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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 01:44 PM
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Here you go. Not much lift to it, but enough to make it feel better. Now I am debating what size of tires I am going to put under it... I might be able to get some good deals on some 31's, if not I was thinking of some from TreadWright.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 01:57 PM
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not sure if its just the picture but it looks like your springs are de arched quite abit? Are they really bowed upward?
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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your shackle is still near verticle... it may have been a true 2 inches... but a bad two inches. vertical shackle angle is horrible for your springs. thats why your leaves are inverted.

i will say that the shackle looks awesome.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:05 PM
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Shackles are awesome
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 03:14 PM
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its cool that you designed in that relief for the body but it still doesn't fix the issue with running an extended shackle. Pretty much, the longer the shackle the further forward the mounting point must be. Looks SOLID though; lol.

Props for quality work.
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Old Mar 20, 2012 | 10:00 PM
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Dang, I might just have to play with it more...
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