On my return from Libya, my brother surprised me as a birthday present by working on my new car. He spent many many hours and setting fire to his garage in the process to lift my car higher. For those who don’t understand cars/4×4s/offroading, lifting a 4×4 gives it a number of benefits – 1) higher ride height giving better visibility, 2) more ground clearance, 3) more room in the wheel arches for bigger wheels. The latter point is doubly good as bigger wheels gives it even more height, and a bigger wheel has more thread in touch with the ground, giving it more traction when the going gets tough.
I’m very impressed with what he has done!
More pictures (or bigger versions of those below) are in the gallery. Below is my car before the work is done – notice how low it sits compared to the red car on the right. They are both the same model – a Nissan Terrano II 2.7 turbo diesel with intercooler (although the red one is older by about 5 years).
Below is with front bumper taken off to allow access for the silver cylinder blocks to go in to lift the body up.
Below is with the rear bumper off, again for the same reasons. Notice the massively increased space in the wheel well – ample room for much bigger tyres 
A pretty sight for sore eyes…
The result of the body lift and slightly bigger tyres – notice its nearly as high as the red car behind it now…
Tech info:
Nissan Terrano 2.7 TDi ‘S’ Model, year 2001.
Part-worn Colway Remould 80% off-road/20% on-road MT 31″ tyres with sandblasted steel wheels
4″ aluminium blocks, 8 blocks, with 7″ bolts (made to order)
Sump guard
For the future:
Quickshift gear lever
New black chrome 16″ by 10.5″ wheels (on order)
33″ MT tyres (on order)
Bull bars re-fitted (need new mounting brackets after body lift)
Rock sliders (custom made)
Roof racks
Second spare tyre holder (for European (off)roadtrip)
Winch…?
Comments
Ah nice one !!
Perhaps get it round here and test it out on the Yorkshire Moors
nice, i like it! (the green one, that is)
judging by the look of the pictures on the right looks like you have taken the car for a spin
Can we replece the Front Grill and Head lamp in Terrano ii Year1997 that assembly in Spain ?Please tell me. and how do I take it with price
Thank You for the Futher
Swan T.
It is easy to replace the front grill and lamps with similar ones. Quite often my brother and I crack the bumper and simply replace the bumper off a scrapped Terrano at a scrapyard.
Scrapyard prices do vary, I will ask my brother for a ball-park figure.
All Terrano II were assembled in Spain.
Hi well done look good what you did, one quick question, how much difference has it made to the road handling if any and did you have to extend any hoses, pipes or electrics? Or was it as easy as shown, just unbolt jack up and place blocks in then rebolt?
Many thanks for sharing the info
how much is the kit and do u need more blocks for a long wheel base?
Sorry for the delays in responding – have been flying from Cambodia and recovering from jetlag.
As I said, it was my brother who did most of the hard work – so I recommend to email him, he will be more than happy to answer your questions, especially as he done 2 Terranos and about to do the same to a Maverick:
leigh [-at-] sterry.me.uk
(replace the [-at-] with @ symbol).
Oh, Your car is beautify same as my car , but my car is 5 doors 1997 model R20 2.4 , thank your for your nice picture.
That looks ace and gives me inspiration for my 2.4lwb.
I’m already running 30″ a/t tyres and have raised the front by adjusting the torsion bars, but seeing yours makes me want to do more.
Thank you guys – you can see more at:
http://www.sterry.me.uk/blog/2008/06/18/modifying-my-terrano-ii-4×4-update
Hey Nathan if you go any bigger than 30″ tyres on your 2.4 you gonna need to look for more power!
admin has given my email address above, feel free to email me, if there is enough interest in bodylift kits I will look to putting them together along with complete, step by step, fully illustrated instructions.
hi, just on the cylinders does anyone know the diametres of them and why aluminiun and not stainless?
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
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