my lift kit
 

hey dudes i started on a lift kit for my xmod about 2 days ago. i have finished the rear right side of the car and will finish the rear left side and start on the front today and tomorrow. if anyone is interested ill post some pics.

Let's see 'em. :)

to lift it i made longer a arms for the back and put bigger shocks. im not quite sure how im gonna do the front yet but im sure it will come to me. the problem with the front is stock the xmod has a fixed lower a arm and to lift it you need one that swings. im not sure how im going to mount a swinging a arm to the front. ill post some pics in a couple hours after i finish the rear

heres the back end of the car

crap i forgot the pic

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In my opinion that looks somewhat too wide, making it easier to snap in half...yeah, not good. But cool.

i dont think any part is gonna snap in half from any "abuse" because its not gonna be super awesome when im done. it will be slow, under powered, and wont steer well. this is mostly for looks, not function. ill probably buy a new age mod lift kit when they are for sale

great work i always love to see other versions of my lift desingn

great work

Good job... Wish I would have thought of that... Well keep us up to date on how it is going...

i agree it does look like if you hit a bump it will snap in half

It does look a little flimsy but, what is it made out of? It looks like aluminum... Let us know...:)

it looked flimsy when i made it but it was actually just as sturdy if not stronger than the stock setup. It was made of aluminum so if you think the a-arm would break from any abuse that i could possibly put on it then your wrong. The a-arm was connected the same way the stock one was so if that broke it wouldnt be my fault. I never finished the lift kit. I never got around to figuring out the front part.

The only thing you need is som REALLY long shafts and a REALLY long tierod... Lemme know how it turns out... Dont give up yet!!!

the almost completed shaft is already in there for mock up. basically i glued the old shaft to a plastic rod that would go into the wheel. I was going to make a mold for it later on in the project but the project was canceled before i ever got around to it. As for tie rod i guess you mean to make another attach ment point on the a arm but the xmod suspension doesnt work like that.

My "lift kit"
 

I'm completely changing the suspension geometry, with a custom double wishbone suspension, and lego technic tires, I will have around an inch of ground clearence front and rear, 45+ degrees of articulation, yet still be stock width. I have a Ford Expedition body that is lifted too. I call it project baja. The suspension is still in the building prototype stage. A micro elite stock, lithiums, and Atomicmods.com Wide-Track Bearings are in it's future. It should destroy mini-z overlands, as I have 4WD, and they don't.

wait so is yours gonna be solid axle? And if not how are you gonna get an inch of ground clearence but keep the stock width? to do that i think would put the u joints at to much of an angle for them to work well.

No, a double wishbone suspension is a type of Independant suspension system. I have tires that are 30mm in diameter, so that's half of it. Like you said, in the front the lower arm doesn't move, so what I'm doing is making a lower swingarm that is paralell to the upper stock one, so they will swing together, with the half shafts staying paralell to the swingarms. This sounds confusing, but it's actually quite simple. The cup joints can actually work up to a pretty high angle, but yes, if I put too much of one, it won't work, but I'm not nearly close to those angles. The way I get more ground clearence, is that unlike in stock form how at max travel the half shafts were paralell to the axle, but with this, they will be down below the bottom of the chassis. When I get one wheel's suspension done, I'll post pics.

i know what a double wishbone is but you said you would have 45+ degrees of articulation but independent suspensions dont articulate. Are you makin custom half shafts?

Sorry, I meant travel from max extension to max compression. I also am using half shafts and cup joinst from the AWD upgrade.

hmmm at fist glance it looks like it was made from an erector set or somthing.....will it still fly??? i think you should raise it to :p

Good luck and post many pix soon... I hope things turn out well...:D

make a tutorial i want to do it to my xmod