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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:03 PM
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Hey y'all, I've been reading on the torsion bars and how if theyre maxed out it'll wear out the front end quicker. So I was wondering if these are maxed out or only out a bit. The torsion bars themselves seem to be level.

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Hopefully the pics are good, and those are the right bolts haha I didn't do them the guy before me messed with them.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:26 PM
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Those are about stock height... Maxed out means the bolts would be buried into the retainer
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 06:05 PM
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Alright thank you, I just didn't want the front end to go bad.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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I already told you they were stock. Haha and with them maxed its not going to make the front end go bad there guys on here been running maxed bars for 100000 miles. Its just aftermarket keys thar mess crap up.
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And from that pic they don't look stock my keys are about an 1/8 off the frame.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Jacob.P93
I already told you they were stock. Haha and with them maxed its not going to make the front end go bad there guys on here been running maxed bars for 100000 miles. Its just aftermarket keys thar mess crap up.

Tell that to my balljoints.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 07:37 PM
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So with them stock your balljoints wont ever have to be changed? You changing them things out like every month? With your bars cranked to the Max and running 33s or under your not going to cut the life of your balljoints in half. I'm against cranking bars as well just cause of the bad ride. So I'm dropping the rear to level. Then throwing on a bl.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Jacob.P93
I already told you they were stock. Haha and with them maxed its not going to make the front end go bad there guys on here been running maxed bars for 100000 miles. Its just aftermarket keys thar mess crap up.
Well u said if they were out they were stock, but I was looking and there screwed in a bit so I was thinking maybe I wasnt looking at it correctly. It rides rough so that also had me thinking that they were loosened.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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And unless you have a dif truck than in your sig it looks like your balljoints would be at a different angle than raising it would.
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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Sorry I thought I said 1.5-2" out is stock. And you might wanna check springs and shocks if its riding rough. It will ride rougher with them tightened. How is it running? You glad you got it?
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