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Old Mar 23, 2008
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help me plz!

can anybody tell me what is in my coils?



 
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a coil "spacer" used to lift the truck up.. remove it those are crap
 
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ok, because i have never seen that particular "spacer". . i was actually thinking about replacing the coils with 1.5" leveling coils and maybe adding a 2" coil spacer UNDERNEATH the coil. do you think i would have any alignment issues?
 
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i have never seen that style either..

run lift coils.. you should be fine you have a 93 right? i see a body lift too
 
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that scares me.
 
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i will have lift coils forsale soon, im also going to include the alignment cams.

i just need to get a few more parts then me and my dad are starting the SAS on my truck.
 
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ya, 93 4.0 / 3" BL, but of course i want to add a little more. . . could i actually get away with 2" lift coils and a 2" spacer up front?
 
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no not with out radius arm drop brackets and arm drop brackets and pitman arm
 
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Old Mar 23, 2008
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Originally Posted by chucksmytruck
ya, 93 4.0 / 3" BL, but of course i want to add a little more. . . could i actually get away with 2" lift coils and a 2" spacer up front?

you cant run the coils and spacers without the drop brackets for the beams.
 
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gotcha! obviously i am trying to build a lift on a budget!
 
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never works out good just buy a cheap 4" lift if thats what you want
 
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Originally Posted by chucksmytruck
ya, 93 4.0 / 3" BL, but of course i want to add a little more. . . could i actually get away with 2" lift coils and a 2" spacer up front?
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you cant run the coils and spacers without the drop brackets for the beams.
so what your saying is that you can run 4" lift coils without the drop brackets?

i thought you could only run 3" coils on the stock brackets and that was pushing it.
 
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Originally Posted by 5speedin2.3
so what your saying is that you can run 4" lift coils without the drop brackets?

i thought you could only run 3" coils on the stock brackets and that was pushing it.
reread what i posted. you cant CANNOT run both, which would equal about 4", without the drop brackets and pitman arm.
 
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oh, my bad.
 
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i dont like the idea of putting a block in the rear on top of a 'block'?
 
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huh?
 
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Old Mar 23, 2008
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Originally Posted by chucksmytruck
i dont like the idea of putting a block in the rear on top of a 'block'?
yeah, stacking blocks is scary.

the stock ranger leafs can be beefed up with an add a leaf and shackles.
then if you want you can take out the stock 2" block and put in a 3" block.
 
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stacking blocks are fine if your using a factory block with and ear on it to keep it located in between the ubolts. two normal blocks is not recommended.
 
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