well for a ball joint spacer to work it would have to be about 4-5 inches if u wanted some travel..the balljoint is about maxed out with 4 inches of lift.well here is my idea use the bottom arm mounts to make a whole new set of mounts if it dont make since the pic might help..if anyone has solidworks 05 or older i can post the sprt file too. btw there were no measurements taken this was just taking an idea from paper and making ti a little more 3d

Were it is connected to the car??

Have you consider the idea instead of using upper and lower arm to use only a lower in a macferson style like the vitaras?????

( Maybe a complete set from a vitara...)

it mounts to the lowers only
and the new upper and lower mounts are built into it

i figured out a way to keep the upper arms where they are. there is a company that makes balljoint extensions but at 300usd a set forget that i have a new idea. it'll take a set of modified upper arms (under 150 for the both) and a small adapter bracket. i'll upload a pic in just a sec. but i gotta get this out before i forget. the upper arm will have the stock joint cut out and a threaded tube welded in. a bushing will then thread into the threaded tube and a small adapter bracket will then bolt onto the knuckle adapting the old balljoint mount into a new bushing mount the upper balljoint will no longer exist or limit travel and the bushing can be adjust for major changes in camber.

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ok there's one part i messed up on the bracket will need to be a little different for this to work but it can and will still work

Why make it so complicated and not jyst extend the upper ball joint??
( Thats what I am planing anyway..)

two reasons. travel and price. balljoint extensions are hard to find. and u still retain 20ish degrease max misalignment. with the bushing and small bracket it would be cheaper then extensions and allow travel only limited by the strut and lower ball joint. so with a pair or coil overs 15 or so inches of travel is easily obtainable. im not downing extensions. its a good idea. im just after way more travel.

Have you consider the fact that in a "way more travel" situation, unlike in a solid axle you are narrowing the between the wheels distance???

your center of rotarion of the arm is given your radius is small beeng the length of the arm so after a point, each centimiter of downward travel will jave a huge impact on that distance..

( jyst for arguing purposes only!!!)
Hope this dosent sound much Greek to you
since I dont remember how its called the distance between the two wheels <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> )

yes i do realize at full drop and full compression the track width(the phrase i think u were looking for) will be less. but thats ok cause im running less off-set in the wheels making it a bunch wider

I dont think he was referring to your rims being the problem but the axle shafts. Unless you use some fancy custom shafts that have slip built into them. Just spit ballin here