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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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I have 3" right now. Things I have or are coming are 4.5 front springs, RE adj. track bar, 1.5 shackles to go with the 3" in the rear, RE 6 degree shims and 4.5 LCS's. I will be getting extended brake lines. What else will I need. Eventually I will do a SYE but it will have to wait a little while. Also will it look dumb with 31" tires. Thanks in advance for the input.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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Ya its going to shrink those 31's you are probably going to want to look into some new tires. Also I would recommend either getting longer UCA/LCA's or getting some drop brackets.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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Even with 4.5" LCA's.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by jeep98b
Even with 4.5" LCA's.
If you already have extended LCA's you may be alright, but your pinion angle will be all out of wack. I would recommend getting some adj UCA's aswell.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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I will make it next on the list.
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If you already have extended LCA's you may be alright, but your pinion angle will be all out of wack. I would recommend getting some adj UCA's aswell.
WHY? he got the LCA's from me and i ran stock UCA's on my 4.5" lift he will be fine.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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WHY? he got the LCA's from me and i ran stock UCA's on my 4.5" lift he will be fine.
It can be done, but I wouldnt recommend it. As already stated the pinion angle will be pretty far off.
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it is off but it worked great for me for almost a year
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Originally Posted by kmanxj5050
it is off but it worked great for me for almost a year
Do it right and get Y arms. If you want to go higher still you just need to change the coils, shocks and make pinion angle adjustments. Long arms are the way to get tall. JMHO.
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yea the pinion angle will make your pinion bearing leak. 31s will look okay ( i had a friend with 31s and 5") BUT ONLY IF YOU DONT TRIM. otherwise they look tiny, i have 32s on 4.5" and they look tiny cuz i have trimmed fenders/ Leave the flares on too
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There ya go 98b any thing else while you have tha attention of so many great Jeep minds?
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I tell ya what I just learned a bunch. I do not plan on trimming right away and the wife would kill me if I got new tires again. I am not going to be doing any hard core wheeling so I think I should be good from what I have read on here. Thanks to everyone that chimed in.

So will I be good with 6* shims til' I can afford a SYE? I think thats the last question. Maybe.
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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So can anybody tell me if 6* shims will work til' I can get an SYE?
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yes that is what i had, and i am still using at 6.5" until i can afford an SYE and a front driveshaft for the rear
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 11:13 AM
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Shims will help but you may still get some vibration until you install the SYE and driveshft.
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