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Old 06-18-2007, 03:43 PM
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help from anyone with 4,6,or 8 inch lift

i am wanting to make my own lift kit and just buy the coils/or coil overs and wanted to know what the length was from the center of the bolt holes on the upper and lower control armsany help would be great
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Can you measure the one on your truck?

And with a lift that tall make sure you make the arms longer than stock.
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i thought it would be easyer if i had a starting point of how long the aftermarket one were i am going to make them ajustable so i can go bigger in the future
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I can tell you with 3" of lift, the arms only need to be 1/2" longer. But the relationship between lift and control arm length is not linear.
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well thanks for the info but now i have been thinking and i think i am going to do a long arm kit (maybe) i mean if your going to do something go all out right???
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