Maybe this is a stupid question and maybe i cant do it very easily without just re-doing my lift.
But whats the easiest way to add another 2" to my current 6" suspension lift with blocks in the back? i know my shocks will be fine for the travel as i just put new icons on it and made sure i would have enough travel if i wanted to go higher.
Do you think spring spacers in the front is a bad idea and how hard are they to install? also for the back could i just do bigger blocks or add a leaf or something?
I would call Top Gun Customz or Truck Toyz Performance and let them set you up. I am thinking of doing the same thing. I have been told I need a spacer and change out my rear block and more carrier bearing spacers and an adjustable track bar. I already have carrier bearing spacers and blocks from my current lift and one off my 08. All this should be pretty cheap though except maybe the trac bar. You may have to have longer shocks. Mine were for a 6" lift. That might be enough. Who knows?
No i just got new shocks, they were off a truck with a 7 or 8" lift already i believe they are the icons. they have plenty of travel for the extra couple inches.
I have kind of a weird question for guys with lifts and big tires??? What do you do with your currrent spare under the truck? Just take it off and forget its even there or what do you do about a spare if your tire blows out? Just pray to go that never happens?
I still have my spare under the truck but i hate it there and want to just take it off and leave it off. Can you even use the spare on there since the tires are so much smaller?
haha..you pretty much just pray it never happens. or if you're like some of my friends here, you buy a whole extra wheel and tire and mount it in your bed. :hehe:
i still have mine under the truck, but i'm going to get rid of it. i just need to go get the spare tire key from the dealership. i'm going to take it out and sell it. i mean, its useless for me and there's plenty of other trucks at stock height that could use it..
really? i'm pretty sure i've found quite a few of them. i'll see if i can find some and i'll let you know. those toyos are sweet, but they are pretty pricey..
and i have some bad news...the shop that was going to do my lift today couldnt get a hold of a lift to put the truck on so they couldnt do it. :doh: they are just now getting into doing lifts for trucks so they are kinda pressed on what they can do. since my truck is already lifted, they couldnt do it.
Damn i really wanted to see that thing too, what can ya do i guess huh??
Well yeah i think i am gonna take my spare off and sell it also. DO you mean you dont have a lug key for the special lug nuts on your truck? or you dont have the tools to get the spare down from your truck?
Cause i dont have that special key for my lugs so if i did get a flat i would be SOL.... i guess ill just have to keep one of my other sets of tires in the back of my truck like a idiot huh..
Yeah no kidding man i think it would be stupid to leave evan one of my other tres in there. I have a set of 24's for summer and a set of 20's for winter. but i am a little skeptical to leave them in there when unattended ha. so i guess ill stick to the pray to god method! haha
But there are a ton of dudes around here who mount one in the bed, i dont really like the look of that though.
yeah, i'm not really a fan either. one of my good buddies here has a dodge on a 12" lift on 40s and he's got a triple bar roll bar and a spare tire mounted in the back. his whole bed is completely taken up. but it is a pretty bad a** truck!
Ok, i am gonna put the 2.5" spacers on tomorrow morning i think, after doing some measuring and some hard thinking, i am almost positive that it will work fine except for the brake lines!!! i am wondering if i will have enough clearence to get the coils out without taking the brake lines off, i know it wouldn't be an issue if i didn't have a lift already but considering i am already at 6" i think it will be pretty tight, anyone have any suggestion on this? and also is it absolutely necassary to take the track bar off in order to drop the axle down?
Well i installed the 2.5" spacers today and it was pretty easy to do but there are a couple issues i shold let people know. You will need longer brake lines if you are adding on top of a 6" lift, mine are barely long enough right now and i know i am gonna need new ones eventually.
One more thing, even though i have the track bar drop bracket on my current setup, you still will need an adjustable track bar i believe, my axle is sitting about 1 to 2" to the right, if you are looking at the truck from the front.
Other then that everything went great and it looks great! i love it.
Any suggestions on track bars??? who to buy them from? i need one so i can get it installed and alligned ASAP.
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