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Offline Dyllan

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rear lift?
« on: November 19, 2009, 03:19:43 PM »
Ok so i have a d35 and 8.8 from an exploder, and i have a few questions about lift.

I am using explorer coils and leafs, and I am going to use a 2 in spacer in the front. For the back i dont know whether to use an add a leaf in the explorer, put a bii leaf in the explorer leaf pack, use a lift block, or longer shackles???

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2009, 05:17:30 PM »
Go with longer shackles.  Longer shackles can be had for less than 50 bucks.

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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2009, 06:10:56 PM »
x2 on the shackles. Look for Chevy drop shackles as they will lift the rear ~2".
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2009, 08:41:09 PM »
with explorer leafs? Can i take a leaf out of a bii leaf pack and put it in the explorer leaf pack?
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2009, 11:36:26 PM »
I'm not sure how well it would work. I've never heard of anyone doing it before.

It has potential to work like an add-a-leaf I guess.
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2009, 02:31:49 AM »
to tell you the truth you can put a leaf out of anything in there as long as there the same width. i have a chevy leaf in my ranger pack and it rides amazing. on top of the nice ride i got 3.5 inch of lift from it and i can two anything without the rear dropin down
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2009, 07:05:38 AM »
did you have to get a longer bolt to hold the pack together?
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2009, 04:19:15 PM »
where do i find chevy drop shackles?
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #8 on: November 20, 2009, 04:59:54 PM »
check out eBay and maybe check out sites such as stylinconcepts or jcwhitney
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #9 on: November 20, 2009, 11:57:16 PM »
for my leafs no it was just  3/8 thinker but im running a pro comp lift now so i have new bolts tell yall what ill just start my own thred so im not jackin dyll. and to stay on top yes ebay is good man the price is almost unbeatable
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2009, 12:52:16 PM »
^^^ I personally would try this. At the very least, it will cost you about $1.00 for slightly longer bolts & nuts.

The drop shackles would probably be about $40...
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2009, 01:53:21 PM »
i did forget one thing you need a new centering pin (the bolt that holds the pack together) it also centers the rear end under the leaf springs it cost me four bucks a bolt
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #12 on: November 22, 2009, 12:04:46 AM »
Great thanks.
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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2009, 12:23:49 PM »
I added pulled a leaf from an extra Ranger pack I had laying around and stuck it into my pack on my old Ranger.  It road like a brick, but lifted the rear about 3"s.

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Re: rear lift?
« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2009, 01:13:18 AM »
ya the chevy leaf i used in my ranger pack added 3.5" of lift but rode really nice
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