im looking at doing a budget 3" lift, but recently replaced the shocks on my 97. will a bar pin eliminator raise the shock mount enough to allow me to still use mt stock shocks? my truck spends about 90% of its life on the pavement. also no extreme articulation will be done.

also i was thinking i could make my own bar pin eliminator, with 2 sections of angle iron drilled to the proper size for a bolt to fit snugly in the shock bushing eye. tighten that up nice, then bolt it to the truck, front and back. if they are still to short could a guy put some 1x2 squre tubing between the eliminator and the stock mounting holes, or would this be to prone to breakage?

soorry for the bombardment of questions!

 

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no one has any insight? no one even wants to bash me? haha

 

Well, the fact that the top of your front shocks is pin shaped, vs a shock that has a hole/bushing a BPE will not work for the top. In theory you can make a lower BPE that is raised.

 

ive seen people use the rear sway bar mount at the axle for a bar pin
eliminator neat trick and it gives you a little more reach

 

yes the rod style end will stay the same. im talking about the lower mount on the front. i was wondering if putting a 1" spacer in there would compromise anything, again i dont wheel my truck hard, so as long as its highway worthy