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Old 12-26-2009, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DieselMinded
looks like the cheerio's pissing bandit was busy last night , Lets be respectful
Sorry Chad but its hard too when some puts peoples lives at risk for something as stupid as being able to put huge by large tires under their truck...

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Originally Posted by 94Matt
There is a Ford in town here that has what looks to be 3" blocks on the front. The best part is that they are painted so you can see what he did! I cringe every time I see it.
3", thats nothing...Come to central Florida...I've personally seen 6-8 inch blocks under the fronts of Superduty's...And they think its the greatest thing ever, and like stated, they are mouth breathers...My dad wanted to put some 2 inch ones under my 86 blazer and it will never see the road and I yelled at him for 20 minutes about it...


I guess it dosent matter, go ahead, put lift blocks under the front of your truck, heck while your at it, stack 2 or 3 of them under there for maximum height, don't forget your pieces of all-thread too so you can heat it up and bend it around the axle so you dont have to spend money on u-bolts, and the front driveshaft, who needs that when you got 44 inch tires in case a curb gets all feral in the mall parking lot you will be able to climb over it with your big tires...Oh dont forget about the clusterf+ck of your steering system while your at it, your best bet would be to cut your steering link in half and then build an extension between the two pieces using some completely inadequate plate steel, cause we all know thats how the big names in the 4x4 world does it...

P.S. Dont forget the 4 inch body lift you made out of 4x4 wood blocks, hockey pucks, steel fender washers and grade 2 bolts...

I dont know how Skyjacker, Performance Accessories, Superlift or any of the other companies manage to stay in business with all this high quality fabrication work going on...
 

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Old 12-27-2009, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by tltruckparts
...are the front coil spacers that go on top of the spring bad?
The only thing bad about the coil spacers is people don't also install all the supporting mods necessary to maintain the suspension and steering geometry. You also need a new track bar, longer shocks, drop sway mounts, longer control arms, possibly a drop pitman, etc, etc.

They're not necessarily unsafe per se, at least not until the various front joints and bushings are worn to dangerously death wobble-inducing levels.
 
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Old 12-27-2009, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by LOGANSTANFORTH
Sorry Chad but its hard too when some puts peoples lives at risk for something as stupid as being able to put huge by large tires under their truck...

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3", thats nothing...Come to central Florida...I've personally seen 6-8 inch blocks under the fronts of Superduty's...And they think its the greatest thing ever, and like stated, they are mouth breathers...My dad wanted to put some 2 inch ones under my 86 blazer and it will never see the road and I yelled at him for 20 minutes about it...


I guess it dosent matter, go ahead, put lift blocks under the front of your truck, heck while your at it, stack 2 or 3 of them under there for maximum height, don't forget your pieces of all-thread too so you can heat it up and bend it around the axle so you dont have to spend money on u-bolts, and the front driveshaft, who needs that when you got 44 inch tires in case a curb gets all feral in the mall parking lot you will be able to climb over it with your big tires...Oh dont forget about the clusterf+ck of your steering system while your at it, your best bet would be to cut your steering link in half and then build an extension between the two pieces using some completely inadequate plate steel, cause we all know thats how the big names in the 4x4 world does it...

P.S. Dont forget the 4 inch body lift you made out of 4x4 wood blocks, hockey pucks, steel fender washers and grade 2 bolts...

I dont know how Skyjacker, Performance Accessories, Superlift or any of the other companies manage to stay in business with all this high quality fabrication work going on...
Now I've used hockey pucks for a 1" body Lift on Jeeps before, A WHOLE lot nicer then the plastic crap alot of people sell...
 
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Old 12-27-2009, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by RSWORDS
Now I've used hockey pucks for a 1" body Lift on Jeeps before, A WHOLE lot nicer then the plastic crap alot of people sell...
I've heard about the stuff you did in a jeep and I would expect no less from you
 
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Old 12-29-2009, 03:34 AM
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here in pa, coil spacers are acceptable, front blocks are no good. will not pass inspection.

and comeon logan post up the scary steering link. he explains alot fo it. LOL
 
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Originally Posted by LOGANSTANFORTH
I've heard about the stuff you did in a jeep and I would expect no less from you
Have you ever looked at a hockey puck? They are tough SOB's, they work great for a cheap *** 1" BL.
 
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