Blocks and IFS...Kill me now.

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Dec 9, 2008 | 10:05 PM

#21

91Toyota

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Originally Posted by Jay351

My buddy has a lifted ranger with 4" blocks in the back. Actually they appear to be two stacked 2" sets. Wierd blocks that stick out the sides on one side... Everytime he goes from a stop the whole shibang just flexes back and forth, and he only has 200hp! Blocks are just freaky!

Yeah they are...i'm wondering what I'm gonna do with these blocks...paper weight???

Dec 9, 2008 | 10:10 PM

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Jay351

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From: maple ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Throw em at a mallcrawler, he will probibly thank you

Dec 9, 2008 | 11:08 PM

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Squeebs

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Haha.

Thats funny... I have painted taco wheels too.

Dec 10, 2008 | 12:49 AM

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ovrrdrive

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Originally Posted by Jay351

My god. My worn rear leafs (with thick poocomp AAL's) flex 10x that much.. I bet your shocks are too short..

I've seen that before...

When we cut the suspension off of subliminaltrips truck when he first got it, the shocks that were on it actually put a negative arch in the springs. When we cut them loose the rear axle dropped about 2 inches. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.

Dec 10, 2008 | 01:31 AM

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abecedarian

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From: Temecula Valley, CA

blocks on leaf springs tend to do something like this, particularly when the leafs are fatigued:

Last edited by abecedarian; Dec 10, 2008 at 01:39 AM.

Dec 10, 2008 | 03:10 AM

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flashkl

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From: Burlington, VT

moderate block lifts arent that bad...they dont kill ride quality like having overarched lift springs do. Of course, both setups are utter crap compared to some nice long chev springs. My boss has about a 6 inch block lift in his 59 chevy apache and that is just scary...

Dec 10, 2008 | 04:59 AM

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Swansen

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Originally Posted by abecedarian

I went from this in my bumpstops:

to this:

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.... muggin California truck... LOOK AT THAT METAL, immaculate.

Dec 10, 2008 | 06:22 AM

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ZUK

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Originally Posted by chrisbnaz

After doing a little bit of reading, I may have to give Zuk a call when I have some extra money. He's close too, so that's nice.

I might have the correct coils already.....I'll check tonight. You will be surprised how well it will ride afterwards....especially if you get a longer set of BILSTEINS.
ZUK

Dec 11, 2008 | 11:32 AM

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ZUK

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I checked and I have a set of 14 inchers rated 150 pounds/inch. Probably about right for the heavier rear of the Runner. Those coils will give a solid 3 inches of lift to make up for 3 inch blocks. Just let me know when you're ready and I'll charge my camera batteries....make ya famous

ZUK