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As Busta says the axle and diff are one solid unit with wheels at each end. There's 2 ways of getting more clearance, one fit much taller tyres, two fit portal reduction hubs and taller tyres.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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You can also "shave" the bottom of the diff casing which can gain any where from 1/2-1 inch
I suggest spending some time googling "live axle suspension" "solid axle suspension" "radius arm suspension" to try and get your head around how the jimny suspension works as it's very different to most other modern cars and 4x4s
11/60 wrote: Just because you can, would you really want to shave the bottom of the diff case?
Just to clarify by diff case I'm referring to the portion of the axle case under the diff ring gear.
Compared to some of the other major mods available it's a pretty simple and cheap one. It also allows you to increase the thickness of the bottom of the diff casing without losing the ground clearance caused by a bolt on diff guard. Depending on how you shape it, it can also help reduce hang ups.
If you use cv/double cardan type drive shafts you can angle up the diff input to point directly at the t-case increasing the amount of case you can cut away.
However doing this will mean moving spring/shock attachment points back on top of the axle and having to cut and reweld the swivel balls on the front to correct caster.
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