his race truck.
It's a neat project, but it has not been an easy conversion to say the least!
PacificGroveRover said:Is this race truck an air suspension LR3 or Coil suspension LR3?
expectthebest said:Don't flame me but I know very little about baja type truck racing. Are these trucks typically solid axle or IFS?
nwoods said:It started life as a normal SE with air suspension, 7 seats, rear air conditioning, terrian control, etc...
It now has King coils, limit straps, etc... Cool stuff.
I don't know. Maybe he has a fetishPacificGroveRover said:Why did he choose the LR3 as his race truck platform?
CharlieFoxDelta said:A lift on the LR3 would be overkill IMHO. If the look and performance is what you're after, you can relatively easily mount on some 33" tires with minor fender trimming.
Just my $0.02.
expectthebest said:If the Trophy trucks us an IFS set up, why is it considered so bad for Land Rover?
garrett said:those trucks are set up for speed, more speed and LOTS downward travel to minimize impact. (notice how low they are) hardly something you can compare to a robust trail truck. IFS is fine and dandy, but it is far from being as stout as a solid axle setup. not to mention ease of service.
Humvees run independent with portals and they break half shafts left and right. a 4Runner half shaft is more stout then a Humvee though. that's hardly something you can fix on the trail quickly.
expectthebest said:It's interesting you bring up the 4-Runner IFS. I was looking under my Dad's 91 Toyota pickup on Saturday and noticed it has a fron IFS. This actually surprised me. I see these pickups lifted all the time. Do they have lots of problems due to lifting? I havn't heard of many. If they don't have problems, why would the LR3?
By the way, I'm not being argumentative here, just trying to learn something.:bigok: