yea im probly going to end up just going with a balljoint extension to tell you the truth. watts links are really cool but i see them being more practical in a lowered vehicle. im just gonna drop the upper panhard mount

Now that we have "solved" the front part lets talk about the rear...
Dint now if you vave mentioned it but you will have to make longer the 2 control arms on the side + the small one on the center because otherwise you will "shorten" the distance between the front an de rear weels... by 2 - 3 cm ( approx an inch or more )

yes as u go up it will move the wheels toward the front of the car i plan on making adjustable arms. just gonna take stock ones and add a threaded tube end and a heim joint. i could make new arms as well but im not sure how much longer to make them.

I never thought of using the old rods with new joints. perfect. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

sure, you could drop the diff, and the upper and lower control arms and the brake hoses and the struts and the ....

better idea, why not go and do what the guys in the late 80's were doing and just weld a whole extra frame to the bottom of the sportage frame with the suspension attached to it... ???

well, because it doesn't give you better performance, that's why, it just makes the truck higher... ya know, like those guys running around with 24" bling rims and MT's with next to zero side wall and a snowplow under the front end...

like this:



BUT...

there is hope for a better solution! and an easier one as well...

this:













a long travel kit with modified knuckles running coil-overs...

a long travel kit would be easier to build, easier to adjust, look better, offer more usable ground clearance and have a lot longer travel stroke...

it will however, be a little more expensive because you wouldn't be recycling stock suspension components, you'd be using all new race proven equipment...

Well, I'm gonna bump this; I figure somebody can fabricate a long travel kit for a resonable price... Maybe we can find someone?

I tell you guys what, if you guys can come up with a design for a long travel suspension for our Kias, then I will see if my uncle can fabricate them. He works for a major fabrication business, making hatches and doors for yachts and boats, so maybe he can a set?

i could design it all day long, but graph paper doesn't transfer to CNC machine very well...

It would help, though, haha.

i can do the cnc work and tool path.
got an idea for the upper shock mounts too.
ok what exactly does the half shaft hit on with lift just the strut fork?