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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:22 PM
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How high can u go before u have to change out ur drive shaft
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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im at roughly 7 inches with stock shafts front & rear
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:25 PM
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Kool..I was looking @ a 4 in.....with some 31*10.5*15...are u in a Cherokee
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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You usually want to get an sye and driveshaft starting at 3.5-4"
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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yep, 33x10.5x15



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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:52 PM
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Nice ...what kind of lift did u get....do u have the transfer case drop kit

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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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rough country 6.5" and drop control arm kit, adjustable upper/lowers and additional 2" coil spacer and 2" shackles. 5.25" drop pitman arm and the rear leaves have 6* pinion wedges installed in them, no transfer case drop, no sye.

im going to add the drop on the transfer case though just an inch to get a little back on the geometry end of such a large lift.
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Old Mar 16, 2012 | 11:09 PM
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I was looking at the 4.5 lift from country with a t-case drop and running 31*10.5*15... and cut my fender wells
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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 03:03 AM
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My .02

4.5"
Sye and Refurb extended drive shaft from IRO
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33's
Have fun
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