6.5'' Lift Questions
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Year: 1992
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I am sure some people may have touched on some of this. But o well i have the Rusty's 6.5" short arm kit . I am pretty please with it so far, Ride isnt bad not much different than when it was stock. When i installed the lift...... I did encounter a few snags. The first being the usual rear upper shock bolt stud issue. That wasnt too bad. The leaf spring bolts were a different story,especially the front ones. The bolts were siezed and rusted to the metal sleeve that goes through the front leaf spring bushing. I had to use a die grinder to cut the leaf spring apart, and hammer the bolts out of the front leaf spring bushings.Use lots of PB Blaster days before the lift.
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Year: 2000
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If you get relocators and a 1in shackle on top of 6.5in leafs you will be at like 8-9 inches of lift ! I have the relocators, if you use them with the stock shackles they will bind on the sides of the relocators as they cycle. So you would either have to get a 1in shackle or trim the relocators around the shackle, thus , making them no longer adjustable. I did remove a leaf from a 4.5in RC leafpack once back in the day. It lowered the rear but I guess it made axle wrap easier to happen because first time out at Cliffs I snapped a shock in half as the axle shifted. 6.5in have more leafs so removing one probably shouldnt be a problem.
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So I got a raise recently and money has been decent. I'm going to go suck it up with short arms for a little bit, then go with IRO's long arms. I am however still considering the leaf sliders.. It appears it'll fix all my issues. I won't have to worry about a relocation kit adding 1.5'' and then a shackle adding at least another inch, which I agree fully with, I don't want to do that. And my flex would be good too. I'm going to read some other threads and forums and see what I come up with.
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I'm going to save some money and not get the leaf sliders lol. I'm going to pickup a shackle relocation kit then go from there. If I go with the RC one, I can use my stock shackle, right? Is the HD Offroad better? About the same price I believe.. Hopefully this helps my rough ride/flex issue..
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From: Michigan
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most people i see that have them are happy with them but alot of people, including me, are not a fan of the caster adjustment bracket. just looks cheap and like it would break. i havent heard of one breaking yet tho
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I've heard a lot of great things about them, on Cf, Pirate, etc. It doesn't appear it'd lift me up much if at all any in the rear. And the quality would be great, and flex.
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From: Carrollton, GA
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: Inline 6 4.0L High Output
Originally Posted by 92XJGuy
I haven't hears anything bad about them, really. And they're $650 shipped. Is there something bad about them?
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From: Carrollton, GA
Year: 1994
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Originally Posted by 92XJGuy
Oh yeah? Didn't know that.. I'll definitely do some research then before I get long arms.
Thanks!
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I was seriously going to go with the CADs and consider long arms later. But I got a little bit of extra money and I thought about long arms right away, but my problem is my rear end and I need to address that first, which is why I'll probably go with sliders. I like the idea of CADs. I like the near stock angle..
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From: Carrollton, GA
Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by 92XJGuy
I was seriously going to go with the CADs and consider long arms later. But I got a little bit of extra money and I thought about long arms right away, but my problem is my rear end and I need to address that first, which is why I'll probably go with sliders. I like the idea of CADs. I like the near stock angle..