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Old Oct 9, 2006
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What happens to the rear bumps stops when...

....you remove the stock lift block? It def looks like the bump stop hits the lil perch on the stock block. If I were to get a set of leafs put together so I wouldn't need the stock block, how do you take care of the bump stops?
 
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there isnt one...your axle just smacks around
 
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Honestly when my truck was all stock and flexing I dont think I ever made it that far to hit them. Even when one of the wheels was off the ground it didnt touch, I could be wrong.
 
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ive never been close and ive had mine to the point of almost flipping..

picked up with a forklift and was still good 3-4" away
 
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On the 2WD XLs and XLTs without the blocks, the bumpstops hit the axle tubes. But those trucks have shorter shocks than a Ranger Edge or 4x4 does. Your RCD/Bilstein 5100's are even longer than what comes on a factory 4x4. If you remove the blocks and drive it hard offroad, the 5100s will bottom out before the bumpstops hit. That can severely damage the shocks or their mounts.
 
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Originally Posted by HighRollerII
ive never been close and ive had mine to the point of almost flipping..

picked up with a forklift and was still good 3-4" away
...when it was standing still, not while driving it fully loaded and/or off road.
 
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