He can find pictures and info online all day, there is no need to buy old magazines. He is asking for CUCV specific information because, you can tell, he is having a hard time making sure he gets the right parts before he places his order. He may be overdoing the questions but that is because he is foreign (and a mechanical novice) and might not understand as easily as we do. Also because he gets one shot at getting this right as he doesn't want to buy parts after the fact.
Haha, thanks a lot for your psycologic analysis Doctor !
It's very true, I have to be sure about what I buy because I won't have second chance; I will pay like 200-300 usd to bring all of this with me + the risk that I'll have to pay custom tax if they catch me when I come back. I won't try it two times...
I'm sorry if you have the feeling that I repeat or that you have to repeat several times the same information. It's also because English is not my native language and I don't understand 100 % of the technical information...
It's also because it seems that people have a lot of different settings on the same car and nobody gives me a 100% fit-work solution.
In summary : I've learned so far that :
- a lot of people are happy with tuff country , and suggest the HD springs.
Even if the tuff cournty website says that these springs are not fitting for diesel engines... (Same on Procomp.com)
- schakle flip is better than blocks
- people like to talk about ORD but they look like very expensive and seems to use tuff country parts that you can get somewhere else for less money. I guess it's the price to pay to be 100% sure about the fitting. Or do they modify existing kits to make them fit on this car ?
- the common kits on this car are 2 , 2.5, 3 and 4" lift kits which is also the height that I am looking for.
- It looks like the steering is Ok till 2.5" but more higher you need the adapt it ? (not always clear).- It looks like the brakeline have to be changed in all the lift kits I mentioned here.
- nobody so far told me from which height you are beginning to have driveshaft issues. Which is a cruclial question for me.
- it not always clear which wheel dimensions you can use on which lift kit. Because some of you have cut the fenders with smaller lift kits.. I don't want to cut and would like to max wheels you can use per kit.
More or less all what I learned thanks to you guys, it's not too bad !
Again, thanks to all of you for helping me, I'm in your beautiful country in about 3 weeks now. I have still a little time to order.
But if there is one you who knows exactly what I need, and can tell me :
for 33s , no driveshaft issues, easy to instal, nice look, need to change ... and ... --> buy this on this xxx on this website with this xxx part number
for 35s , no drivesahft, easy ... Buy that one xxx
I would stop to bothering you