hi recently i made shackles for mu 84 toyota truck hoping for 3 inches of lift, the stock shackles were 5 inches i think. i made mine 8 inches.... im pretty sure i didnt get 3 inches, and ideas on what i got???

 

Usually for every inch of shackle you get a half inch of lift. If I remember that right

 

oh wow no wonder it didnt lift it too much... thanks

 

Building 8s right now for my 82

 

Picture?

 

To get 3 inches of lift from just your shackles is asking a lot. Your shackles would have to be at least 11 inches long. Thats a HUGE shackle. In my opinion, not a good Idea. If you want an easy lift put some blocks in. I don't recommend blocks for hard wheeling, but for a mall crawler it would be fine. I dont know what you are doing with your truck so I can't give you a definite decision. Its up to you. But yes Lets see a picture.

 

Stock shackles are 3-3.5". If you had 5" bolthole to bolthole, they weren't stock. And yes, for Toyotas, every inch of additional shackle length gets you approx 1/2" of lift.

 

heres a pic after the body lift and 33s, i dont think i have any of just the shackle lift

 

aDopt forget about the drive line geometry with that much shackle.

 

i was thinkin about just pulling them off and putting blocks. i dont do to hardcore of offroading

 

I think that is your best bet!

 

okayy thanks for the help guys

 

just for safety's sake, you are talking about the rear shackles right? blocks or shackles in the front can cause issues in one aspect or another.

 

What's wrong with front extended shackles?