The rubber hits the road with the addition of wheel adapters/spacers from AdaptItUSA.com, Home brew subframe spacers, and Bad Swede Lift Springs! BIG thanks to the sponsors of this build! - IPD USA - Adaptitusa.com - XC70liftkit.com
You have to be very careful cutting aluminum with abrasive cutters, the Al sticks in the cutting wheel not only making it not cut as well but putting it off balance which can cause the disk to break apart at speed. There are wax lubricants available that make cutting a lot faster and safer.
Trust me, I spent a ton of time trying to work out a quicker solution, but in the end I wanted to get it done, even though it is far from ideal. The wax you mention seems interesting tho. Can you let me know what kind it is? Should help out a lot in the future. Thanks for watching!
This is so awesome. I wanted to do this so badly with my XC70. I loved that car. Keep it up!!! I am definitely coming back later in life when I get another one. :)
Thanks bud! It’s a really fun car to work on because it’s so modern but still able to be easily modified! Can’t wait for the finished result. Thanks for watching!!
Ha, thanks! Definitely working on progressing the projects and taking them out on adventures. Hopefully that turns into subs and allows me to continue screwing around with cars. Thanks for watching!
Which year is your XC70?? Looks like a 2005 or 2006?? The headlights on yours have front sprayers. The 2004 XC70 was thelast model with the headlight wipers (that I know of).
The full kit as of now is: homebrew 1" subframe spacers front and rear, 2" Bad Swede/XC70liftkit.com lift springs, and 32" tires. The tires WILL NOT fit without a considerable amount of modification. The forums are chalk full of people who have done similar lifts without the large tires fairly easily without body modifications. Good luck!
Everything currently is in a Proof of Concept state, and once it's all verified, we're gonna be addressing all the little issues like that. Thanks for watching!
Epic build man! Can you share me the diameters used on your spacers? Will make my order for material easy before ill pull my subframes;) I got a xc70 with a bad steeringhouse.. so have to get it loose anyway, then why not lift it a bit! Thanks and good luck!
Thanks, I am glad you like the content! The spacers are 1" thick and are different diameters. If you pause the episode on the yellow post it note, you can get all the info you need :) Thanks for watching!
Hey! I got the spacers/adapters from adaptitusa.com, and I would HIGHLY recommend them to anyone looking for spacers or adapters. They know a ton about spacers and adapters, and were super helpful to deal with! They also had the most reasonable prices of the 10 companies I reached out to. Good luck!
Yup! We are fabricating a bracket to move it backwards a bit so that it will still engage the rear differential. It will all be shown on an upcoming episode. Thanks for watching!!
@@aleksanders2686 Check out Episodes 3 + 4. We haven't put it on the wheels completely yet. I would ask around in the Facebook groups and forums. Nobody has run tires this big, so there's really no way to say. Good luck!
