OME Suspension Lift Kit
I purchased an Old Man Emu suspension kit from
Rocky Road
Outfitters, and installed it. The kit spec's the lift as
1" above stock, though on my kit it was more like 3" because the old
coil springs were shot.
The kit included new progressive springs for the rear axle and
new shocks all the way around. The front axle is adjusted by
changing the angle on the torsion bars.
I love this kit, it takes the abuse on the trail, but has very
nice handling characteristics on the highway too.
4 Crawler Off Road Body Lift Kit
I purchased a 3" body lift from
4
Crawler Off-road. These kits are also known as "Roger
Brown" kits. I got the UHMW Poly Ethylene blocks and the heavy
duty kit.
The nice thing with a body lift on the Montero is
that not much needs to be changed to allow it. Most of wire
harness and tubes are mounted to the frame, with only a few things
needing to be moved.
- You will need to relocate the radiator.
I simply used some self tapping bolts to lower where the
radiator mounts.
- The front brake lines goes through the body.
This is the only space that it touches the body, so I just cut a
couple channels in the sheet metal that allowed the tube to hang
lower.
- The ground strap on the driver side was too
short.
The main key is to just take your time and lift
the body evenly. I did that by taking supporting the rocker
panels on one side with a jack, unbolting the mounting bolts, and
lifting the body and adding the new hardware. Then doing the
other side.
Note: Make sure to get the two extra long bolts
for the LWB Montero. They go on the rear most body mounts.
