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[Buco]

Gday All,

Im a newie to the site and just recently bought a 05 D22 STR V6 dual fuel
tray back with 91,000 on the clock.
Im looking at a lift kit or body lift install, if theres any pros and cons on what
i should go for please help!

Also is there anything major i need to know about my truck too??
and what to look out for....

cheers

 

[scooba_285]

i would put a suspension lift over a body lift as it will lift all your running gear up as a body lift wont

 

[Old.Tony]

Welcome to the forum!

+1 on the suspension lift - your chassis rises as well. The body lift is only really going to slightly affect the approach and departure angles and the vehicle's wading depth - which, since yours is a petrol, you wouldn't be doing much of anyway.

Dave would know better, but I think the '05 D22 is fairly sound. I don't recall reading much about it in a negative fashion - and this is the place where complaints about the vehicles are more common.

 

[Buco]

thanks for the feed back guys,

My next question is....... how difficult is it to install a 2" lift kit??

 

[nakedape]

thanks for the feed back guys,

My next question is....... how difficult is it to install a 2" lift kit??

Easy - an afternoons work. You'll need a wheel alignment afterwards. It's up to you whether you replace torsion bars or to simply wind standard bars up.

I wound the bars up & replaced everything else with EFS gear.

 

[Dave]

V6 D22's are very reliable.

Only downside to them is fuel economy, there not to bad though.

Suspension lift over bodylift.

 

[RustyNav09]

welcome mate.

another +1 to suspension lift first. as for installation. i had mine dont but once i saw how it all went in and how easy it looked if i had to do it again i owuldnt hesitate at all. in saying that i have done a suspension kit on a old pajero and that was simple coil rear and torsion front.

goodluck

 

[Bigalski]

Hi Buco, welcome to the site. I just bought a 2004 D22 ST-R. So far I love it the biggest problem is holding myself back from modding it out too quickly

 

[scottybobcat]

Welcome to the forum mate.Go a suspension lift.Get onto zordo on here for a kit.

 

[joe2006]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Buco]

Once again thanks guys for the feed back!
Ill be going for the suspension lift kit and installing it myself,
but wont be for a little while cause i'v just finished an offroad buggy
which i still have alittle more money to spend on it!
After that its all D22 time and money!