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Old 11-05-2017, 01:57 AM
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Wanting to get some more lift out of my set up and thinking adding new shackles and spacer up front. I would like to get some advice on what else I would need. I already know longer break lines and probably control arms.
Here’s what I already have;

4.5 inch lift
Drop pitman
Adj track bar
T case drop
RC lower control arms
Full leaf pack



Possibly Adding a 3” spacer and 2” shackle
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Sye for rear and different rear shaft..
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Is that even safe? A 3" spacer on 4.5" seems scary to me. And yeah, at 7" of lift I can't imagine your stock control arms working out
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Yeah no. You can't possibly even think of using a 3v inch spacer. That's sketchy even at stock height. You want 7 inches of lift? Most definitely need long arms and sye, upgraded steering. It's not easy it cheap at such heights
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The 3" spacers will destroy the aftermarket coils due to "coil bind".
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get that out of your head right now.

why would you want that much of a boost but not want to do it right?
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@ 4.5" of lift your control arms are already not doing their job (aftermarket or not).

Going any higher would be a very bad idea in terms of drive-ability, performance, and abuse on your stock mounts.

I had about six inches of lift on "bent" lower arms and it road like ****, flexed ok here and there but I also had mounts that popped and and moved around on me.

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Its called i want the biggest lift and the cheapest way i can get it.
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Please place your head away from the microwave.... this is an awful idea. If you want to go mall crawler status do it right.
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I can't laugh when i was 17 i made my own bastard packs for the 76 f250 i had.I had about a 6 inch lift for 50 bucks but that thing rode rougher then hell but looked great.

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