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ok im kinda new to this and being cheap i bought a ebay lift a 2 inch for the front and 2.5or 2 for the rear i was at my mechnics and we put in billsteins front and rear and new coils front and rear and i got new genneral grabber at'2's the front bolts to the assembly but it is a b</ch to install and pitches the front ball joints pretty hard any ideas
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You need a wheel spacer/adapter to run any tire over 30.4" dia. OR get a new rim with a different backspacing. Easier/cheaper to go the route of the spacer though IMHO.
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JCrayton99 wrote:You need a wheel spacer/adapter to run any tire over 30.4" dia. OR get a new rim with a different backspacing. Easier/cheaper to go the route of the spacer though IMHO.
That would be 30.6"
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why did you do new coils front and rear?
Which coils did you get?
Which ebay lift did you get?
Which coils did you get?
Which ebay lift did you get?
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The answer to many common lift questions can be found here
My Build Thread
The answer to many common lift questions can be found here
My Build Thread
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From now on, use proper punctuation and capitalization please. It will GREATLY help our comprehension of your problem.
I took this portion of your post to be the actual issue... and I assume you mean the front [lift] bolts to the strut assembly, but cannot be installed.
Is your lift an outside-the-assembly lift? If so, return it.
A proper lift for these vehicles cannot be outside only. It must be a combination of inside and outside the top plate spacers (or it can replace the top plate entirely).
Pictures would really help us out.
hardisky2 wrote:the front bolts to the assembly but it is a b</ch to install and pitches the front ball joints pretty hard any ideas
I took this portion of your post to be the actual issue... and I assume you mean the front [lift] bolts to the strut assembly, but cannot be installed.
Is your lift an outside-the-assembly lift? If so, return it.
A proper lift for these vehicles cannot be outside only. It must be a combination of inside and outside the top plate spacers (or it can replace the top plate entirely).
Pictures would really help us out.
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Yea its a out side of the assembly . I replaced shocks and struts and coils because the smuck that owned it before me really was hard on it and collasped a coil and the fronts was wore out
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