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izard-industries Newbie
Joined: 04 Mar 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Bridgwater
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 22:54 Post subject: Newbie looking to buy a vit |
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Hi im joe from somerset!
A mate of mine is selling his vit, ive heard stories about them popping front shafts when they have been lifted and he's said that its happened once before.
Are there any easy fixes to stop this happening? I work at a engineering shop so have access to mills/lathes/welding gear!!!
Here's the spec he sent me of it:
1995 SWB Vitara (M reg)
1.9 Diesel (XUD) engine swap with new cambelt & tensioner, new alternator/p/s belt, new p/s tensioner, new silicon hoses, new crank seal, new crank pulley, new fuel filter, new oil & filter and anti-freeze and p/s fluid.
Rugged Ridge Free Wheeling Hubs
Deep dish 15" daihatsu fourtrak steel wheels with 30"x9.5" Kumho KL71 tyres inc. brand new spare
32mm wheel spacers
4mm steel front diff guard and bash plate
Steel front axle/diff casing (no weak ali standard one)
Heavy duty front winch bumper/bull bar
Heavy duty rear bumper with jacking points
Rock sliders
Full external roll cage with wing protectors and mount for high lift jack on the roof
Fuel tank raised up higher
Heavy duty front and rear recovery points
Breather kit for front and rear diffs and gearbox and transfer box
Stainless steel backbox and centre section
Stainless steel custom made snorkel
3" calmini super articulation suspension kit with new mercedes 230E front springs to go with the weight of the diesel swap
3" calmini body lift kit
Cargo net and tread plate on the bonnet
Manual electric slimline fan
2 rear spot lights, 2 front roof spot lights and 2 front bumper spot lights
LED rear lights mounted in the rear wings out of the way
Dash mounted control box for fan, spot lights and winch (if you fit one)
12v socket mounted in dash
Bigger battery mounted on the passenger side.
Extra washer jets
CD player
CB and arial
Removable hard top (rare & fetch good money on ebay!!)
Recently changed the front and rear diff, gearbox and transfer box oils.
New passeger side handbrake cable
New clutch
New carbon fibre airbox
New outer cv joints and boots on both driver and passenger side
New prop shaft seal
New p/s hose and new custom high pressure hose to run the XUD p/s pump
New rubber fuel lines
New rear hard brake pipe and new fluid.
New vacuum pump 'o' rings
Featured in TOR (Total Off Road magazine).
All the new stuff has done less than 300 miles!!!
Im pretty new to the 4x4 world but from what ive seen its had alot of money spent on it!
Any ideas what its worth? It will be sold with 12 months mot
Thanks Joe |
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popuptoaster ***
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 192 Location: Essex
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 23:11 Post subject: |
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I assume the issue is the CV joints wearing faster or breaking due to the increase in angle, i guess you could lower the diff, mines not lifted yet but thats what i did on our Mazda B2500 4x4 ti get the CV angle a bit lower.
Or maybe make some stronger ones, of course everytime you increase the strength of one part the damage tends to move along to the next weakest part, which on the front of a Vit is the Alloy Diff casing, I know which part i'd prefer to break.
If you mean popping out then i guess turning up longer ones would be the answer, 4x4 Sierras used to suffer from the front shafts being to short if you lowered them to much. _________________
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izard-industries Newbie
Joined: 04 Mar 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Bridgwater
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 23:26 Post subject: |
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Its already got the steel diff casing so not too woried about that.
Could you just cut them in half, and slide a steel sleeve over them and weld them back up?
Joe |
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popuptoaster ***
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 192 Location: Essex
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 0:56 Post subject: |
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dont see why not as long as they are fairly well balanced, i have butt welded two different propshafts together when i've done engine changes and then run over 200bhp through em and they are just hollow tubes. _________________
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izard-industries Newbie
Joined: 04 Mar 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Bridgwater
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:37 Post subject: |
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ok mate cheers for your help!
How much would you says the vit is worth with the spec up in my ^^^first post^^^? |
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popuptoaster ***
Joined: 10 Nov 2010 Posts: 192 Location: Essex
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:54 Post subject: |
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Couldnt say im afraid, value is in the eyes of the buyer, I only paid 100 quid for my stock one without MOT but ive seen em priced at 4 times that in worse condition.
Modified motors are never worth the price of all the parts seperately, personally i dont worry to much about "market value" providing I am happy to pay whatever the asking price is, I suppose you could look through ebay at the prices on there to geta rough idea, dont be fooled by asking prices or buy it now prices though, look at whats being bid on carss that are near the end of auction.
I could put a ten grand BIN on mine, but it dont make it worth that much. _________________
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zocko *******
Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 1438 Location: Southampton
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 13:35 Post subject: |
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tell him ill give him £60 for it as long as he delivers it _________________ the car in front is a toyota...
the car pulling it out of the mud is a suzuki |
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me and the wife *******
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1013 Location: gosport
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 14:04 Post subject: |
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oll give him £60 and i will pick it up |
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izard-industries Newbie
Joined: 04 Mar 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Bridgwater
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 14:49 Post subject: |
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Lol
He said to me £2200, worth that?
Joe |
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me and the wife *******
Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 1013 Location: gosport
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 15:09 Post subject: |
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yes it sounds about right |
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izard-industries Newbie
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 15:12 Post subject: |
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Ok cheers mate! |
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