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Old 06-10-2019, 08:12 AM   #6
Mike C
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Re: Rough Country 4" Lift question

What if anything have you decided to do?

I have a SuperLift 4” kit we installed in my kid’s Jimmy it is also stink-bug high in the back. I measured and re-measured and vendor even supplied me with a set of RoughCountry springs which are identical to the SL’s. Which doesn’t surprise me since they are the same company I’m pretty sure.

But the shocks that come in the kit are too short to reach with the springs in the kit, and the driveshaft is WAY too short as well. I am on the fence about solutions.

A) pull the overload and the lower leaf and re-assemble with new spring pin and the angle wedge.

B) Shackle reversal from OffRoad Design and go back to the OEM rear springs.

C) Run a 2 1/2” block with OEM springs. (I HATE blocks FWIW, having all sorts of troubles with them and my own Jimmy back in the day.)

D) Buy brand new 2 1/2” lift springs for the rear.

I hate throwing money at a project, but right now I am leaning towards the new springs. I have Ranch 4” springs on the front of my Jimmy and 4” lift 52” springs in the rear and it is two inches lower from the top of spring plate to bumpstop mount on my truck.
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