Hey all, I've got a fairly modified 4-door Vitara, 2002 model, and am hankering for a bit more room for myself and two children, wife and all the junk one has to sometimes carry.

The questions I have are:

Old Man Emu struts/springs from the Vitara, will they work on the XL7?

Doetsch Tech shocks for the rear, same question?

RRO body lift?

Lockrite locker in my rear end?

Think the answer to the shocks/struts, body lift is yes. Not too sure of springs. Don't know about the locker (xl7 in question is also an 02)

Also, for those running XL7s with 245/75/16s and some of the aforementioned suspension upgrades, what is the real world gas mileage you are achieving?

Thanks,

Jeff

Yes to the struts and shocks but you will need different springs if you want lift. The OME GV front springs are either 310mm or 320mm high with a 540 lb/" rate comapred to their XL-7 spriungs at 330mm and 500 lb/" which will give a bit more lift. The GV rears are 340mm high and 200 lb/' while the XL-7's are 370mm and 210 lb/". There are no lockers for the rear of an XL-7 due to a different diff size.

Yes to the struts and shocks but you will need different springs if you want lift. The OME GV front springs are either 310mm or 320mm high with a 540 lb/" rate comapred to their XL-7 spriungs at 330mm and 500 lb/" which will give a bit more lift. The GV rears are 340mm high and 200 lb/' while the XL-7's are 370mm and 210 lb/". There are no lockers for the rear of an XL-7 due to a different diff size.

those are the specs for the OME coils right? What if any difference is there between stock XL7 coils and Grand Vitara coils?

The sping rate in the rear is a little high. sorry I don't have the numbers

George

I beleive George mentioned before he's getting about 18mpg running 245's. But keep in mind the 04+ had 5spd autos which may make it better. I'm getting 20mpg average and 22-25 hwy with 225's.

245's need a 2" BL, no suspension. Wheel wells are larger in the XL7.

Lockrite locker in my rear end?

Well, I'm about to put an XL-7 rear axle in my GV to beef it up.  I've killed three pinion gears in 75K miles.     I've been told there are absolutely no mods to make the diff even so much as limited slip.  So it goes.

There is a guy here whose considering separating the e-brakes so he can force the other wheel to do the work.  Interesting mod, but it seems like a bunch of work, to me.  At this point, I just do not want to have to carry around a spare diff.

Lockrite locker in my rear end?

I usually try to refrain from putting anything in my rear end, but to each his own I guess.

ROFL 

dont think i whould put a Lockrite in my rear end