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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 02:01 PM
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Thanks Kubota!
How high is your truck right now? what size springs do you have?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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6 inches of lift

i used to be running the same skyjacker leaves u are

now im running a set of 73-79 3 inch wide 4 inch lift rear skyjacker springs with a long aal installed, they moved my front axle foward about 4 inches to get the tires off the bod ymounts. they give me 6 inches of lift and much more flex, even with the overloads still installed
 
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Old Oct 25, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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kubota, your to dam modest sometimes! post up some pics of your truck!

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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 04:01 AM
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this is before i moved my front hangers foward 1/2 inch to helpy my shackle angle
 
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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your truck looks much bigger than just a 6" lift
my truck looks tiny still

Nice set up Kobota that's cross over right? My stuff should be here Friday or Sat. I've very excited to finally be able to properly steer my truck with the lift on.

I just ordered my shims from 4crawler (custom made shims)
3 degree 4" long 2.75" wide with a 1/4 hole in the middle. I hope the hole
size is right I didn't take the bolt out of the springs to check.
Are those shims you have only 3 degree I hope my yoke points up that much
with my shims.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 01:46 PM
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nope, its only 6 inches in the ffront...though the fenders are trimmed a good bit...that may be why it look shigher. those shims should work, and if the holes not big enough, your just a drill bit away from them working.

yea they are only 3 degree shims....i have 6 degrees too i was going to try....but im too lazy and dont see much point since these work fine. one reason my angle may be slightly better is my axle is moved foward about 4 inches, so the d-shaft is just a little bit longer
 
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