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Home made lift kit?
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:14 pm
by kona480
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
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:20 pm
by phillatdarwin
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 .
and if u look on hear u can find lots if u can not find it PM me and i will send u what i have found on the
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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:15 pm
by GOD
Some of this might be of interest:
showthread.php?t=12394
Dane.
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:48 am
by TOONGA
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
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:43 am
by Outback bloke
Did your teacher factor in the cost of bolts? It doesn't seem like it as they will cost you more than $50
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:34 pm
by AlpineRaven
what kind of materials? that sounds too cheap!
Cheers
AP
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:29 pm
by kona480
I'm not sure, nothing is official, just talking about the idea at the moment
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:20 pm
by Outback bloke
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:24 pm
by phillatdarwin
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 .
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:48 pm
by kona480
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?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:15 pm
by AlpineRaven
kona480 wrote:what do you mean the ally box?
he means - Aluminum block.
Cheers
AP
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:03 pm
by El_Freddo
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