Ask anyone who runs a lifted four-wheel drive what the legal lift limit is in Queensland and they'll tell you fifty millimetres without hesitation. They're not wrong. They're just not completely right either.
In this episode AJ breaks down why there isn't one lift limit — there are three. Why the rules count differently when you combine suspension, body lift, and tyre diameter. And why you can be running an illegal setup while genuinely believing you're inside the rules.
Plus — What Would AJ Do with a bloke planning a lift on his HiLux who's done his research but landed on the wrong answer. And an Ask Willy Mailbag conversation about a Ranger owner who added what seemed like a modest lift to a vehicle that was already modified — and ended up ninety-two millimetres combined without realising it.
Design the system. Not the individual components.
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What is Built Right with AJ?
A show about doing it right the first time. AJ Elgayar — engineer, mechanic, sixteen years Army veteran — covers vehicle builds, modifications, and the engineering thinking that gets a project across the line properly. Cars, four wheel drives, touring rigs, tradie utes — the principles don't change.