Finally Finished!!!!!!!!! 3" Lift

[MvZiC MaN]

I finally finished my 3" Lift!!!!!! the Rear Blocks were Obviously Simple and the front spacers i did without a Spring Compressor (Pulled the 3 bolts off the top of the Shock tower and Dropped the Lower A-Arm and put them in place!!!!!)


Heres a Few Pics

3" Rear Blocks


3" Front Spacers


im still Curious how a 1" Thick spacer can give me 3" of lift but as long as it does Im Happy

Before Lift

After Lift (I gotta get new clips for the Splash guard NOW)

 

[bigbadram1500]

Nice!

 

[loki223]

lookin good!

 

[MvZiC MaN]

Thanks!!!! Still got alot to do tho.
Ill Hopefully gonna be getting some 35" BFG Mud Terrains and adding a 3" Body lift to it this Saturday

 

[the codes]

nice job man, suspension mods are prob one of the most noticeable things ever, looks good

 

[SmokedRam]

I've never known the spacer to go between the lower control arm and the spring, not saying you installed it wrong, just never seen them installed that way.

 

[MvZiC MaN]

Thanks!!! Anybody know of any Decent Shocks for Cheap???? Because as of right now i dont have and on my truck!!

 

[wermbang]

Yeah I always thought the spacers were on top, but maybe for the 2wd they are different?

 

[SmokedRam]

Yeah I always thought the spacers were on top, but maybe for the 2wd they are different?

Not the Daystar ones I was going to mount to my gen2 2wd...it could explain why the 1" spacers have him 3" of lift...

 

[MvZiC MaN]

I've never known the spacer to go between the lower control arm and the spring, not saying you installed it wrong, just never seen them installed that way.

Neither Have i.. me and my friend got into an Argument over it till i actually Got up and Found the Instructions and showed him that it says to put it under the Spring

 

[PinkCamoDodge]

Very nice!!!

 

[SmokedRam]

Neither Have i.. me and my friend got into an Argument over it till i actually Got up and Found the Instructions and showed him that it says to put it under the Spring

Yeah, that's odd. What brand spacers are they?

 

[MvZiC MaN]

They're Topgun Customz Coil Spacers

 

[SmokedRam]

You mean Topgun Customs on eBay, I don't think they are the same as Topgun Customz that we all know. Could be wrong though. I found one of their kits on eBay. Man, just looks to me that those springs just can pop out at anytime, lol.


Looks good though.

 

[MvZiC MaN]

yeah they are the Ebay ones... and i dont think they are the same.... and yeah it does.... Ill find out Eventually tho

 

[TexasRammer]

huh, that is weird that it gave you 3 inches. glad you got it done, looks good!

 

[MvZiC MaN]

ME TOO!!!!!! and Thanks i like it alot better than Stock!!!

and i was doing some research on that, The reason a 1" Spacer will give you 3"s of lift is because the kit is not a 1:1 ratio, meaning that the Lift amount And Spacer thickness are two different amounts due to the angle of your lower A arm.

 

[MvZiC MaN]

You mean Topgun Customs on eBay, I don't think they are the same as Topgun Customz that we all know. Could be wrong though. I found one of their kits on eBay. Man, just looks to me that those springs just can pop out at anytime, lol.


Looks good though.

Now that you said that im being a little paranoid LOL do you think it would hurt to throw in a couple of Spot welds on those to keep them In place?? or are they good as they are

 

[Budakane]

Your truck is coming along, great job

 

[SmokedRam]

Now that you said that im being a little paranoid LOL do you think it would hurt to throw in a couple of Spot welds on those to keep them In place?? or are they good as they are

I didn't mean to make you paranoid, lol. It's just not too common to see bottom mounted spacers. I'm no welder by any means, but I think since those spacers are aluminum and your springs and control arms are steel, it would be a royal PITA to spot weld the aluminum spacers to the steel.

If you want my honest opinion, from the looks of them installed, I just wouldn't trust them the way they sit in the spring bucket in the control arm. The bottom of the spring, the way it sits in the lower control arm in the stock location is isolated. The way those spacers sit in the bucket, it appears the spacer itself isn't even isolated in the lower control arm and the groove in the spacer for the spring to rest in, looks narrower then the spring itself.

If it were my truck, I'd yank them out and just pony up the dough for Daystar spacers. Sure, they're gonna set you back about $131 versus the $30 the ones you have cost, but the piece of mind knowing that you are installing a more common used way of leveling is priceless.

Dave (Ramhunter) could prob put his input in on these and shed some more light on them. Remember, I ain't saying what you have is unsafe or otherwise, I am just stating my opinion.