Re: Matt's 800 lift

["Matt and Stacy Sopher" <sopher@domain.elided>]

Hi Nick,
What I did was have Al Can Spring make me a set of custom 4" lift springs.
I took it down to Al Can this morning, he measured the frame and said that
the lift was pretty much the same both front and rear, only being off by a
1/4 of an inch. It's just that my front needs to settle some more. It
already has a little. They said they tend to put a little more arc on the
spring on the fronts due to the weight of the truck. The problem is the
body. I haven't got any rubber left for body mounts. And, one rear mount
bracket is completely broken off. So the body isn't level. Oh well, another
project!
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Rayer Jr <nrayer@domain.elided>
To: ihc@domain.elided <ihc@domain.elided>
Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Matt's 800 lift


>Matt, You must have put on the springs advertised as 4 inch lift for the
>800 right? If so they are made by Superlift and that is the way they
>are. I had a set on my 800 and didn't like them, took them right back
>off and put the 2.5 inch ones back on. Same height and level even. I
>then sold the new ones to a friend who put them on his 800. He ended up
>making some longer shackles for the rear. Mike at Mr. Scout warned me of
>this and that I would be happier with the 2.5 inch set. I actually got 3
>inches with them.
>
>Nick
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