Long Travel BS Thread

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Guessing this isn't your actual truck since that's a pan hard bar and you're still running leafs

 

no just showing that i will be using dmz box in frame kit and ya no links doing leaf springs and changing up my bed cage

 

Anyone running 64” deavers here? I’m running the DTF SUA kit (has 8” shackles) and I’ve got the E30 62” Deavers and they just are tall enough. My ride height is almost at stock height and I have 35’s. My thinking is to swap them for 64” springs in hopes that I could gain an inch (at least) of lift. I see giant has some 64’s and I think Tim @DMZFAB also has some. Any others I should consider. Any opinions on whether my thinking is correct or not?

 

Deaver has an E30 HD pack. Not exactly sure how the 64's would interact with your current geometry.

 

Yea I did add that. They actually added as much arch as possible for me and it got me another .5” which fixed my bro lean but I’d like to get a little higher

 

I would contact Giant about that. Their kit uses outboard shackles so the geometry is not really comparable.

 

So does the DTF kit, but shackle length and position could possibly be different enough that it's going to be a can of worms...

 

The owner of Giant seems like a super awesome guy to just call up and ask so I'd go that route.

 

Yeah he's a pleasant dude. @chasecamper just installed a 64 kit and it might be good to check with him on what his vehicle weight is vs ride height. Longer springs may not necessarily be the solution.

 

Subd

 

Just link it....then u can can change the ridehieght whenever you want

 

Just what I want to hear after spending 3 long days welding this kit on

 

Yep. He’s super helpful.

I have a giant 64 kit on my 2016. If whoever it was posted the question I have some shorter shackles I can sell super cheap. I bought them to get extra height but ended up calling deaver and having them make me an extra leaf.

 

I might be interested in those. Are they 4” long or something close to that? I need to measure how wide the shackle needs to be to fit inside the DTF hanger. Not sure if they will be the same as the giant ones. I’ll check Tomorrow

 

Wow get ticked off much?

 

lol dude, ride height is ride height. A lot of guys in here running the same height with 3.5 kits as stock replacement lifts. I understand your logic for stuffing 35s at bump but chill lol....you're not doing lt for lift right?

 

35s are way easier to fit with long travel anyways....

 

Yes and no.
Complete differents between the 2. Easy to fit with stock length if you ask me less up travel. Plus with 3.5 , unless you bump most of the up travel your inner fenders get In the way and upper cab fire wall with 35s what's the point of spending all that money for little gains in travel.
Went from stock length to plus 3.5 with same tires .
With 3.5 i had to make a ton more modifications to get the extra up travel.
Other wise why go plus 3.5 if you just want lift. Makes zero sence. Lots of good info on this subject all ready.
Never mad just seems like alot of waste to compare the 2 here.
There lots of threads for this.
This Why this thread is loosing guys with lots of experience. The same old thing over and over. On tw. Then people get but hurt when someone says something they dont like.
Let's not lock this thread up.

 

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