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Old 03-09-2005, 05:10 PM
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Is there any thing else that I will need when I lift it?

THe kit comes with
My truck is a 1990 ford f150 single cab 4x4 with a 5.0l AT
6" Luxury Ride Coils
4-Heckethorn Hydro 8000 Shocks

I-beam Drops
Radius Arm Drops
Pitman Arm
3" Block and U-bolts
Short add-a-leaf
4-Shock boots
Instructions
Stickers
2 extra Shocks for dual setup
Brake Lines-
Its a 6 inch lift... IS there anything else I will NEED? (I have dual setup on my truck now for shocks)
 
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Old 03-09-2005, 08:22 PM
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Hew rubber bushings for the radius arms, you'll be in there anyway, and they're cheap to replace.
 
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Old 03-10-2005, 12:54 PM
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I had the heckethorn shocks that came with the Rough Country lift, they sucked and I replace them after less than 6 months. Do the radius arm bushings, as mentioned, and the axle arm pivot bushings as well.


and more stickers...
 
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Old 03-10-2005, 05:43 PM
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what do you mean they sucked? What did you replace them with?

That was indeed my only suspicion about this kit.... I looked up the shocks and they seemed a little low budget to me as well..
 
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Old 03-15-2005, 06:27 AM
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I guess I shouldn't really be going around saying they suck. They might be more than adequate for an off-road only vehicle. On the road they didn't impress me much if you went over a bump or train tracks over anything like 35mph, they got worse after about 3 months. There wasn't much there for damping characteristics.

I ended up with bilstein 5100 series shocks and the truck rides like a whole different beast. There was a thread titled "shock recommendations" going a while back.

Oh yeah, with the axle arm pivot I had to add a flat washer as a spacer because the bracket left a gap which caused a clunk sound when turning sometimes.

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