Lift Kit Advice

Try and find one with a Hunter machine for the best results, so I'm led to believe.

So, in the spirit of the OP, do you need rear camber pins with a 40mm lift as well as front camber pins?

I don't think so. It doesn't look like the camber has changed in the rear, only on the front.
Will let you know more when I get it calibrated properly at the garage.

Only got front camber pins with my 50mm lift kit, and tracking & alignment is spot on.

Don't need rears, as you can't adjust them, just the fronts

SES88 top quality kit by the way. Thanks for fast delivery too.
My dad said from the looks of them they'll outlive the rest of the car!

SES88 said:

Really need to set it up properly with the measuring systems most places have, otherwise could be risking ridiculous tyre wear

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I totally agree, but unfortunately only because I have first hand experience.
When I had my lift fitted in 2007 I was told to get it aligned the next day (the kit was fitted at the end of the working day). I decided to leave it until the end of the month as money was tight after just shelling out for a new set of Wrangler AT/R's, the lift kit and the fitting. BIG mistake. The brand new front tyres were scrubbed and needed to be replaced within 3 weeks.So it cost me another couple of hundred quid to replace them and then still have to pay the £20 for the alignment anyway.

Booked mine in for tomorrow afternoon.
It's staying on the driveway until then!!!!

duncanpage4 said:

SES88 top quality kit by the way. Thanks for fast delivery too.
My dad said from the looks of them they'll outlive the rest of the car!

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Thanks Duncan, appreciate it

Hey folks, new to the site and have just got myself a freelander and looking to make myself a lift kit. Would anyone be able to provide a detailed dimensional drawing for any size lift kit ? It would be very much apreshiated cheers

NumbSkull13 said:

Hey folks, new to the site and have just got myself a freelander and looking to make myself a lift kit. Would anyone be able to provide a detailed dimensional drawing for any size lift kit ? It would be very much apreshiated cheers

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You think i'd give you all the dimensions of the lift kits I make? Or that Bearmach would give you the dimensions of theirs? Don't think so somehow

Not exactly the sort of thing you just knock up without thinking about it

Hey ses88 ill take that as a no then. sorry for asking. It wasn't directed at you but I understand you make them and would probably be the best person to help as you know what you're talking about. Not hear to up set anyone sorry

NumbSkull13 said:

Hey folks, new to the site and have just got myself a freelander and looking to make myself a lift kit. Would anyone be able to provide a detailed dimensional drawing for any size lift kit ? It would be very much apreshiated cheers

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I wouldn't recommend doing it yourself unless you're VERY competent.
I'm handy with a mig & arch welder & I didn't risk making it.

NumbSkull13 said:

Hey ses88 ill take that as a no then. sorry for asking. It wasn't directed at you but I understand you make them and would probably be the best person to help as you know what you're talking about. Not hear to up set anyone sorry

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I'll be more than happy to sell you a kit, as frankly with the time you'd put into the design, getting a single set of plates laser cut, welding the whole lot up inside and out, and getting a single set plated (platers normally have a MOV), it would cost you a lot more.

Or if you really want to make your own, do what I did, and buy a front & rear suspension strut assembly, and spend a day cadding it up, prototyping the plates to make them a good tight fit etc etc. You'll pay about £50 for a pair of struts, one front one rear, in fact i've got the set I used just sitting about, so you can have them for £50 if you want them.

But how you can make a one off kit (properly) for less than £140 i'll never know

Yeah Duncan I agree, I'm going to have a go at making my own I will just have to take measurements from my car. Just wondered if anyone was willing save me the hassle of takeing the struts off ill keep you all updated !

Well I'm definitely NOT going to have a go at making my own. As soon as I'm allowed by SWMBO I'll be having one of Simon's and having it professionally fitted by a friend who owns a garage with a full set of ramps and tools, and knows freelanders inside out.
Not taking any risks.

Zigster said:

Well I'm definitely NOT going to have a go at making my own. As soon as I'm allowed by SWMBO I'll be having one of Simon's and having it professionally fitted by a friend who owns a garage with a full set of ramps and tools, and knows freelanders inside out.
Not taking any risks.

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How soon you reckon the boss will let you have a set? Looks like i'm gonna have to order another batch of material, as i've only got 3 sets in stock at the moment

Ok I'm sorry I forgot to mention I'm a turner/HND mechanical engineer and have access to some CNC machines so I wasn't going to weld them I was going to machine them from one piece of steel much stronger and much much more accurate. But you only get one first impression I guess sorry guys

NumbSkull13 said:

Ok I'm sorry I forgot to mention I'm a turner/HND mechanical engineer and have access to some CNC machines so I wasn't going to weld them I was going to machine them from one piece of steel much stronger and much much more accurate. But you only get one first impression I guess sorry guys

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You'll have to make yourself some stud extensions too then, if you're going solid, you'd be better off with aluminium too, there's a company in America makes them, Todco or something like that

I have seen them solid ones they look plain I was thinking of grooving them so they look like yours. they look loads better !