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    Hey guys I have 2 inch suspension lift kit for front and rear for my 1998 Prado GLX V6 and was just wondering if anyone has installed them by themselves?

    If it's hard to do
    If there was any difficulties along the way

    Or is it just take off stock height shocks and coils and pretty much just bolt the 2 inch lift in?

    Thanks, Patrick.

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    Well I didn’t find it that hard, but then I have been doing this sort of work for longer than I want to admit in public :0

    If you just want to bung in new springs and shocks, fairly straight forward.
    Worse part is the passenger rear shock upper nut, with the drivers not far behind, after a bit of mucking about I used a thin 4” angle grinder disc and cut through the lower top rubber and the top steel threaded mounting spike, as my shocks were bloody rooted anyway.

    However you need to build up the front strut assembly, not hard, but you do need a GOOD set of spring compressors (not the 20 buck ones from Super Cheap) to strip the old unit and reassemble it with the new shocks. You can get it done fairly cheap from a suspension shop, but the cost will be the same if you buy the spring compressors I guess, mine cost 60 bucks I think.

    I also did all the suspension bushes, upper and lower ball joints, steering rack mounts, tie rods, rack ends, and fitted Firestone air bags to the rear shocks, plus a lot of painting.

    Full Build up blurb has just been posted here
    http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...308#post396308
    Ken in Cairns
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    Last edited by Ken in Cairns; 13-03-2013, 09:17 PM.

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      I had no problem with the rear shocks, they came out easy as, but the front springs were a different story, they are under extreme pressure, even high end spring compressors started to bend, so I went to a mates workshop and used his hydraulic compressor, much better and safer, if you do it yourself be warned that the front springs will be the ones to take extreme care with.
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      • #4
        Yep I agree with you Croozza about the front springs, which is why I pointed out taking it to somewhere like Fulcrum to get done.

        I did mine, but I was a bit tense until I got that top nut on.

        My Rear ones were so hard to undo, I gave up and just cut them, as I said, glad your were easy J I even made a bent up 17 mm to get in there, worked fine to nip em up after turning the shock till it was tight when I refitted the new ones.

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        • #5
          Ops double post grrrr
          Ken in Cairns
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          Last edited by Ken in Cairns; 14-03-2013, 09:24 PM.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by croozza View Post
            I had no problem with the rear shocks, they came out easy as, but the front springs were a different story, they are under extreme pressure, even high end spring compressors started to bend, so I went to a mates workshop and used his hydraulic compressor, much better and safer, if you do it yourself be warned that the front springs will be the ones to take extreme care with.
            Absolutely! Don't try this at home unless you want to risk your life!
            Coil springs can be very dangerous, the front strut should be removed as a complete unit and spring removed on a commercial spring compressor similar to the ones you will see mounted on the wall in most workshops.

            Think of it like using a tow ball as a recovery point.

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            • #7
              I just changed mine at Anths workshop, having never changed them before , wouldn't want to do it at home, but on the hoist it was reasonably easy, I found the back easier to do than the front, not sure why all the stories about how hard the are and needing an angle grinder to cut it off, after doing it once id still not do it at home, the hoist and the spring compressor and the guy #### who knows what he is doing is invaluable.

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