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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 03:34 PM
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I would figure out how much lift you want out of the front. did the PO tell how big of lift coils he installed? or you might have to do some measureing
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 03:40 PM
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The PO didnt tell me much about how much lift in front or back so it looks like ill have to do some more mesuring
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Outlaw Star
Stay away from large shackles (1-1.5 inches are fine) for your saftey and others please.
^^^ I agree with this..


Originally Posted by sycoglitch
Do yourself a favor and start with shorter coils. That right there can solve your problem.
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sycoglitch and Outlaw have some good info listen to them.
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 06:37 PM
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Why the f*** are you at 9 inches of lift any way. I think a better idea would be get some small lift shackles and no lift brackets. And drop the front to 6.5.
I guess my advice on the fist page wasn't good and he shouldn't listen to me?
We told him to do the same thing?
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Old Mar 20, 2014 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ohio95xj
I guess my advice on the fist page wasn't good and he shouldn't listen to me?
No I didn't say that at all, your advice was good. I just get true info from them. I tend to listen to them more then others. Sorry I didn't say you also.. or any one else that told him to do it right..
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Old Mar 21, 2014 | 08:02 PM
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IMHO you should take the front end down to match the rear. 9" is too much lift unless you have full size axles.

This is just an assumption, but to reach that much lift you probably have some spacers on the front springs. Take those things off. You'll notice a big difference.
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Old Mar 21, 2014 | 08:15 PM
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IMHO you should take the front end down to match the rear. 9" is too much lift unless you have full size axles.

This is just an assumption, but to reach that much lift you probably have some spacers on the front springs. Take those things off. You'll notice a big difference.
his pictures above dont show any spacers the PO built a truss and put purchs higher my guess is that he also has 5" lift coils but would have compare the gap a stock front mount to what he has now. like mine with the hp44 swap I only have zj coils but the front is lifted 5"
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Old Mar 21, 2014 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by stang65
his pictures above dont show any spacers the PO built a truss and put purchs higher my guess is that he also has 5" lift coils but would have compare the gap a stock front mount to what he has now. like mine with the hp44 swap I only have zj coils but the front is lifted 5"
Didn't see the pic... Just people arguing lol.

That's f-ed up. Time for a new front axle lol.
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Old May 8, 2014 | 10:39 PM
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My front axel is a dana 30 right

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Old May 8, 2014 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jasoncummings707
My front axel is a dana 30 right

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Man thats one beefy looking D30, Trusses and modified cover, looks like she could be very stout.

Just a thought as well for the measurement to figure out what the lift is, Measure from the bottom of the tube to the frame rail, Subtract 2" on top of the 6 3/4" you minus from the over all length to find out your true lift height. Should be pretty close and then you can pretty much do a educated guess on the coils so you can figure out what to put the rear at.

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Old May 8, 2014 | 11:36 PM
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A buddy measured it and he said it was a 9" in front
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Old May 9, 2014 | 09:00 AM
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Well I don't know about you but I trust my own judgement before others, and others are only consults :P Do your own measurement and see what you get. If you could, would you get a picture of this thing sitting on all 4's level and I'm pretty sure I can ball park it from my XJ for total Lift Height. Mine sits at 5.5" in the rear and 5" in the front and I have almost as much room in the wheel wells as you do in the pix you have up of flexing.
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Old May 9, 2014 | 10:52 AM
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Its not on totaly level ground. Its not on too much of a hill and it's on 35x12.50 tires

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Old May 9, 2014 | 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by jasoncummings707
Its not on totaly level ground. Its not on too much of a hill and it's on 35x12.50 tires

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that doesnt look like 9" of lift
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Old May 9, 2014 | 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by stang65
that doesnt look like 9" of lift
Dunno. Looks close to it. 35's and the stock front flares are still on. Nice gap in the wheel well too. Couldn't tell if it was drop brackets or long arm.
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