I was once told you don't buy a 4x4 you build a 4x4!!!

[mailsurf]

Yes, Was thinking 5 because of I5 but you are quite correct and mine is a 3.7lt I5.

Had some fun in the Dunes today, video's will be up on youtube shortly....

[joshua]

Were there gaps between the front bumper and the grille and between the rear bumper and the rear door after the body lift? If so, how did you fix it? I have been thinking about a one inch body lift but I don't know what trouble I will get into trying to get rid of gaps.

[mailsurf]

I never did anything about the gaps, to be honest I never actually noticed an issue.

Unless your putting 35" tyres on I wouldn't worry about the body lift, 1" on T-Bar and a longer rear shackels is better as you do also get a bit more ride height clearance at the front.

See attached pic and compare.

[joshua]

Thanks for the pics. This is a very helpful post. One more question. Was the tie rod you broke a 14mm or a 16mm? I know they started putting the 16mm on the 07 because the people were breaking a lot of the 14mm on the 06 model. They started using the 16mm about mid way through 07 so the early 07s still had the 14mm tie rods. I am curious because I have an 06 and heard that the 16mm eliminated most of the broken tie rods and hoped that upgrading to the 16mm tie rod would alleviate my concerns about snapping one of these on the trail. Thanks for the help.

[mailsurf]

Mine are the 16mm Tie Rods, but I now carry a spare as it's not to difficault to change on a trail if you do manage to break one. Far easier to change the rod than try and get it recovered without any steering.

Not sure if you have seen my video but here's the clip of when I broke mine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYFrd1flwg8

My H3 had seen 50,000kms of good use before I broke a rod, I'm sure if I had stuck to 33" tyres and maybe a bit less power I would still be ok. I'm not sure I'd recommend going for 35" (315/75/16) the trade off in performance & fuel is pretty high.

But then it's a question of what you want to use the machine for.

PS I don't mind the questions........