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Old 10-23-2017, 03:19 PM
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I saw these when I was just messing around and I know they might not be a great idea. But if I were to get these what front end parts would need to be replaced/extended for these to fit? And if either one of these would be a good idea which one would it be? I'm not worried about parts wearing out early because I have a lifetime warranty on almost every front end part and it covers labor and parts.
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Even with a 6" lift you are going to significantly change the front end geometry (assuming you have no lift or torsion lift < 2") so you'll need to do the entire front end including the CV axles. If you are going solid axle on the front then you'd need at least the 8" lift.
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Wait.... your truck has CV axles? If so, this is not the way to do a lift, period. The 4WD trucks don't have coils.
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Originally Posted by Aragorn
Even with a 6" lift you are going to significantly change the front end geometry (assuming you have no lift or torsion lift < 2") so you'll need to do the entire front end including the CV axles. If you are going solid axle on the front then you'd need at least the 8" lift.
No I don't have cv axles my truck is 2wd.
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Wait.... your truck has CV axles? If so, this is not the way to do a lift, period. The 4WD trucks don't have coils.
No I don't have cv axles my truck is 2wd. I am confused as to where this came from
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Um I thought my rc springs where a lot. You can’t fit it. You would need to cut off the bump stop on the frame and get custom fabed control arms.
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Um I thought my rc springs where a lot. You can’t fit it. You would need to cut off the bump stop on the frame and get custom fabed control arms.
Thank you. I am going to do some looking around and see how much the control arms would be before I make my decision.
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Sorry was thinking you had 4wd.
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Originally Posted by 2001f150hd
Thank you. I am going to do some looking around and see how much the control arms would be before I make my decision.
IMO not worth it. If you wanna go that high best bet would be fab tech 7” spindle. Because I have the rc springs and 3” spindle. I can’t fit a finger between the bump stop and uca.... it rides like a log wagon.
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Originally Posted by the01kingranch
IMO not worth it. If you wanna go that high best bet would be fab tech 7” spindle. Because I have the rc springs and 3” spindle. I can’t fit a finger between the bump stop and uca.... it rides like a log wagon.
I really like the height of your truck the spindle is probably the way I was going to go. I had planned on that originally but saw that this option was a little over $100 cheaper and wanted to get more input




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