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I know opinions are like assholes, whatever, but I'm in the process of lifting and I've ran into a bit of a sticky situation. First, some background.
I got bit by the lift bug. Most of us have and it all started with a little TB crank up front and it skewed from there. After the TB crank I threw some 2" shackles on the back. Then cranked the front some more. Then I noticed my stock leaf packs were sagged out like a $0.50 hooker. So I slapped a ProComp AAL on and now the back sits higher than the front. Went to crank the front TB's some more, cranked in about three turns and maxxed out.
I'm not concerned about my CV angles, because I DID do a front diff drop to correct most of it. But, my front TB's were maxxed. So in thought of stress on the front end I backed them back off about 4 turns and now I'm driving around with a hotrod rake and stock Z85 wheels and tires. Gosh it looks gay.
I'm buying some rimzos and 31's soon, so I wanted to get all of the lifting/suspension crap done with first. I need some options. I've thought about what can be done and I'm really unsure of what would be best. I'm at a loss, so that's why I'm here to ask the masses and get some knowledgeable insight. My thoughts so far are as follows:
A - Leave the truck alone and hope the rear AAL settles and the rear drops back down about an inch (This would probably happen in about 10 years but I need it now)
B - Crank the front TB's until they're maxxed, get another alignment and call it a day
C - Remove the rear 2" shackles, drill a second set of holes and re-install them with a smaller shackle lift in the rear (Kinda like the Suspension Maxx shackles where you pick what amount of lift you want)
D - Buy new TB's or Suspension Maxx re-indexed keys and re-crank. (I really don't think this will help much because when I maxxed out earlier the UCA was really close to hitting the frame/etc.)
In reality I either need the front to go UP about an inch, or the back to come DOWN about an inch. Oh, and FYI, I installed NEW greaseable upper balljoints and flipped them to the bottom of the UCA also. I don't have a spacer plate, but I did put them on the bottom which may have helped a little bit.
I got bit by the lift bug. Most of us have and it all started with a little TB crank up front and it skewed from there. After the TB crank I threw some 2" shackles on the back. Then cranked the front some more. Then I noticed my stock leaf packs were sagged out like a $0.50 hooker. So I slapped a ProComp AAL on and now the back sits higher than the front. Went to crank the front TB's some more, cranked in about three turns and maxxed out.
I'm not concerned about my CV angles, because I DID do a front diff drop to correct most of it. But, my front TB's were maxxed. So in thought of stress on the front end I backed them back off about 4 turns and now I'm driving around with a hotrod rake and stock Z85 wheels and tires. Gosh it looks gay.
I'm buying some rimzos and 31's soon, so I wanted to get all of the lifting/suspension crap done with first. I need some options. I've thought about what can be done and I'm really unsure of what would be best. I'm at a loss, so that's why I'm here to ask the masses and get some knowledgeable insight. My thoughts so far are as follows:
A - Leave the truck alone and hope the rear AAL settles and the rear drops back down about an inch (This would probably happen in about 10 years but I need it now)
B - Crank the front TB's until they're maxxed, get another alignment and call it a day
C - Remove the rear 2" shackles, drill a second set of holes and re-install them with a smaller shackle lift in the rear (Kinda like the Suspension Maxx shackles where you pick what amount of lift you want)
D - Buy new TB's or Suspension Maxx re-indexed keys and re-crank. (I really don't think this will help much because when I maxxed out earlier the UCA was really close to hitting the frame/etc.)
In reality I either need the front to go UP about an inch, or the back to come DOWN about an inch. Oh, and FYI, I installed NEW greaseable upper balljoints and flipped them to the bottom of the UCA also. I don't have a spacer plate, but I did put them on the bottom which may have helped a little bit.