Hello all!

I have a question about the 6" Rough Country lift (RCX).

So the kit has a 5" drop down bracket and a 6" coil spacer.

Does this mean that that 1" difference will be like adding a 1" spacer?
Meaning my CV angles will be affected just like a stock truck adding a 1" spacer?

Why would they not just utilize a 6" drop down bracket instead of the 5" bracket.
Does anyone know if there's a reason for this? Does it help with keeping the integrity of stock angles, etc?

It could just all be to save a buck on parts, who knows but I wouldn't be surprised.
Other than this, it looks like a pretty stout kit for the price.
My main concern is CV angles. I hate high angles, makes the truck ride like a tank and is hard on joints.

 

That would make sense with a 5" drop down bracket and a 6" spacer being like a 1" leveling kit. That won't affect your ride much at all, and 1" higher angle than stock isn't going to be hard on the truck. A lot of people run 2" and 2.5" spacers, and even those aren't too terrible on the suspension, and don't ride horribly.

 

Gotcha!

Another question I have is, if I ever decide to go with coil overs I would pretty much have to add 1" of adjusted lift on them for a full 6" right?

I guess this wouldn't be a good kit for anyone wanting to add a spacer on top of their coils as you would already need an inch out of them, then adding a 2 or 2.5 inch spacer would be the equivelant to a 3 & 3.5 inch spacers.
This would be way to hard on joints and the angles would suck!

 

Bump!

I'm kinda hoping someone could chime in on whether or not the 5" drop bracket is more beneficial than a 6" drop bracket? (pertaining to angles, etc. )

 

i always thought on the 6" lifts the drop down bracket was only 4" and you got your 6 inches from the spacer. i could be wrong

 

RCX makes a 4" and 6" lift. I wouldn't be surprised if they use the same sub frame for both.

 

some "suspension expert" that worked at an offroad shop was telling me that the 6" kits use a 4" drop bracket and a 4" lift uses a 2" drop bracket. not sure though

 

4" rancho subframe.

 

The Rancho sub frame looks solid!

There 4" lift is almost as big as a 6" lift.
Are the crossmembers dropped more than 4"?
Even the CV angles look good on these lifts and there nearly as tall as the 6" lifts out there, so I'm guessing the drop down bracket is at least 5"?

Also, I've been doing some research on the comparisons of a full 6" drop down cross member to say, a 4" or 5" and I've barely found any info?
All I've come up with is, it's better for the front drive line angle?

On another note the RCX kit looks really good, especially the laser milled "RCX" cross member. Just looks more modern than most kits.
Rancho's system is sporting a similar updated look.

Back in the day in high school (93-97) Rancho was the shizz with the truck crowd at school.
I use to have a 95' 2 door lifted Tahoe with a Superlift kit. If I remember correctly it had a 5" drop down CM bracket? I originally had 33's on it but switched to 35's with about an inch crank on the t-bars. What I'm getting at is I believe Superlift used the same system for there 4 and 6 inch kits. No cranking of the t-bars with the 4" kit and a little bit of cranking with to achieve 6".
I'm not 100% on this but this is what I kinda remember?

What I do really remember is, when CV angles are steep everything goes to sh*t!
Joints, axles,etc. I know there's a lot of people who never have any problems, so I don't want to put it out there that high angles means breakage, it's just not for me.

 

I just posted that pic, that's definitely more than 2" of drop. a 6" lift should have a 6" drop. If they only did a 4" drop on a 6" lift people wouldn't be able to run 8" of lift without major issues.

Now some kits might, IIRC superlifts 4.5 and 6" kits used the same subframe so you were close to maxed out at 6".

pro comp, fabtech, bds i think you will be fine and get a full 6" drop.

I do know for 90's chevy's their really isn't a true 6" lift available. Most are smaller subframes where you crank to get the 6" of lift. My friend with thru that issue a while back when trying to lift his.

 

I ended up giving Rough Country a call directly and they said their drop down bracket is closer to 5 1/2".

I went ahead and ordered their 6" kit. I will post some pics in the next couple of days after the install.
For the rear it comes with a 5" block I believe? A cool feature is that it's designed to prevent/eliminate axle wrap.

I've also been trying to find pics of CV angles and have had little luck. Most of what I have found is on Chebbies.
What few pics I did find on here show pretty steep CV and LCA's. this is mainly due to the spacers that were added.
If anyone has a link of CV angle pics would you so kindly post? Even better if you could add your pics to this post. (only suspension lifted trucks).

I'll be sure to add pics of my CV angle's and I will also take a picture while measuring the RCX drop down bracket. (just want to confirm if it is in fact 5.5 inches)