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35x12.5 tires..17x9 eagle wheels..i dont remember the actual back spacing but I'm pretty sure they are @ 4.5..

 

Thanks Matt..hoping to have it buttoned up enough to make it up to gorman on saturday for some light to moderate testing..

 

sweet. i'm planning on be at the gorman run. hope to see ya out there

 

From the Gorman run on 7/30..

 

sweet pics! dam that does sit high

 

That thing is massive!!!!

 

Yessir. I still haven't figured out how lift spindles make you go faster yet. I understand most fellers say it's for ground clearance and whatnot, but I always see them in my rearview bucking like a fat chick getting tazed.

 

Thats what she said..haha ha..

 

I feel that fabricated spindles are essential to a LT kit..and it actually didn't feel that high on the trail..

And the only way to go faster is by putting 10,000+ stickers on your rig..

 

well if you get lift spindles on lt you get more uptravel right? which is really good!

but you want it lower right? i wonder what you could be besides lighter spring rates.

if you do keep it that tall you should go with some 37s

 

Not really getting more up travel..just more clearance in the wheel well on full compression..

I'm still doing research to see if I can get it a few inches lower rather than getting softer springs..cus the front felt great running thru the bumps and whoops this weekend..

37's..one day..but the 35's are still brand new..less than 500 miles on them..

 

I was told by Solo Motorsports that they could lower my truck by cutting the coilbucket and running a 10 inch coilover with shock hoop. I would like to have the a arms level

 

Thats what I want to do!!

 

you would have to do a lot of cutting in the wheel well to fully utilize all that up-travel with a 10" shock and also a cross brace/shock cage to reinforce. It would be quite a bit of work. If you want to run larger than 8", go at least 12" to utilize dual rate springs.

 

Im not going to do that. Im going custom. Just got to save up a little money

 

I always think that watermark says "lol" before I scroll down farther

 

It does

 

The problem with doing that is that the uniballs bind limiting travel, then steering. Even with vertical uniballs and heim steering the geometry gets fucked up real quick with arms as short as ours are when you start swinging them in such a long arc. The next logical step is to center mount the arms, but then I'd lose 4wd. I understand strong spindles are important, and I gusseted mine appropriatly. The extra ground clearance provided by lift spindles is nice, but it comes at the cost of a higher center of gravity and loss of high speed stability, imho.

 

^You still have a ball joint in your spindle lower or is that replaced on your kit with uniball?

 

that's sick!