2000 Zuzu trooper

[Chinbeaver]

Does anybody know any way to lift a. 2nd gen trooper? 2000... I love this thing and have built front and rear bumpers sliders and working on under armor....,,, can't find much in the way of a kit..... Cranked up t bars ball joint flip and rear springs.....,, any ideas???????? Thanks guys

 

[Spork]

I cranked the torsion bars and swapped in some heavy duty OME springs when I had mine, it was still pretty low. :-\

 

[Chinbeaver]

I'm deffinatly not looking for a monster truck lol...... She's my daily driver. But looks a little odd with stinger front and rear bumpers n sliders on stock rubber lol

 

[Chinbeaver]

Would that method fit 33,s?

 

[Spork]

I had 265/75/16 on mine, I don't remember rubbing at all so maybe 285/75/16 would fit with some minor trimming (or they may just fit).

 

[Jeepj667]

I had a 2000 also. I put OME 919 springs on the back and cranked up the torsions on the front. I ran 255/85's on stock rims without rubbing.

 

[Chinbeaver]

Trooper 92.......... That's awesome. How did she wheel? I won't get rid of her for nothin.......... I've had some crazy offers too lol.......I am gonna go with the ome springs and t bar crank.......... Thanks for the info

 

[Stephen]

You can see what I did with mine here:

Stephen's 1994 Isuzu Trooper

Bought my springs and shocks from Cruiser Outfitters.

 

[Troop92]

Trooper 92.......... That's awesome. How did she wheel? I won't get rid of her for nothin.......... I've had some crazy offers too lol.......I am gonna go with the ome springs and t bar crank.......... Thanks for the info

Wheeled great. Mine was a manual, and had a limited-slip rear. Never had issues keeping up with the bigger rigs on here in the group rides.

 

[FastGas]

Wheeled great. Mine was a manual, and had a limited-slip rear. Never had issues keeping up with the bigger rigs on here in the group rides.

Who installed your 3:1 gears? I have a set I need to install or have installed in my Rodeo T-case.

 

[Troop92]

Who installed your 3:1 gears? I have a set I need to install or have installed in my Rodeo T-case.

I didn't have the low Revo 3:1 gears. Earlier Troopers with the manual transmission all had 4:56 gears, the 2.283:1 low range, and the 3.95 first gear - that yields impressive crawl numbers for a stock vehicle.

 

[Stephen]

Who installed your 3:1 gears? I have a set I need to install or have installed in my Rodeo T-case.

I installed mine. Massive pain in the ass with a manual tranny. My understanding is in an auto, you can divorce the t-case portion from the tranny and do it a lot easier. Either way, pull the whole tranny. Way easier to do it on a bench than on the vehicle.

 

[FastGas]

I installed mine. Massive pain in the ass with a manual tranny. My understanding is in an auto, you can divorce the t-case portion from the tranny and do it a lot easier. Either way, pull the whole tranny. Way easier to do it on a bench than on the vehicle.

For sure, I think I have 2:1 with stock 4.30s and 29.5" tires, however I am now on 33"s with 4.77s, almost back to stock final drive ratio. The 3:1 is a huge improvement. Yep, the T-case drops out pretty easily, just never opened one before and I don't have a press/bearing puller. I talked to Carl about doing it but he's never played with an isuzu case.

 

[Stephen]

For sure, I think I have 2:1 with stock 4.30s and 29.5" tires, however I am now on 33"s with 4.77s, almost back to stock final drive ratio. The 3:1 is a huge improvement. Yep, the T-case drops out pretty easily, just never opened one before and I don't have a press/bearing puller. I talked to Carl about doing it but he's never played with an isuzu case.

Check on Planetisuzoo. There are a handful of threads about it on there that I found quite useful.

 

[FastGas]

Check on Planetisuzoo. There are a handful of threads about it on there that I found quite useful.

Cool, I'll look around. I'm excited to see the difference.