[josh222]

Are the rear axel casing metal or plastic? I am thinking of getting a Touareg and i want to know. Can the front be raised at all? i have some shocks that will fit on the rear, MT1 shocks with soft springs

[Doomed]

They are plastic. And you can grind away part of front suspension to get a few mills of clearance, but not much.

[josh222]

i have sume Rs4 3 arms that i might try to get to fo fit(mod them and raise the sucker up high

[SteveK]

Yeah, you can squeeze a little more down-travel out of the front suspension, but that's not really the way to go. If you look at the suspension, you'll see there is room under the chassis for the front wheels to go up further, but the stock shocks and fender wells do not allow that.

[josh222]

i would replace them with some longer shocks with more travel and do what zillion did with the rear nd

[mr_pushrod]

I can vouch for the effectiveness of changing the rear links, having followed Zillion's guide online. I did differ from his in that I changed the upper link mount on the axle to one shown online on another truck owned by a guy called Keith. I also used different shocks in the shape of some Yokomo MR4 BC rears. This has given me loads more articulation for not much work and little cost. I also had a look at the front suspension, taking a dremel to the front hubs to remove a couple of travel limiters. The upper link is now stopping increased travel which is what I shall be attacking next My truck also runs with a locked rear diff, front diff packed with 12,500 weight oil for an LSD effect and now a 600 size motor.

My Pajero

Zillion's 4 link guide

Keith's upper link mount

Thanks to those who posted guides!

[josh222]

I See, will Nitro MT shocks fit in the rear? Plus how much can the front be raised?

[mr_pushrod]

I dare say they will, although I would check the size first, I believe the Yoke shocks are 3.5". I have got around 5mm more by just grinding the hubs at the front although have yet to play fully to get even more. In theory there is well over 10mm more although the more you have, the more stress there is on the front drivetrain.

[josh222]

Well i won't raise it right away, I know what i have to do to raise the front, did it with my SS. Hre is the body i want for it

F-350

[SteveK]

Parma makes one of those in Lexan that should fit. Won't be a nice, but it will be cheaper, lighter,and more durable.

[trw]

yes the front of the Pajero can be raised.....

i am doing it right now...

i am adding the following to raise my truck an approx. 1inch higher:

Duratrax Titanium turnbuckles
HPI RS4 Rally steering links
4" T-maxx shocks front and rear
a pair of A_arms and dogbones from an older radioshack truck.
and the stock wheel hubs and hingepins fit the A-arms perfectly

all i need now are the shocks and i can lift her....waiting for those when she is lifted i will take pics for yall.

[josh222]

Ok hurry with the work, I want to see what this will be like

[trw]

wow that black F-350 looks cool...might have to get me one of those.

[edit] ill be selling my electric TC-3 along with tons of spares and a comm lathe...looking to get alteast $350 - $400 for it....that much can do wonders for an offroad truck like this

[mr_pushrod]

Certainly look forward to seeing the front suspension mods, be interesting to see how you approach this.

[josh222]

That F-350 costs about $90 for all the parts

[SteveK]

http://www.parmapse.com/rcitem.asp?n=10170



Not quite as nice, but similar lines and size, and only $22.

[josh222]

the reason I wanted that body was because it looked really real

[trw]

well while im waiting for the shocks i figured ill just get a head start on the work right now....

i got the old suspension off to run into a few things....

#1 the Duratrax turnbuckles are too long...so im using HPI RS4 Rally turnbuckles now
#2 The stock ball joint is to large....so I need to get some HPI RS4 Rally ball joints.
#3 The dogbones from the radioshack truck are slightly to long...need to measure what size i need.
#4 since my A-arms im using now are slightly different i need hub spacers for the steering blocks
#5 need 4 O-rings which i will order from an RS4 3 SS

those 5 things should do it.

[trw]

o and heres a picutre of the new suspension vs stock...

left is stock right is new.....big difference

[josh222]

That looks really good keep us informed

[josh222]

how much will that raise the Jero by?

[SteveK]

I think you might have a LITTLE problem with dogbone clearance there......

[trw]

actually at that height no....the 2 sets of dogbones i had were to long and to short, i measured and ordered some that should fit ok....but with the others i had no problem with clearance...just need to put some O-rings in the outdrive cups for the differential....and josh right now my educated guess is 1 inch or so right now i have no idea....i will see when all my parts come in wednesday.

[mr_pushrod]

How much wider is it going to be at the front though? Why not use universals instead of dogbones?

[josh222]

ya i think CVD's or universal will work better, no dogbones poping out then