new tires!
Postmaster
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Elk City, OK
you can rupe. just need a couple inches of lift. 2" would cut it. 4" lift clears 40's as long as you stick with 12.5 and get the offset right. you could do a 3" body lift and clear these tires no problem.
Posting Guru
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: Hagerstown, Md
i think rupe has that 5th wheel tho can you still do a body lift with that? and yea rupe i just have 3 extra leafs in the front and one or 2 in the rear i cant remember haha and i have 37's and plenty room to spare!
Cargo Master
Joined: Feb 2008
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From: back in SE Iowa
i dont have a 5th wheel set up i dont have a 5th wheel to pull,wish i did though.so how did you do your springs? did you just yard leafs off another spring pack? what else did you have to do?
Postmaster
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Elk City, OK
depends if he wants to mod a little. looks like he can just slot out for the brackets and raise the bed around it. but 2 add a leafs will work.
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Cargo Master
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Sand GAp, KY
We used to always do our lifts with extra springs back in the 80's. Go to the yard and get the spring packs, cut off the eyes and do a double stack lol. Road kinda ruff but it was cheap. Then Ohio got strict on bumper hieghts and put an end to it lol. I was getting busted all the time with my old cj5. Double stack springs and swapped the axles to the bottom of the springs. The cops hated the bumper sticker a buddy had on his toyota that read "If you can't stop smile as you go under".
Cargo Master
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Sand GAp, KY
Hey Rupe. If you have a place around that does rearching on springs that would help alot as well. Some of the springs we would get were a little weak so we would take them to Toledo spring and get them rearched and even get them to and a little extra to boost the hieght. Don't know the cost these days but back then it was only about $5 a leaf.