New tires new problems

Spacer lift. As others have said, a lift that high will cause premature wear on the CV boots, if not the CV joints themselves. However, it is generally easier to make larger tires fit on a truck with a spacer lift, so you at least have that going for you.

 

Looks like this.
https://www.suspensionconnection.co...dFLeEDWgHmJ0gTo9fDysO28rIXlT3gFRoCOxEQAvD_BwE

I wonder what they did with the rear end...

 

CMC and be done. Nice tires too. Good luck with your truck.

 

OMG, you need to get rid of that spacer, you're going to destroy those cv boots.

 

I've never seen a spacer between the top hat and coil, is that a legit thing? Admittedly I'm no suspenolgist

 

Looks right according to the install manual

 

Me personally I’d cut the loss sell the tires at a 100$ loss and go smaller. I’m big into I may like how it looks but I don’t get to look at it while I’m behind the wheel. And if it affects my driving not worth it IMO. it’s great if you’re gonna keep the truck but if you grinding heating and cutting that’s a big loss on trade in. Just my 2 cents if you want the set up and wanna spend time and money towards it go for it!

 

How’s your alignment? Getting my caster pushed forward helped a lot in creating clearance but then you’ll probably have to trim/cut the front bumper.

 

Old Camburg copy pasta:

We get asked this question all the time. “Why are most spacer lifts be bad”? Well spacer lifts can cause a few problems and cost you big dollars to fix. First there are a few different kinds of spacer lifts, there is the kind that just bolts on the top of the existing shock that spaces it down to give lift. The problem that can come from running this kind of spacer is the shock will now be allowed to droop to far downward causing binding and damage to ball joints, 4×4 axle cv’s, and steering joints. The other issue you might have is since the shock is now just pushed down when you bottom out the suspension on or off-road instead of hitting the bumpstops you will just bottom out the shock. This can lead to some hefty damage. The next kind of spacer lift available are the preload spacers. These will usually cause the coil springs to be preloaded to give lift. The side effect to this type of lift is the shock valving is not designed for the extra preload of the spring giving the ride a bad bouncy feel that sometimes feels uncontrolled. And in some cases we have seen the spring coilbind causing damage to the shock and the frame. This is because the spring is designed to move about 1/2 its total length so when you pre-load them they are now compressed to much so near bottom out they will bind before you hit the bumpstops.

 

There is a reason real suspension upgrades aren’t cheap. I believe most (not all) things cost more for a reason. Cutting corners and trying to save money usually costs more money in the end.

 

I would try having your alignment guy move the caster up before you start cutting. That's all I had to do with my 285's on a 3" lift. Well that and trim that front plastic air deflector/spoiler/whatever you call it.

 

You rubbed with 285s, 3inch lift and new UCAs?

 

No stock control arms.

 

I’m being serious! I am getting a lift and want to know what I may encounter. I’ve seen so many posts where people have a lift, UCA and no CMC without rubbing. Liars?!?!?

 

Ok that makes me feel better

 

-12 offset SCS Ray 10s and 285/75r16s. Just move the caster up and cut/heat up or remove that front air deflector and zero rubbing.

 

I’m looking at an OME 2.5 with uca, -25 offset wheels with the same tire size you listed. Already did a viper cut so hopefully I’ll be good?

 

Is the boot already coming off the ball joint on the upper control arm?

 

What does that mean