3" Lifted CR-V Offroad Highlights 2019 (2020 Mod Updates in Desc.) [OFFROAD]

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So most of this video was 1.5" front and 3" rear, some was 2.5" front and 4" rear.
Very very early next year it'll be at 4.5" rear and 3" front on 30s or 31s, so I figured let's commemorate a pretty shit year with my highlights from the year.
The year was filled with a few ups and a lot of downs. Kicked off the year with my factory clutch finally burning out, which led to me wanting to upgrade to a heavy duty. Due to where it left me stranded, I went to a shop who installed the wrong clutch, charged me out the ass for it and refused to correct their issue because I didn't notice until the inappropriate clutch they installed was toast.
Following that finally getting replaced, I had to do my trailing arm bushings, and again, new ones failed. Lesson learnt, always OEM, never Polyurethane. With those installed, I got my 2" trailing arm spacers which pushed me from 3" rear lift to 4". This meant I was now maxing out my camber arm however, so I've been dealing with some swaying since.
Once I had those finally fixed, I thought my swaying would be over, but I also needed new tie rods and front upper camber arms. So in they went, a few snapped bolts in my rear LCA and front UCA and it's finally "driveable" again... except this was when my first major struggle finally came and bit me be back in the ass.
When installing my rear lift (the first installation I did completely without a shop's aid), I didn't rotate the top hat on my shock, and as a result I had to twist my shock to have it line up. Obviously, this was wrong, and a year and a half later my shock snapped at the top hat, taking out my spring, shock and tyre in the process.
With replacement springs on the way, rear camber arm drop bracket and Hardrace adjustable camber arm, an engine drop, a set of 2" spacers to swap to the rear, putting my 1.5" spacers up front I'll be running a much fresher and more complete setup very early next year.
I'll be effectively going up enough 1-1.5" all around when complete with tyres, eliminating my CV boot tearing up front, fixing my camber in the rear which has been causing me all sorts of hell over bumps.
With the majority of my lift being complete by the time I've installed the above, I can finally move on to the next important step, securing and LSD for the front and doing a VC along the tailshaft and pinning the rear diff. This will essentially allow me to run full time 4WD for instant response to the rear, while still allowing slip between the front and rear through the VC to avoid any breakages. The endgame for this mod is to allow for much more control through ruts, meaning I can practice more care offroad and take things slower without risking getting stuck.

[@56321books]

Finally! Someone doing real things with a crv and not being gentle.

[@theinsuranceforum]

Some many people have been sleeping on the CRV potential. Thanks for sharing!

[@gamer78full]

Awesome!!! One of the sickest crvs around 😍

[@isakjetbean]

Thanks dude, you're too kind 😊

[@mikef058]

Wow.... this is awesome. And this is a 1st gen CR-V with AWD doing all of this.

[@richieplaysgame5]

just got my hands on the 2nd gen model from 2002 and put on 16x7.5 sunraysia wheels with 235/75 dueller AT tyres and a HRG 3" lift for family trips and some light offroading. Feeling pretty confident in its abilities after watching this ;)

[@GF-mf7ml]

The power of B20 engine.

[@isakjetbean]

Not a whole lot of grunt but damn near unkillable!

[@torryminers2177]

I love my b20 i just installed a ford eco boost turbo it spools real quick it packs a punch

[@jamesbk9251]

Awesome stuff! Really looking forward to seeing what you get up to next year, especially that VC + LSD set up, that'll be neat as

[@isakjetbean]

Thanks dude! Yeah I'm just happy to be driving it again. It's been a very frustrating year with so many months of it not being driveable or safely driveable, so I'm really looking forward to having all those little kinks worked out so I can power forward with those things! I was really hoping to have the LSD's by the end of this year but just too many things I didn't account for, so all steam ahead for next year doing it right!

[@jamesbk9251]

@@isakjetbean Oh yeah man, it really sucks to have something sitting in your driveway but you can't drive it. Despite all the trouble you've encountered, it's still come a long way this year, and I'm sure the same will be true at the end of next year

[@slipperysebastian]

Yeah boiz subbed good channel

[@HaidzVlogs]

The best!

[@andrewdeveaux4578]

1st gen gang 🔥🔥🔥. My 2001 CR-V SE is stock but for 214,000 miles it can whoop some ass on and off road

[@isakjetbean]

They get it done that's for sure 🤙

[@johnsherry2321]

I want a crv now! You have to love an old Honda. I think Honda should have made a larger off roader to compete against the toyota land cruiser its a shame they didn't.

[@isakjetbean]

They had/have the Ridgeline in USA, but nothing up to the standard of a cruiser. Just blows my mind they had low range in the old 89-91 RT4WD civic wagon but not anything else.

[@ianalbrecht1560]

@@isakjetbean Ha yeah my mom has one of those. It's like the CR-V's mom. It was so weird to see that gear on that little thing.

