So how would one go about raising the suspension on a car? I keep seeing lifted FWD cars and such.
So how would one go about raising the suspension on a car? I keep seeing lifted FWD cars and such.
Taller springs?
In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:
One of my best college buddies had a lifted Impress wagon with some General Grabber A/Ts on it. I believe he made spacers for the top mounting point of the strut assembly. It was surprisingly capable, but he ultimately sold it (after driving cross country in it) because the lift and tires totally destroyed the handling.
Same way you lift trucks or SUVs. Spring spacers, taller springs, changed mounting points ect. Subaru imprezas are easy just put on forester suspension.
I lifted an 85 golf for a gentleman by welding a 3" extension onto the bottom of the strut tube and machining a 3" slug that fit inside so that his cartridge would still fit correctly. In the rear I made a half inch thick plate with the bolt pattern for the stub axle drilled twice 3" apart. He unbolted the stub axle, bolted on the plate and remounted the stub lower.
It was an easy project and he then mounted some tall and knobby tires to some bedlined wheels and put a basket style thule roof rack and it really looked the part. Like a mini version of the standard XJ treatment around these parts.
Spacer between the strut mount and unibody(or longer strut), and maybe spacers between subframe and unibody to maintain correct geometry or at least make sure the ball joint doesn't over extend at full droop. Basic aluminum blocks anybody can make.
The vehicle that I have in mind has coils on all four corners. Spacers would probably be the way to go.
Ive seen poly spacers at autozone just fyi
How do you connect the lower arm to the frame in order to maintain proper geometry?
It wouldn't happen to he an mk4 VW would it? If so I know someone who has had some lift springs made for those that they would be willing to sell a set.
In reply to Trackmouse:
Spacers between the subframe and unibody, or dropping the pickups down if built in. If you're only going 2-3" (you can probably go a whole inch or so on spring spacers alone) on a macstrut car I think you could probably get away with extending/bending the lower arms to keep the ball joint angles and camber correct.
My WRX will be getting spacers and eventually King Springs.
I have looked into using Forester stuff, but you get 3-3.5" extra height, but you also lose front travel (4" instead of 6" with WRX struts). You also need rear trailing arm spacers or adjustable rear trailing arms, as the travel movers the wheels forward at the rear. Typically you need camber bolts up front.
You also have the option of fitting the subframe spacers that come on Foresters.
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