Lift Kit Questions
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Lift Kit Questions
Thinking about getting a 4 inch skyjacker lift with replacement rear springs. Have a few questions before I go through with it. By my understanding there are many ways to do make the front end right. I only drive it on the road but want it to be nice like OEM handling.
Here are my questions:
1. Drop pitman arm or adjustable drag link?
2. Drop radius arm brackets or new c bushings and what degree?
3. What do you think about RS9000 shocks?
4. If don't like RS9000's then what do you recommend?
Any comments will be helpful.
Here are my questions:
1. Drop pitman arm or adjustable drag link?
2. Drop radius arm brackets or new c bushings and what degree?
3. What do you think about RS9000 shocks?
4. If don't like RS9000's then what do you recommend?
Any comments will be helpful.
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Thinking about getting a 4 inch skyjacker lift with replacement rear springs. Have a few questions before I go through with it. By my understanding there are many ways to do make the front end right. I only drive it on the road but want it to be nice like OEM handling.
Here are my questions:
1. Drop pitman arm or adjustable drag link?
2. Drop radius arm brackets or new c bushings and what degree?
3. What do you think about RS9000 shocks?
4. If don't like RS9000's then what do you recommend?
Any comments will be helpful.
Here are my questions:
1. Drop pitman arm or adjustable drag link?
2. Drop radius arm brackets or new c bushings and what degree?
3. What do you think about RS9000 shocks?
4. If don't like RS9000's then what do you recommend?
Any comments will be helpful.
1. Definitely a dropped pitman arm. Get a track bar drop bracket before the adjustable track bar. In the end, the track bar and the drag link need to be parallel to each other because if they are not, then they swing in different arcs which is bad for handling. The dropped pitman arm and track bar drop bracket will do that. The adjustable track bar is only there to center the axle to the frame.
2. I bit the bullet and got the RA brackets with stock but polyurethane bushings (0-2 degrees). IMO, the factory angles are preserved instead of compensated for by corrected bushings. I recommend the RA brackets but be prepared to clearance the holes to fit. 'Seems that these rigs had significant dimensional variances and I had to grind and clearance the RA brackets' holes for them to line up with the frame's holes.
3. No particular opinion on the RS9000s but these rigs ride real stiff anyways and shocks IMO don't matter that much. I run RS5000s only cuz they were still good.
4. I'd love to runs Bilsteins but there apparently are no applicable PNs. I'd be curious about BDS shocks.
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