mite buy a vit what to look for

going to view a vit 1.6 any thing I should look out for

Rusty sills, rust around the top of front struts, rust on the rear floor around seat belt anchorages...

Rust basically

bit like a jimny then

Yes! Make another "Stumpy" -





Only don't bobtail it like I did... long old story... VOSA / DVLA...

One i was looking at was just a cheep modded one on ebay near buy but bloke so it before i could arrange to view

need help with some of the people on here that know there vits well got a standered one and going to be making it offroad ready on the cheep for a friend,

looking at mud tyres but what size was thinking 235 75 15 as know they do ok on these (gearing not to bad)

what about a lift was thinking of just a 2" on the cheep with spacers in the rear as can make these easy at work, hows the front done is it a case of just winding up the torsion bars?

is there anything else needed for a lift, I think ive read some were about brackets to drop the front diff back inline, I mite be wrong on that,

the front diff, if its a ally one is this going to be a problem and need swapping for a steel one asap or just run the ally one till it breaks

adding a small winch and ground anchor so self recovery

any help on any of this and any thing else worth know would be great

idiotmobil wrote: need help with some of the people on here that know there vits well got a standered one and going to be making it offroad ready on the cheep for a friend,

looking at mud tyres but what size was thinking 235 75 15 as know they do ok on these (gearing not to bad)

what about a lift was thinking of just a 2" on the cheep with spacers in the rear as can make these easy at work, hows the front done is it a case of just winding up the torsion bars?

is there anything else needed for a lift, I think ive read some were about brackets to drop the front diff back inline, I mite be wrong on that,

the front diff, if its a ally one is this going to be a problem and need swapping for a steel one asap or just run the ally one till it breaks

adding a small winch and ground anchor so self recovery

any help on any of this and any thing else worth know would be great

No torsion bars on a Vit'... it's IFS (Independent Front Suspension) driveshafts inside wishbones and suspension struts, so you can fit spring spacers front and rear... but you're not allowed to make your own, it's illegal

Longer shocks / spacers and front strut spacers...

Have a read of this - www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/another-vitara...ds-me-/blog_239.html first part of the blog on building Zukhini my "last" Vitara...

That had 235/75/15s on (they're now on my Jimny!).

Should help...

Dave

sorry but its to easy to make things where I work,

looks like ill be making a lot of spacers and brackets

is the front wheel nut tool the same as the jimnys

Very similar...

IIRC, a Jimny one will work on a Vit' but not vice-versa...

Which model is it? late 4U and 4U2 models often had quite tall gearing so its a good idea to swap to the lower 5:12s when running bigger rubber. 16V models are more tolerant to gearing as they have more torque.