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What lift and spacers might these be?

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by Malafor » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:32 pm

I've found a 3" lift kit and some spacers for sale here in sweden.
The spacers he says are from MarkMC but he does not remember where he bought the lift kit from.

So I've searched around to try and find similar looking lifts and the closest i can find is one called ReadyLift.
But on there website i can only find 2" ones, These I'm looking to buy look a lot bigger then the ones on ReadyLift's website.

Anyone know what brand they are? And also would be nice if someone could confirm that these are actually MarkMC's spacers as well.

Here's the pictures.

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by bartonmd » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:43 pm

Don't use the spacers! Those are outside-struts spacers, that do not limit down-travel to near stock levels, making the upper ball joint the down-limiting component, possibly causing it to break.

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by Malafor » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:58 pm

bartonmd wrote:Don't use the spacers! Those are outside-struts spacers, that do not limit down-travel to near stock levels, making the upper ball joint the down-limiting component, possibly causing it to break.

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Hmm yeah after looking closer at Theliftmeister website these seem to miss that center lip.

Guess I will have to save up a bit more before ordering from Mark myself then, Stupid swedish taxes makes me pay 25% more ontop of the price+shipping. :hissyfit:


Thanks for the warning!
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by Trail X » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:11 pm

Mike was referring to the front lift blocks. They are often ambiguously referred to as 'spacers'.

The wheel spacers seem ok. The lip that you referred to is only a wheel centric lip that is not a necessity. The lip just helps center the wheel to the hub a little more than the lugs alone do.

Keep in mind that the wheel spacers pictured appear to be wheel adapters. The key is that they change the lug pattern.
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by Malafor » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:20 pm

JamesDowning wrote:Mike was referring to the front lift blocks. They are often ambiguously referred to as 'spacers'.

The wheel spacers seem ok. The lip that you referred to is only a wheel centric lip that is not a necessity. The lip just helps center the wheel to the hub a little more than the lugs alone do.

Keep in mind that the wheel spacers pictured appear to be wheel adapters. The key is that they change the lug pattern.


Ah, Ok so then the wheel spacers might still be of interest, he wants about 203$ for them which would save me about 126$ if i order from the US.
According to the seller the adapter/wheel spacers are suppose to be from MarkMC.

And yes I'm after adapters because its way to difficult to find our bolt pattern especially in sweden.
Planing on finding some nice 15" rims and putting some 32x11.50's on them.


Thanks for the heads up.
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by bartonmd » Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:42 pm

JamesDowning wrote:Mike was referring to the front lift blocks. They are often ambiguously referred to as 'spacers'.

The wheel spacers seem ok. The lip that you referred to is only a wheel centric lip that is not a necessity. The lip just helps center the wheel to the hub a little more than the lugs alone do.

Keep in mind that the wheel spacers pictured appear to be wheel adapters. The key is that they change the lug pattern.


Correct, I was talking about the strut-top spacers, not the wheel adaptors...

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by Cable810 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:15 am

Malafor wrote:Planing on finding some nice 15" rims and putting some 32x11.50's on them.


Let me know what 15" rims you fit on your ride. I'm too looking at gettting 15s for my TB.
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by JCrayton99 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:07 am

Good luck with 15" rims. I have only seen one person successfully put them on our vehicle. Our calipers are too big to fit most, 16" being the smallest to fit without issues.
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by The Roadie » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:58 am

Readylift lifts are only acceptable for 2WD trucks.
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:44 pm

Cable810 wrote:
Malafor wrote:Planing on finding some nice 15" rims and putting some 32x11.50's on them.


Let me know what 15" rims you fit on your ride. I'm too looking at gettting 15s for my TB.

I had a couple sets of 15sthe and the info is on here or the os if you search...

I know at least one other person has ran 15s sucessfully.
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by Trail X » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:06 pm

Key is just having little backspacing right? Less than 4" or so?
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:48 pm

3.75 or less. Aluminum wheels can be thick so may need less than that.
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by navigator » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:20 pm

that means they will stick way out right?
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by HARDTRAILZ » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:30 pm

There are pics of mine w 15x8s n 35s. It was not really wider than my current setup
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