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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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Year: 2000
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Question control arms???

if i had a 3.5in lift and upgraded to 5.5 do i need to get longer lower control arms. I already have the 4.5 rustys longer arms but do i need any longer???
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 08:59 PM
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your one inch under the lift the ones you have are designd for now dont see much harm in going one inch the other way
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Old Nov 8, 2010 | 09:22 PM
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i have the rusty's 5" lca's which came with the lift kit with a 2"bb on top and mine works great i could prob get better flex if i had adjustable's but i can tuck my tire into the fender well at the point of binding the lca on the mount
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Old Nov 9, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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ok thanks guys
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