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itscoo2pyopants 03-03-2015 08:23 PM

^^ looks mean.

you made lift spacers for the front and rear?

petebmwm 03-03-2015 08:39 PM

yes, thank you! hopefully have it apart and together on thursday.

itscoo2pyopants 03-17-2015 10:56 AM

Any details on the lift kit? I've tried to contact fluid motors with no response.

petebmwm 03-17-2015 12:02 PM

I'm trying desperately, the problem i'm running into is that I cant put the spacers and compress the rear spring enough to stuff it back in the pocket on the body mount side and slide it onto the trailing arm... the front is easy, the rear is kicking me in the nuts.....

itscoo2pyopants 03-17-2015 02:19 PM

How did you go about fabricating the spacers? I'm interested in doing something like this

petebmwm 03-17-2015 02:24 PM

I made them out of delrin, and then sent them to my cousin to machine in aluminum.

itscoo2pyopants 03-17-2015 02:52 PM

Would you be able to source some for me?

petebmwm 03-17-2015 03:21 PM

i dont see why not, i'm still trying to figure out the rears though, fronts are easy as hell...

lo_jack 03-17-2015 05:02 PM

Did you loosen the a-arm and let it hang down AND compress the spring? There is plenty of space to shove the spring in and out if the a-arm is pushed down out of the way. That also means disconnecting the shock, sway bar and brake line.

I can see how if you had a big spacer on the top of the spring, it would be hard to wedge it back in and seat the bottom in the arm again.

petebmwm 03-17-2015 05:21 PM

2" spacer, I didnt disconnect the sway bar, i used a 4ft pry bar to get the lower arm down as far as it would go, and then I could barely get the spring back in, I had the spring perch just about resting on the axle.


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