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92\' Nissan

I have a 92' Nissan 2wd. And I am trying to lift the front as much as possible but am only getting 2" or 3" inches. I am looking for bigger lifts and also a dual shock mount but cant find any. Anyone have info please post.
Kevin

 

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Have you tried Fab Tech? They make tons of sturr for Nissan 2wd.
Hope this helps
Rich

 

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Yeah I have Rich that is actually the lift I have onit right now and it works preety well, the only problem is that it wears out my ball joints really fast. but thanks for the input. I think we should try to get a lot more people on this Pre-runner bbs.

Kevin

 

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What kind of balljoints are you using? Perhaps you should get Uniballs or some other type of high shear balljoints?

You can get Uniballs from Kreg Donahoe @ http://www.donahoeracing.com

J.R. - http://jrsmail.home.att.net
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I agree Pitt, although I have a 4wd, I love the look and the capabilities of a Prerunner. I am interested in getting a prerunner type front bumper for my '93 Hardbody. Any Ideas?
Thanks, Rich

 

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I have the fabtech 3 incher on my toyota (93) and its ok but the Sway-a-way torsion bars are really stiff. when i had mine jacked to the bumpstops, the ride was terrable and i wore out the ball joints. i let it down about half an inch and it rode a lot better and doesnt seem to be wearing fast. unfortunately they dont make the "Ivan-Dan" kit for nissans (and i cant afford it for my toy). if you have the money, Fab-Tech or Camburg or Donahoe or Duffco will build you some costom [censored] that will blow your mind$$$$$$$$$$$$. dont forget about small shops that do custom fabrication (just make sure you see some of their work before you fork over your truck) personally, I would rather build a ranger than a toy or a nissan. my friend just got a 94 ranger and we are hoping to start building it soon.

 

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taking into consideration that you already run Fabtech upper arms, consider this. For a cheap $amount, why not install Fabtechs 1"ball joint spacers. That will alow for more travel\lift for cheap.

Any more lift than that will be very custom and expensive.

If you can afford it, have someone fabricate something along the lines of 3" upper and lower arms for you.They can make your shock mounts while they are at it.

Good luck.

-cleartoy

 

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I actually had two ncher balljoint spacers in it before. But now my balljoints are going out so I need to get the strongest BJ's if you can help me out with any brandnames or whatever that would be killer thanks.
Kevin

 

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First try MOOG ball joints from your local autoparts
store.

Please tell us more on the exact kit you are runnig
so we can stop guesing and start helping.

If you are having this much trouble finding a better
lift kit you may consider selling it (Nissan) and buying a
Toyota 2wd. That will also solve your bumper and
double shock problems.

 

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As in my previous posts, I have a 2wd Nissan PU, with a 3.5" Fabtech lift with 1" balljoint spacers. I would like to know how I could lidt it bigger without custom fabrication, also I would like to know the strongest type of balljoints I can get. Thanks for any help.
Kevin

 

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I re-read all your messages on this post and no
where did you say what you had. (sorry).

So by your last post I will asume you are running low
profile 5/8" bumpstops. You can buy ultra low profile
1/4" bumpstops. crank your torsions up and it will
give you another 1/2" to 3/4". As far as bigger lifts
nobody makes one. poeple could make you one but it
would be all custom and you said "no custom"
so "no bigger lifts".

You could re-position or modify your upper stop plates or just cut them off. but I wouldn't do that til you get your ball joint situation figured out. Some company's make raised spindles for chevys and ford. If they ever decide to make them for our tucks we'd both be set.

Like I said in my last post go with "moog" ball
joints. I have been very pleased with mine. Make sure
you paint them before you install them.

-Tim T.
1995 Toyota 2wd w/ Fabtech everything.
--Ivan Dan Kit with the contorl arms extended an
additional 2.5" (total of 4.5"longer than stock).
--No upper stops.
--rear shackles and add-a-leaves.
--Front and rear pre-runner bumpers.
--Front skid plate.
--Chromoly strut frame w/ Hiem joints.
--Ivan stewart fiberglass front fenders and hood.
--300m race torsion bars from sway-a-way.
--Custom Dual shock hoops and cross-over brace.
--Rancho RS 9000 shocks.
--3"%

 

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thanks for the info, but I was wondering what you mean by painting the balljoints?

