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Old 07-06-2008, 07:22 PM
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if your front is 4 inches over factory your going to have trac bar problems.......front axle will be pulled to the driverside.......
 
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Old 07-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LOGANSTANFORTH
if your front is 4 inches over factory your going to have trac bar problems.......front axle will be pulled to the driverside.......
Got that covered with the D-T Profab bar. It's at what he advertises is the max height for his bar but it fit's fine. I think he underrates his own product.
 
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Old 07-09-2008, 09:41 PM
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Any more good or bad on this subject before I start gettin serious about it.
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 02:01 PM
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Finally got around to this. Deaver spring says they can build it but with their progressive spring style it's gonna drop my carry weight considerable, so they're out. Carrier spring says they can do it using and inverted spring shackle that they designed that hangs below the mount 3 inches instead above the mount 3 inches and then use a wedge to correct pinion angle. They say a 5 degree wedge would put this close to where it would need to be. Doing this I could either re-use the current springs and get rid of most of the factory block or use a new spring pack to get rid of all the block.

They're supposed to call me back with more details of prices and time frames to build it, along with pictures e-mailed out.
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 05:29 PM
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doing a shackle flip is a common setup with the offroad guys not a bad set up it may cause some slight axle wrap do to the leverage but it should be better than using lift blocks. the wedge shouldnt be bad though hope it works out for you would love to see pics of it when you get it set up
 
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Old 08-29-2008, 09:27 PM
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You could always try these and keep your carrying capacity....just an idea

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Old 08-29-2008, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by baddawg
You could always try these and keep your carrying capacity....just an idea

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Cool lookin but pretty radical in the design. Any ideas what kind of price range they are lookin at on those things.

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Old 08-29-2008, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Bubba
Cool lookin but pretty radical in the design. Any ideas what kind of price range they are lookin at on those things.

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No idea,they want you to call for pricing.
 
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