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Old May 15, 2012 | 12:10 PM
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I have a 97 xj with 7 inches of lift. I bought the rough country long arm upgrade kit to push my front axle back into place and have my truck lifted cerrectly. My question is on the site its for trucks with 4 to 6 inches of lift with having 7 inches will it still work? I'm assuming the kit has some play and an extra inch won't mess with it too much. Does anyone have this kit with more lift then rough country says to have with it? If it won't I have one inch blocks in the rear and one inch coil spacers up front I can remove to make it work. I would like to go up to 9.5 maybe 10 inches and run 35s at some point would I beable to buy longer long arms to go that high or would a 4 link be needed then
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Old May 15, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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It should work just fine and you should be able to clear 35s with 7". I ran 33s on 4.5" without cutting my fenders and now run 7" and 38s with a bit of cutting. You'll be crazy top heavy with 10" of lift.
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Old May 15, 2012 | 08:35 PM
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You should ditch the blocks regardless of what you do
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Old May 16, 2012 | 04:19 AM
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Yeah I have 3inch shakles 3 inch leafs and one inch blocks. I have a pair or 4.5 leafs I'm putting on to get rid of the blocks just need to get bushings. I have 33s on mine now but idk if its cause of the shorts arms but when I flex alittle I start to rub I know the long arm is gonna push my axle back into place cause as of right now its pulled back so far I can't even fit my front driveshaft in but I'm thinking with the axle going back into the right placeand have more clearance
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