ok guys, can you tell me what the main/major problems are when lifting IFS, more specifically, a Vitara IFS?

(stoopid newbie question, yes i know  )

well, you can put a 3" sus lift under a standard vitara.

if i lower the front diff, i can increase the lift correct? but not necessarily increasing any travel from the struts.

i have 3.5" lift in the front of my vit now. front diff has not been lowered.
so, if i lower the front diff 3", can i lower the struts 3" and have a 6" coil?

i know i haven't gained any ground clearance by lifting another 3" as well as lowering the front diff 3", BUT i can fit a way taller tyre in, giving about 3" more clearance. so all up, i would only have 3.5" above standard sus lift, and 3" in tyre lift. so maybe i could run a 34"-35" skinny tyre.

i would be making new longer lower control arms, and i would cut out the crossmember where the rear of the diff is bolted to, and make a new one. i was even thinking of hanging the rear mount of the diff instead of it sitting on top. i would need to lengthen the driveshaft also.

come to think of it, i'm just describing what whitfield has already done, only i haven't lowered my control arms, and i guess, it wouldn't work if i didnt lower them.

oh well.

(goes back to looking for yota diffs and doing more research on the X link)

 :'(  :'(  :'(

the main reason for lowering the front diff is to ease the angle on the cv's. If you put some different CV's on that could take a bigger angle you could leave the diff alone. Make longer lower control arms and possibly upper control arms to do away with the strut and use a normal coil over shock (like tacomas use)

I like the IFS but not enough to go through all that. solid axle is in my future.