 

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You wouldn't happen to have pictures or a web-site would you? I have a 91 toyota 2wd that is lifted a few inches, but I didn't do it, so I wanted to compare yours to mine. I think that mine is Fabtech, cuz all the lift stuff is bright blue, but none of says Fabtech that I can find. Thanks for any help. Latez, Justin

LyfsGud

 

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Mine came un-painted so they acquired surface rust fairly quikly.

H82W8-email me and I will reply with pics. I don't have a web site yet.
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well, if it is 2wd drive and the a-arms are bright blue I would suspect that it is fabtech but thats just my guess.
Kevin

 

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check out www.bajaconcepts.com They got a long travel kit for nissans. comes w/ upper & lower arms, strut frame and some other stuff.

1987 Sammy
spring over, 32's, 4.56's, cage, built 1300, and lots if body damage

 

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Pitt:

The guy you need to talk to is Jim Conner. He's the MAN when it comes to Nissans. Nobody else does much with them. His company used to be Jim Conner Racing (it might be still) and he was the factory Nissan builder when they were still in OR racing. He's in Arizona now and I don't have his info here at work but you can find him on the internet through the race org sites, or, if your interested I'll get back to you with it.

Good luck, George.

 

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Thanks for all the info guys, but the front suspension on my truck is done now. I hane the fabtech arms, the balljoint spacers, and also have custom milled balljoints. The balljoints help fix all the problems. Now im going to do a spring over conversion to get more clearance and some lift. and in the future i will switch out to a better axle in the rear. thanks again for all the info.

Kevin
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I also have a Nissan 2wd and am trying to do the prerunner thing. Unfortunately the current kit you have is about all the lift you will get without going to a custom front suspension. I have Fabtech ball joint spacers and rear add a leaves and the torsion bars turned almost all the way up. I have not had any problems with ball joint wear. The balljoint spacers do the same thing the aftermarket upper a-arms do, correct the angle when you crank up the torsion bars to allow alignment of the front end. My tires still rub a little. I have a few links for you to try
http://www.bajaconcepts.com/Nissan_Dodge_Maz.htm
http://www.bajaconcepts.com/
http://www.chaosfab.com/
http://www.spencerlowracing.com
http://www.camburg.com/
http://www.donahoeracing.com/
for some reason donahoe racing is not working
Spencer low racing (SLR) is specifically nissan stuff. They can custom make upper a-arms for about $360. I am planning on making a lower arms similar to the totalchaos kit for myself and having SLR make me 3 inch longer upper a-arms. The problem the Nissan 2wd has is its not a true upper and lower a-arms suspension on the front. The tension rod (the one that goes diagonal from the front of the frame to the lower link) is the limiting factor. Ever notice how many Toyota 2wd kits are available. Even custom kits for Toyotas are plentiful, and some of them have a lot of travel. I do go mudding (yes in a 2wd) but there are some rough back roads with some decent jumps and I need more travel to handle them. I have jumped the truck and tapped the fender with the front wheels so more travel and maybe fiberglass fenders are in order. I know we would both like a really cool bolt on kit but you are looking at just under $2000 for one. That is just a little more than I want to spend on a front suspension. If you do find anything else let us know.
I have not been able to find lift spindles for my 89 p/u either so if you or anyone knows where I can get some let us all know.

'89 2wd p/u V6 5-speed longbed heavy duty model
Goodyear Wrangler A/T 235/75r15
15 X 8 Black Rockcrawler rims
Fabtech add-a-leaves
If I only had a 4wd

 

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Sup

I was just looking through prerunner stuff and seen your post . I had the same problem . So me and my brother started to build a set from scratch . If we can get it down packed we are going to put it on the market . When done it should be 6 inches wider and have 11 to 12 inches of travel . It is a big change over but we are trying to make it all bolt up . So its taking a little time . But if you wait a little longer it should be out soon . The price for the arm should be pretty cheap .
JOE