I don't know for sure, but another owner of a vehicle of this vintage
once told me there are bolts on the top of the shock absorber housings
at the rear - access from inside the car: they sit on top of the
mouldings over the top of the shock absorbers at either side of the
cargo area. This is turned to wind the rear end up and down. I don't
know if there are equivalent bolts for the front end.
Cheers
Glenn
I believe he was thinking about the earlier models up through '84 and
maybe '85. These had height adjusting bolts on the lower spring
supports on the front struts and a rear torsion bar adjusting bolt
accessable through a hole in the floor under the rear seat.
The down side to using these adjustments to increase the ground
clearance is that you mess up the wheel alignment and put more stress on
your CV joints. The "lift kits" some people install are more properly
called "body lift kits". They're a set of longer bolts and blocks to
install between the body and suspension. They increase the clearance
between your tires and wheel wells allowing you to get more ground
clearance by running larger tires.
The down side to this approach is that the larger tires cause your
speedometer to read slow and raise the center of gravity messing up your
cornering ability. The larger tires also require more torque to deliver
the same acceleration as the smaller ones. The EA82 engine isn't
exactly oozing gobs of horsepower to start with. By the time you mount
a big set of "swampers" you'll have old diesel rabbits beating you in
the quarter mile.
Later,
Joe
