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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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what lift??

Im needing to lift m 86 f150 to fit 38.5 superswampers under it. What one would be the best as far as ride and the cheapest??
 
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Old Mar 21, 2004 | 11:34 PM
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get skyjackers 6" lift KIT and then go to sky manufacturing and get the shackle flip kit. saves you about $400 and it maintains a nice smooth ride as well as plenty of flex! check out my gallery, that's exactly what i did.

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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 05:01 AM
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i second fishy on the skyjacker kit!

you may need to do some trimming when done though. and that shackel flip kit looks awesome!!

Idio
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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youl need 2-3 inches more lift than 6...that is, if your scared to cut
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 08:28 PM
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I'm with the "more lift first or regret it later" theory. It's the width of the bigger tires that really demand the clearance when she starts to flex. Hey fish, looks like the old man's got his act together with the "trailer queen". Luv those old box types. The flip looks clean too.
 

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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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im with "the cutting theory"
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 09:47 PM
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Originally posted by 85351ho
im with "the cutting theory"
Ho's all about circumcisions.

Wait a minute, what are we talking about again?
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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You guys kill me. Ho's answer to every question is "cut it". He could find a way to fit 44's on a Honda . . . if it could turn them.
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 09:57 PM
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if sumone will donate a honda...ill make it work
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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I've got a couple of honda civics that I use for wheel chocks when I'm working on my truck. I should let you have one to see what you'd come up with
 
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Old Mar 22, 2004 | 10:18 PM
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oh no... i don't want to see that!

but i'm with the cutting theroy too. just wish i could afford the tires i want so i would have a reason to cut!! I hate going back to school more than ever now!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 01:53 AM
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hook me up, ill fit my 44 tsls up on there and enter it in the local bog
 
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 01:57 AM
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thanx lowandslow.....we worked pretty hard on it!

Ho still hasn't come around to trimmin my fenders yet althoughI tell him to come on with it. To be honest....I would rather crawl over a civic rather than rig one up for a mud bog....that's just me though.

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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 02:13 AM
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ill hack em this weekend, i promise


why not run over the honda a few times, cut the roof off and then rig it up to run a bog
 
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