Ghosts 2022 Build

[TheGhost]

Welcome to my up-to-date (2022) 2002 Pathy build!

 

Bought this 5 speed 2002 SE with 370k km (180k km on the engine) for a work wheeling trip and decided to keep it after its superb performance...

 

 

 

Edited October 1, 2022 by TheGhost

[TheGhost]

After getting back from the trip with a solid high center, torn up tires, and a bent frame + barely intact power steering line I decided to
keep it,

lift it,

protect it,

give it real tires,

and maybe some more?

[Soul_13]

After getting back from the trip with a solid high center, torn up tires, and a bent frame + barely intact power steering line I decided to
keep it,
lift it,
protect it,
give it real tires,
and maybe some more?

Whoa

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[TheGhost]

Lift

After that adventure, which included scraping the bottom along rocks for hours straight, the first thing to do was a lift.

 

I went with the classic:

LRD 9447s + Bilstein 33-185552 in the rear

OME 2928 + KYB Excel-G struts and strut mounts front + 2x K90474 camber bolts total.

 

 

I bought the fancy proper strut spring compressors and other than one 14mm camber bolt head shearing (after the nut was off) and a bunch of drilling things went pretty smoothly.

 

In the rear I got an extra 2.5" unloaded and and extra 2.7" when loaded with ~150lbs. Not sure what the front ended up as but I'm super happy how it sits (irl the bodyline angle isn't quite as much as seen here).

 

I also have 1" spacers for the front and rear but I'm not sure if I'll ever install them.

 

The ride is great... other than the front shock topout. I had read about this briefly on some other pages but not thought about it too much as its rarely mentioned. If I was to do it again I would go with the OME MD or even light duty springs front front and just pair it with a 1" spacer. I find the topout really annoying when bombing down a 4x4 road and don't really understand why more people don't complain about it. I suspect they might just drive slow offroad.

 

Hopefully the front will sag a bit to give me more travel and I can make a 0.5" spacer for the front to compensate

[BowTied]

Looks like you had a blast on that trip.  Rig is looking good.  I recommend ditching the rigid mud flaps and looking into getting some sliders.