anti lift kit diy question
13 July 2006, 05:09 PM
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anti lift kit diy question
is this a do it yourself job or garage am just about to order the rear arb and droplinks all round was thinking of getting this also or would i be better doing it in stages any advice greatly appreciated
13 July 2006, 08:01 PM
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you could probably do it yourself but you'd need a bloody big breaker bar or access to air tools/ impact drivers
plus the car will need re-aligning once you've finished anyway
plus the car will need re-aligning once you've finished anyway
13 July 2006, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by gljam
you could probably do it yourself but you'd need a bloody big breaker bar or access to air tools/ impact drivers
plus the car will need re-aligning once you've finished anyway
plus the car will need re-aligning once you've finished anyway
Why would it need re-aligning? I thought thats what the ATK did. As long as you don't unbolt the shocks it all stays the same apart from the changes the anti lift has made to the caster etc....correct me if I am wrong it has been known
13 July 2006, 09:52 PM
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It's because of the changes the anti-lift makes to the caster that it would need re-aligning I'd have thought. Isn't caster angle one of the parameters the re-alignment optimises?
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Originally Posted by daijones
It's because of the changes the anti-lift makes to the caster that it would need re-aligning I'd have thought. Isn't caster angle one of the parameters the re-alignment optimises?
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14 July 2006, 10:44 AM
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IIRC Caster angle will affect the toe settings so its best to get it checked after you've fitted the alk, depends if you know what your settings are at the moment.
On a classic its quite easy to fit the alk, did mine in about 30 minutes. Think its a bit more involved in a newage, but not beyond someone with a socket set.
On a classic its quite easy to fit the alk, did mine in about 30 minutes. Think its a bit more involved in a newage, but not beyond someone with a socket set.
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14 July 2006, 12:42 PM
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I was about to ask the same sort of question.
The brakes need doing on my UK MY00 and while I'm down there I thought about doing the ALK and droplinks. Would this be ok or is it better to do the front and the rear drop links & ARB, at the same time?
The brakes need doing on my UK MY00 and while I'm down there I thought about doing the ALK and droplinks. Would this be ok or is it better to do the front and the rear drop links & ARB, at the same time?
14 July 2006, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveW
IIRC Caster angle will affect the toe settings so its best to get it checked after you've fitted the alk, depends if you know what your settings are at the moment.
On a classic its quite easy to fit the alk, did mine in about 30 minutes. Think its a bit more involved in a newage, but not beyond someone with a socket set.
On a classic its quite easy to fit the alk, did mine in about 30 minutes. Think its a bit more involved in a newage, but not beyond someone with a socket set.
Perfectly correct Dave, moving the lower track control arm will affect the toe settings.
The only thing more involved in the newage is removing the crash protection bar, which is held on by about 8 17mm headed bolts.
Not hard at all.
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14 July 2006, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveW
IIRC Caster angle will affect the toe settings so its best to get it checked after you've fitted the alk, depends if you know what your settings are at the moment.
On a classic its quite easy to fit the alk, did mine in about 30 minutes. Think its a bit more involved in a newage, but not beyond someone with a socket set.
On a classic its quite easy to fit the alk, did mine in about 30 minutes. Think its a bit more involved in a newage, but not beyond someone with a socket set.
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