Help me make my decisison
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Help me make my decisison
So I did it... 1st lift and ran into some issues already. I have the RE 3.5" kit and I am running 32x11.5x15 MTR Kevlars. These tires are on stock wheels, so as you know, I had some serious rubbing.
So here is the issue. I think I want to go a little bigger in the lift to keep the tires. I was thinking a new RE Shackle in the rear which should help with some clearence. I was considering a bigger coil up front. And through all this, I hope I am still going to be using my shocks within their specs. I know the fronts were 25.1" extended and 14" when compressed.
Tomorrow, step 1 is to find wheels with 3.75" backspacing. Right? This should help the rubbing on front coils/sway bar links and rear inner wheel wells. But now I will be rubbing more on the outside fender lips. So do I need to trim to get them to fit? I was going to trim them based on other forums, but I was debating whether or not to use fender flares.
What do you guys think? I also thought about all fiberglass fenders up front which should solve some of the issues.
Also, it the Lock Right even worth it? Or should I save for something better. I am more interested in pre-running than crawling based on my location,
Let me know, sorry there are so msny questions. I really appreciate it!
So here is the issue. I think I want to go a little bigger in the lift to keep the tires. I was thinking a new RE Shackle in the rear which should help with some clearence. I was considering a bigger coil up front. And through all this, I hope I am still going to be using my shocks within their specs. I know the fronts were 25.1" extended and 14" when compressed.
Tomorrow, step 1 is to find wheels with 3.75" backspacing. Right? This should help the rubbing on front coils/sway bar links and rear inner wheel wells. But now I will be rubbing more on the outside fender lips. So do I need to trim to get them to fit? I was going to trim them based on other forums, but I was debating whether or not to use fender flares.
What do you guys think? I also thought about all fiberglass fenders up front which should solve some of the issues.
Also, it the Lock Right even worth it? Or should I save for something better. I am more interested in pre-running than crawling based on my location,
Let me know, sorry there are so msny questions. I really appreciate it!
Last edited by ocg03; 06-01-2009 at 12:49 AM.
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the lock rite is a good choice for a locker its easy to install and they work pretty well i heard of people running into problems when they are running bigger tires like bigger then 35s but other then that i havent heard anything bad about them i have one and it works great i mostly stick to trails and mild rocks but its never let me down
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