37's on a 6" Fabtech!
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Josiah, brother all you have to do is ask....
Did you say you were getting the adjustable coilovers? if so then adjust them bad boys until they clear the front tires. If not, then get a Autospring 1.5 or a daystar (autospring is so much easier to install and all you need is the smaller autospring...trust me, I have installed both brands) you may have to trim the inside of the mud grappler (the Knobby's) with a sawzall if you have too much backspacing so they dont rub on the factory coilsprings...I know I had to.
For the rear:
You should already have a driveshaft spacer installed that came with your Fabtech kit, if not, buy one immediatley and install it. It will save you highway vibrations once you let off the gas doing anything above 50 mph. For lifting the Rear, you only need to bring it up 2 inches and you can do it a number of ways. I was pressed for time and could not find the 'add a leaf' everyone keeps talking about so I went to the local driveshaft shop and had them make me some u-bolts 2 inches longer than what Rancho sent, and stacked the factory blocks on top of the blocks Rancho sent me (4 inches, I believe for a total of 6, duh). 10,000 miles later and the only thing I regret (sometimes) is the DAMN noise the Mud Grapplers give on the highway...it sucks trying to watch South Park or Reno 911 with all that damn noise!!!!
Anyways, everyone that says it can't be done....do a search, that's how I learned it could be done... Look at my truck.
Josiah, call me if you need anything.
-Sal
Did you say you were getting the adjustable coilovers? if so then adjust them bad boys until they clear the front tires. If not, then get a Autospring 1.5 or a daystar (autospring is so much easier to install and all you need is the smaller autospring...trust me, I have installed both brands) you may have to trim the inside of the mud grappler (the Knobby's) with a sawzall if you have too much backspacing so they dont rub on the factory coilsprings...I know I had to.
For the rear:
You should already have a driveshaft spacer installed that came with your Fabtech kit, if not, buy one immediatley and install it. It will save you highway vibrations once you let off the gas doing anything above 50 mph. For lifting the Rear, you only need to bring it up 2 inches and you can do it a number of ways. I was pressed for time and could not find the 'add a leaf' everyone keeps talking about so I went to the local driveshaft shop and had them make me some u-bolts 2 inches longer than what Rancho sent, and stacked the factory blocks on top of the blocks Rancho sent me (4 inches, I believe for a total of 6, duh). 10,000 miles later and the only thing I regret (sometimes) is the DAMN noise the Mud Grapplers give on the highway...it sucks trying to watch South Park or Reno 911 with all that damn noise!!!!
Anyways, everyone that says it can't be done....do a search, that's how I learned it could be done... Look at my truck.
Josiah, call me if you need anything.
-Sal
Last edited by Sal FX4; Mar 1, 2006 at 01:01 AM.
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White-T Wheeler, I was not aware you had a dvd player in your truck, is it really that difficult to hear the damn things? I take a 20 minute drive to class everyday, mostly highway. I am thinking of throwing in a nav/dvd system if I recover from the lift income hit and now I learn I will struggle to hear it over the humming. I've driven a dodge with 35" Grapp's and that thing had a mean humm, I loved it but I imagine it will get old. A neighbor of mine has a chevy on 42" Boggers (ironically he has never been offroad) but you can hear that kid miles before you see him. And was it Reno911 where the officer chases that truck onto the tracks, that was f'in hilarious I need to watch that again. Lastly, did you heat that sawzall up before you went digging into your lugs or was there no need. My buddy's radials were tough to get through without heating that sucker up.
Really appreciate the tips, I know it will be a task to install this lift. I still have to review my underdrive pulley's. By the way, those pulley's increased the hell out of my low end but did almost nothing to my 0-60 times.
Really appreciate the tips, I know it will be a task to install this lift. I still have to review my underdrive pulley's. By the way, those pulley's increased the hell out of my low end but did almost nothing to my 0-60 times.
Last edited by Josiah; Mar 1, 2006 at 01:59 AM.
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I Have An 02 F150 With Fabtech 6" And A 3" Body Lift And Am Running 39.5x13.5x20 Irok Radials And They Don't Rub At All And My Body Has A 05 Like Yours With The Fabtech 6" And He's Running 37" Claws With No Problem...
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Originally Posted by sxnate
I Have An 02 F150 With Fabtech 6" And A 3" Body Lift And Am Running 39.5x13.5x20 Irok Radials And They Don't Rub At All And My Body Has A 05 Like Yours With The Fabtech 6" And He's Running 37" Claws With No Problem...
