80 series lift kit
Submitted by daniel tomasi on Mon, 2015-02-23 08:40
I am looking at replacing the original stock standard suspension on my 1997 80 series cruiser with a 2" lift kit. Am after peoples opinions on what brand to go for ie west coast suspension,tough dog,iron man or any other,and whether to go with soft,medium or firm. Only really load up with weight when going away camping with the wife and kids (which aint that often) and only tow a 4.2m tinny with it. Any other advice would be greatly appreciated ie steering dampner,castor bushes.
Spicey
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Tough Dog
fitted a 2 inch kit to my Cruiser years ago and it has been awesome, went medium light set up in the back and complimented with a set of poly air bags for when she is loaded up. This way you still get a smooth ride when it's not loaded up. I fitted a dampener at the same time to assist with the soft sand stuff.
Jayden20
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Whats your budget? Mine had
Whats your budget?
Mine had dobinson coils
Touch dog adjustable at first then swapped out for king remote reserviors.
I think they were a meduim rated spring and was great on and off road and towing was fine. This was a 6 inch lift though
johnno67
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Dobinsons
Dobinsons combo on these work great malaga suspensions are the state distributor for them
daniel tomasi
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Date Joined: 21/08/08
Ironman
Looking at spending around $2000 including new steering dampner and fitting. Was looking at an ironman kit. Anyone run there suspension kits and have any feedback?
Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
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I had foam cell shocks and
I had foam cell shocks and didn't like the ride they gave, found them to be very harsh on rougher roads and in off road use in general. I now use double acting nitro charge shocks and find they handle a lot better on & off road, a lot smoother and over all ride quality to be a lot better. I use the old man emu nitro charge sport, for the 80 series I would say you would be looking at $1600 to $1800 maybe? They do rated springs for what your carrying... For your car you can get the old man emu nitro LTRs shocks which look pretty cool but cost $$$ lol...
johnno67
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Dobi kt
I know you can get the dobinsons kit with steering damper fitted for $1700
dano83
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79 series.. Ive got dobinsons
79 series.. Ive got dobinsons springs and bilsteen shoks, medium duty and airbags. have had them over a year now happy with the ride.
got them from malaga. top job.
daniel tomasi
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Date Joined: 21/08/08
Cheers
thanks for the replies guys