Home made lift kit?

kona480 · Post by **kona480** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:14 pm

Hi
I was talking to my teacher (who also has a brumby) and he said for about $50 for materials, I could make a lift kit at school. i was wondering if this was a good idea and how much it would cost to get the brake line and steering shaft extensions? Also what about insurance as I am a P plater?
thanks

phillatdarwin · Post by **phillatdarwin** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:20 pm

u can get brake lines made up for about $100 for rubber or s/s brade to adr for about $180 . as for the lift kit go for it and make one as if u know how to weld and drill holes procice it wood not be hard for u .
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GOD · Post by **GOD** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:15 pm

Some of this might be of interest: showthread.php?t=12394

Dane.

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:48 am

there are these threads

showthread.php?t=14743

showthread.php?t=14590

which should give you an idea of what you need and how much work is involved

TOONGA

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:43 am

Did your teacher factor in the cost of bolts? It doesn't seem like it as they will cost you more than $50

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:34 pm

what kind of materials? that sounds too cheap!
Cheers
AP

kona480 · Post by **kona480** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:29 pm

I'm not sure, nothing is official, just talking about the idea at the moment

Outback bloke · Post by **Outback bloke** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:20 pm

I say go for it. It will be interesting for you. We are just saying that we think it will cost more than $50, that's all.

phillatdarwin · Post by **phillatdarwin** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:24 pm

i have price one out a ally and it will cost around $200 just for the ally box and that is not with any cost of welding on it as well .

kona480 · Post by **kona480** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:48 pm

phillatdarwin wrote:i have price one out a ally and it will cost around $200 just for the ally box and that is not with any cost of welding on it as well .

what do you mean the ally box?

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:15 pm

kona480 wrote:what do you mean the ally box?

he means - Aluminum block.
Cheers
AP

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:03 pm

What you'll be after is the steel box with crush tube welded inside the box. Crush tube is basically steel tubing that takes the load of the torqued bolts so the box steel won't crush in on itself.

With ally block its pretty easy to make a lift - just cut the block to the right length for each block and drill the holes required...

The trickiest bit will be the strut towers - you'll need to offset them an appropriate amount to fix the camber. Some one will know the correct offset to use - I planned on making my lift but it hasn't happened yet... Time will tell.

All the best with it, you'll love it once you fit it to your subi!

Cheers

Bennie