help needed: lifted with bilsteins and upper control arms

rroche1982 · Dec 29, 2019

Tim Garceau said:
Stacking lifts

View attachment 190187

is it a not good to put the spacer with the bils?

crazykid1994 · Dec 29, 2019

JohnnyMac said:
As long as you buy quality spacers and preferably hub centric to keep them balanced and minimize any vibrations they should be no problems. There are many people running spacers.

Make sure they’re hub centric

rroche1982 said:
Im setting the bilsteins at 2" and 1.5" spacer, should be 3.5 inches installed correctly.

Angles should be okay right?

You are most likely going to push your cv shafts way to far down causing binding and possibly other issues. Plus running a lift spacers is hard on the suspension and another 2” lift on top... May as well look at eibach pro lift spring. The spring replaces the factory front springs and can get you 3.5” a lot safer than running the way your talking as it does not push the strut down. It’s a longer spring

E-rok · Dec 29, 2019

rroche1982 said:
are spacers safe to run?

Ive ran hub centric ebay spacers with the pressed in lugs on every vehicle ive had for the past 8 years or so with no issues.

Ratket · Dec 29, 2019

http://www.motorsport-tech.com/bora.html

They make good spacers.

Dcsjoc112 · Dec 29, 2019

crazykid1994 said:
I had stock 275/60r20s and didn’t even have 1/2” clearance to the uca. That’s a 33x10.5. If you run anything wider you need spacers or offset rims. I’m currently running 305/70r18 now but have a -12 offset. Gives me about 3/4” of clearance now. Definitely fix that strut mount though.

rroche1982 · Dec 29, 2019

crazykid1994 said:
Make sure they’re hub centric

You are most likely going to push your cv shafts way to far down causing binding and possibly other issues. Plus running a lift spacers is hard on the suspension and another 2” lift on top... May as well look at eibach pro lift spring. The spring replaces the factory front springs and can get you 3.5” a lot safer than running the way your talking as it does not push the strut down. It’s a longer spring

So am I better off just setting the Bils at 2.8 and taking the spacer off?

Also I thought using the tubular aarms helped?

Dcsjoc112 · Dec 29, 2019

I had put in 275/65/20 it’s a 34” tire no spacer needed. No rubbing. Also have bilstein installed for the level look.

ram1500rsm · Dec 29, 2019

rroche1982 said:
So am I better off just setting the Bils at 2.8 and taking the spacer off?

Also I thought using the tubular aarms helped?

Way better that way. Everything will cycle through their correct max specs. Go for it and remove the spacers. You already have aftermarket ucas with the needed offset so your setup will be peachy.

JB1 · Dec 29, 2019

Ratket said:
http://www.motorsport-tech.com/bora.html

They make good spacers.

^^buy a set of these wheel spacers, then remove both Bils, correct the assembly mistakes and set them at 2.8 and don’t stack a spacer lift on top.

madtrucker2016 · Dec 29, 2019

The whole thing looks like a mess what happened you did nothing on the bottom,you put new on top and nothing new for bottom control arm. your ball joint looks like its going to fail fast on a angle its on and your axle is hooky looking also.

scott lass 18 · Dec 29, 2019

ram1500rsm said:
Youll have to space out the wheels if you want to keep your current set.

For example https://www.americantrucks.com/supreme-suspensions-15-pro-billet-wheel-spacers-0218-ram-1500.html

sooo true put them on should fix it i almost did cuz my bigger tiers rub on that spot I think paints off so don't turn wheels all the way but ur life seems to really hit that spot cuz big tier too I think ok !

rroche1982 · Dec 29, 2019

madtrucker2016 said:
The whole thing looks like a mess what happened you did nothing on the bottom,you put new on top and nothing new for bottom control arm. your ball joint looks like its going to fail fast on a angle its on and your axle is hooky looking also.

It's still on the lift, part of the reason everything looks so steep

crazykid1994 · Dec 29, 2019

Dcsjoc112 said:
I had put in 275/65/20 it’s a 34” tire no spacer needed. No rubbing. Also have bilstein installed for the level look.

275 is stock width though so that won’t rub anyways

rroche1982 said:
So am I better off just setting the Bils at 2.8 and taking the spacer off?

Also I thought using the tubular aarms helped?

Look up eibach springs for the front if you want 3.5” and yes the arms help with the ball joint but doesn’t change anything else. Merely realigns the upper control arm to the knuckles

rroche1982 · Dec 29, 2019

crazykid1994 said:
275 is stock width though so that won’t rub anyways

Look up eibach springs for the front if you want 3.5” and yes the arms help with the ball joint but doesn’t change anything else. Merely realigns the upper control arm to the knuckles

That's what I was thinking, the aarms were just to help with the ball joint. Not sure why the guy was asking me, why didn't I change the bottom? I was pretty sure that wasn't necessary for what I was trying to accomplish.

crazykid1994 · Dec 29, 2019

rroche1982 said:
That's what I was thinking, the aarms were just to help with the ball joint. Not sure why the guy was asking me, why didn't I change the bottom? I was pretty sure that wasn't necessary for what I was trying to accomplish.

Yea. Bottom is not needed unless going to long travel suspension. Here’s my setup. 2.5” front and 1” rear. Zone upper control arms and core 4x4 2” extended rear sway bar links. Notice my springs are gray not black. They’re the eibach kit. Bought them through gotexhaust

rroche1982 · Dec 29, 2019

well corrected the Bils turned them up to 2.9 and removed the spacers on top of the bils, almost has enough clearance, barely touching the tire. so close

Rader · Dec 30, 2019

For 35" tire clearance with 17" X 8" wide stock wheels I have spacers from this company on my 2015 EcoD and on my 2016 JK. 100% feedback so a safe bet.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-2018-...523546?hash=item1a09244c9a:g:8uQAAOSwbqpT2T-g

Gary2 · Dec 30, 2019

These are all I used , they were made 10mm at my request also from Motorsports tech . I only used them for a couple days . I found I didn't need them being the tire was only a 12.50 BFG which run a little smaller than most that size. I came from an era when if 12.50 tire was outside the fender of a full sized truck you must of bought cheap wheels . Not something ya wanted to advertise back then and is just stuck in the back of my mind to this day right wrong or indifferent . With the BFGs the tires stuck out a little with the 20x9 wheels but I prefer no spacers if possible never for looks

JB1 · Dec 30, 2019

rroche1982 said:
well corrected the Bils turned them up to 2.9 and removed the spacers on top of the bils, almost has enough clearance, barely touching the tire. so close

did you get another alignment?

rroche1982 · Dec 30, 2019

JB1 said:
did you get another alignment?

yes i did

help needed: lifted with bilsteins and upper control arms

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Junior Member

Senior Member

Junior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Similar threads

Forum statistics

Share this page