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Old 11-21-2007, 09:56 PM
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Those look like the top half of a Daystar 2.5 spacer. I don't think you will be getting your full 2.5.

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Old 11-21-2007, 11:38 PM
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The spacers are not the full height of the lift. You get a little mechanical advantage due to the placement of the control arm and the lower perch. It will be greater than 1.75, but I dont know how much.
 
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Old 11-21-2007, 11:47 PM
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Ive been rolling my lift for about 5k and havent seen ANY tire wear. I guess i got lucky. My front tires look amazingly in line.

I have 295/70/17s Nittos and they're absolutely amazing. Oh and the AS spacers aren't 2.5" either. Theyre 1.75" and I believe I got just at 2.5" from it.

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Old 11-21-2007, 11:51 PM
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Partner saw with a diamond blade will have you blowing concrete boogers outta your nose for days. Compressed air works wonders for getting that stuff off you.
Great choice of tire BTW.
 
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Old 11-22-2007, 01:01 AM
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Alright here we go, that was a walk in the park... A cold wet walk in the park. Why the hell does it have to snow today? The install was very easy after reading the excellent writeup in the suspension forum. The job only took 2hrs and I am very happy with the results, except for the angles on the cv shafts. I will run it like this and if I have any problems out come the spacers. I havent tried 4wd yet but it drives straight as hell. anyways on to the important part pics! These are kinda crappy I'll get some more on Friday when I get the new meats.

Passenger fender before


Passenger fender after(kinda fuzzy sorry)


Passenger CV angle...Not to happy with this


Driver CV angle
 
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Old 11-22-2007, 01:03 AM
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Before anyone can ask. Yes its F'n snowing.


Lotta room up front now. New meats friday!!!
 
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Old 11-22-2007, 01:15 AM
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looks nice, congrats on doing it yourself
 
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Old 11-22-2007, 01:52 PM
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Looks good, Man i wish it would snow around here but i guess its going to be another 80* day again........Happy "T" day









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Old 11-23-2007, 06:52 PM
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All right I am finally back, What a long F'n day! I started out driving to Addison to the TD4L warehouse, that is where I picked up my 285/70/17 Toyo OpenCountry A/T's for only $150.75 a piece. I was going to have them mount/balance/align things but they quoted me at $950. I told them Ill pull around back and we can throw the tires in the bed. After all was said and done I was out the door for $647, good deal if you ask me. From there I went to my local Walmart supercenter. They dismounted the old ones and mounted/balanced the new ones for only $27. After that I went to 4 different alignment places and they were all packed. I finally decided on Goodyear, I only had to wait 45minutes and the alignment cost me $80. So in the end everything cost me $784. That is for spacers($30), tires($647), mount/balance($27), and alignment($80). I think I am happy with the looks of my rig for now, tomarrow that will be another story. I'll go out and take some pics later I'm gonna kick back a couple cold ones first.
 
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Old 11-24-2007, 12:50 PM
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Ok here they are before/after and some finished product pics

Passenger fender before


Passenger fender after(kinda fuzzy sorry)


Driver fender after tires and level
 
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passenger mirror before tires and level


driver mirror after tires and level


Some pics of the finished product


 
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Old 11-24-2007, 12:52 PM
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Old 11-24-2007, 02:17 PM
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Looks good. Nice Job.

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Old 11-26-2007, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Ftruck05
No not my grandfather, my girlfriend. So I just got back from picking up a set of 2.5" spacers(for $30)! I am going to install them tomarrow and I am picking up some 295/70/17 Terra Grapplers, they should be installed Friday. I just had to tell somebody. Quick question though, will I be alright driving all week without getting an alingment? I figure WTF I am gonna do a sweet burnout before I swap and these tires should be garbage, who cares if the fronts wear funny for a week right???? And yes the 33's will be goin on the fugly stock rims. I'll take a couple of before and after pics cause I know IT DOESNT COUNT UNLESS YOU HAVE PICS!
I'm going to pretend that you aren't excited about your GF not caring. Dude, if you are going to get crap from your GIRLFRIEND for wanting to spend money/mod your truck, you need to dump her and dump her fast. It's not going to get any better.

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