No prob, my pleasure. Sometimes the "helping him not to forget stuff" is the most important part car repair!

 

Hey David,
Welcome to the land of the lifted. Your rig is really starting to take shape.

Lookin' good dude.

Mike

 

Right on David, looks great!

 

Thanks. Did you notice that my coils were mislabeled- thanks for the heads up on that one Tom!

Thanks Mike- we'll have to test it out in a couple weeks.

 

I screwed my tires up (which didn't matter anyway because I was buying new ones) by driving a long time without an alignment after installing my SAWs. best thing to do is go to sears and get a $60 alignment, 6000 miles or 6months garantee. they did a really good job on mine about a month ago, way better than the expensive kooks at 4wheelparts did. I think when you adjust your camber, the toe will move too so you will be messing the Left-right up when you do that. seriously man, get an alignment, unless you plan on getting new tires soon, then just "see" what these tires can take, haha.

 

Yeah, mostly an issue of getting an alignment before the 4th. Will probably do at least 1000 miles. Since I'll be getting MT's soon, I don't care that much, but since the Revos only have ~6000 miles on them, I'm going to hold onto them and remount them in the winter when I won't be offroading as much.

 

Is that bottom pic at 3" of lift? It looks like you have hardly cranked the SAW's!! It seems like I have a lot more thread showing at the bottom of my SAW's and it's not even 3". Wow.

John

 

That's what I was wondering too. I think I have almost 3 inches of threads showing.

 

Hey John,

I initially had about 3" of thread showing, but when I measured the ground to fender trim I was at about 39 inches (stock was 34.5), so I ended up lowering the collar to about 1 inch of thread showing.

Once things settled a bit, I eventually ended up with about 2 inches of thread, a bit more on the drivers side (maybe 2.25 inches?), which gives me 3" of lift (34.5 to 37.5 ground to flare distance). I'm almost positive that this picture is the 2" of thread, but now I'm not sure. Anyways, I've got about 2" of thread at the moment. How about yourself? And do you leave the cap on the valve tightened or loose?

 

These are also the Tundra-valved shocks, which are a bit stiffer. Mike said all of the SAWS are Tundra-valved now, so they might be a bit stiffer than the older ones?

 

I leave mine tight. you won't need it loose until you rebuild probably. I tried screwing a high pressure flexable hose shock pressure gauge up to mine to see what they were inflated to but since the are mounted facing in, the a-arm was in the way and I couldn't screw the gauge tip onto the valve. so I am assuming if they hange to get filled you'll somehow have to stuff the wheel or pull the assembly. of course they may have some lowprofile nozzle or something that can get on there.

 

I got my alignment done at my local Firestone. For $139. Sounds like a lot, but its a "Lifetime" alignment. I could go in once a week for as long as I own my truck and get it realigned for free.

 

A friend of mine got a lifetime at Sears. Went in twice to readjust and last I heard he was still pulling to the right.

Maybe it's just that particular shop.

 

I went to the Firestone in Issaquah off Gilman and they seemed to have done a good job. Steering wheel is straight when going straight, and it doesn't pull at all.

 

There's a Goodyear around the corner from my place, I should probably check that out.

Dunno about Firestone though.

 

It would be the springs that determine the height, not the valving.

 

I’m Jealous

 

Keisur,

I don't know then- maybe they'll settle a bit more with time, but I'm confident about the measurements before and after.

 

Do you have ADD hubs or manual locking hubs, because I thought 2" of lift upfront was the max recomended unless you went with Manual locking hubs??

Chris

 

The cap on the valve should be tight just so it doesn't vibrate off or allow dirt or water behind it. BTW, the cap doesn't actually hold the pressure in, but keeps junk out.