test drove another 80 today. I imagine what most of you hardcores wheelers would consider the stereotypical bad lift job for looks:
2.5" lift kit. Some generic looking gray coils (he thought this might be a Downey kit) with Bilstein shocks (aren't these OK IIRC). Apparently, they welded an extension bracket to the triangular part on the frame that holds the rear of the whatchamacallit control arms (?) that go fore and aft under the front axle tubes and back to the chassis (the annoying things that catch your head each time you try to creep under - no such thing on a 100, eh...). Nothing else that I saw done. Apparently the guy paid about $850 for it all installed). Then he added 35" Mud Terrains on. I must say it looked good on the outside. Didn't change gears of course, and no indication of any other alignment measure. Perhaps predictably, the thing was wallowing all over the place and did not feel particularly stable when driving around.
Oh well.
Btw, are these weld-on things enough to fix everything or is he missing half of a good job. (And yes, I know, it should be OME all the way...)
Eric
2.5" lift kit. Some generic looking gray coils (he thought this might be a Downey kit) with Bilstein shocks (aren't these OK IIRC). Apparently, they welded an extension bracket to the triangular part on the frame that holds the rear of the whatchamacallit control arms (?) that go fore and aft under the front axle tubes and back to the chassis (the annoying things that catch your head each time you try to creep under - no such thing on a 100, eh...). Nothing else that I saw done. Apparently the guy paid about $850 for it all installed). Then he added 35" Mud Terrains on. I must say it looked good on the outside. Didn't change gears of course, and no indication of any other alignment measure. Perhaps predictably, the thing was wallowing all over the place and did not feel particularly stable when driving around.
Oh well.
Btw, are these weld-on things enough to fix everything or is he missing half of a good job. (And yes, I know, it should be OME all the way...)
Eric