[@chrisadolf9988]

Cool 👍👍👍

[@user-rh1qb7we3s]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@PituSanga]

Nice

[@lacampos1164]

Hey where did you get all your accessories?!? Add the link please!

[@brat9501]

Базара нет, лайк тебе жирный. У меня такой же, черный и левый руль.

[@markandrosiervo5301]

Hi! My dads has his 1998 honda CRV which is an automatic transmission. Is it okay to customize for offroad? Am not sure if it can perform well on off road like your honda crv.

[@isakjetbean]

I've seen plenty of people using auto's in USA. I've never driven an auto CR-V myself so I can't say much to how it drives, but I know plenty of people in USA are running pretty capable auto builds as well.

[@noodleboy1776]

Mine does fine in the mud and it’s an auto real time awd

[@drumminwithtony5147]

You had any issues lifting it 3 inches ? Is it just a lift kit ? No adjustable camber arms or any of that ?

[@isakjetbean]

Didn't have any issues running the height in mpst of this video, but I do have trailing arm spacers and I would recommend running adjustable camber arms because my bushings up front for my camber arms were shot and my rear camber arms were at a shocking angle causing some bad swaying at highway speeds. I've since fixed that with a HRG camber arm drop bracket for the rear. I've also since upgraded all my arms to adjustable and am dropping the engine and subframe.

[@bartoszkrol3369]

Dobry dzik

[@kakospecs9152]

Nice vid bro. Would be nice to hear some engine sound. Any cv axle problems??

[@isakjetbean]

Honestly she's pretty quiet, stock exhaust setup still. Gonna start posting more with good audio now that I have my airbox finished as it's MUCH louder Not really any CV issues, split a few boots but never broke any completely. Getting fresh cvs soon though as obviously spitting grease these cvs aren't too happy anymore haha

[@torryminers2177]

Weres the 91 and im not talking about the one you put in you're car

[@dawson1373]

Stock engine & drive train? So sick

[@isakjetbean]

All except rear dif, has an element rear dif.

[@henrym1854]

That's awesome! What axles you running? I have an rd2. Wondering if the rd2s can take the same abuse?

[@isakjetbean]

Just stock axles, same 4 that came with the hard when it left the factory as far as my service books show!

[@josephvanni]

What is the antenna on the rear? And how is it mounted?

[@isakjetbean]

Self-tappers to mount it just using an Aerpro antenna mount. It's for my UHF radio in the front, so I can communicate with other guys in the group without having to shout all the time and so we can keep in touch on the highway if we have to pull over for anything.

[@josephvanni]

@@isakjetbean So do you just run on FRS channels?

[@isakjetbean]

So here in Australia along the 80 channels on our UHF radios there are select channels for emergency services, other channels that are reserved but generally a lot of the UHF channel band is open, so UHF is more practical than the fancier options. I know in the US a UHF radio isn't as useful due to them splitting the frequencies, but in Australia it's probably the most common vehicle-to-vehicle communication type. The majority of rigs in Australia will communicate on a UHF radio, and a lot of people offroad even have a sticker on their vehicle with their UHF channel so you can easily contact them if need-be. Whereas America stuck are stuck with sub-1W "cb" radios, it's perfectly legal to run a 5w UHF radio. However, if I were to bring my CR-V to the states, the UHF setup would be illegal and useless.

[@joeyl1742]

Is that front end stock?😂

[@adamn7516]

Can the CRV's suspension components really take that kind of beating. They were never designed to banged around like that.

[@isakjetbean]

There are some weak points, the front shock mount isn't built to take big jumps, so your shock can slide through the mount and potentially break your CV. This is my biggest concern, I want to get something fabricated to work around this. Otherwise, I haven't had any premature wear or failure of any other suspension components from offroad use. Had one incident with a damaged shock but it was an improper installation that caused it.

[@drumminwithtony5147]

Is this FWD or AWD?

[@isakjetbean]

It's a weird system. FWD with mechanical AWD when the front slips. So when the transfer detects slippage in the front, tailshaft spins, a hydraulic pump fills the clutch pack with a viscous fluid and it engages the rear to assist. So mix of both.

[@CrispyBlendz]

Is this Automatic or standard??

[@isakjetbean]

Manual all the way 😁

[@jadrianjrmitchell8277]

So im saving up for a CRV .... and not gonna lie was thinking of droping it but looking at this dooing complete opposite and going ful yee yee

[@isakjetbean]

I won't lie, it takes a bit of work to get it running just right offroad, but with a little bit of work putting some lift for ground clearance, because they're so light, they're actually surprisingly capable.

[@EpicMrEric]

Isn't it recalled?

[@isakjetbean]

Nope

[@PituSanga]

manual or automatic

[@isakjetbean]

Manual

[@PituSanga]

Ok ok Thanks

[@javier3076]

Nice