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7 inch lift and 33's

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Offline MIDZUKI

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7 inch lift and 33's
« on: February 01, 2007, 05:33:58 PM »
will i be able to clear 33's with 6.5 to 7 inches of lift in a samurai?
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Offline costa 05

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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2007, 08:17:13 PM »
NO PROBLEM
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2007, 08:32:54 PM »
I cleared 33's with SPOA and 2' con-fer shackles....
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2007, 03:12:12 AM »
2'= 2 FOOT, HOLY JESUS :o i hope you meant 2"(inches) hahaha. ;)
could you imagine 2 foot shackles just picture it a min. made me laugh.
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2007, 06:59:55 AM »
what are con-fer shackles?
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2007, 10:12:40 AM »
Extended shackles.  Probably 1 or 2" longer then stock. :)

I cleared 33's on just a standard SOA with a bit of hammering on the front and cutting the rear fenders out a bit more.   :)
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2007, 10:26:57 AM »
got pics?
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2007, 03:39:13 PM »
I have had 32" swampers on my rig for the last ten years. At first I only had a SPOA, with the seam on the inside of the fender well hammered flat. Then I went too a 1" Sky body lift, and then some Con-Fer 1" shackles. The 1 1/2" lift did not make much of a difference in the fit of the tires. I also have some SpiderTrax wheel spacers, I am not sure if that makes a big difference other than the turning radius.

And be sure your bump stops are where they should be. Better for the axle to hit the bump stop than the tire to hit the body.
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phloop

Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2007, 03:42:08 PM »
I forgot too add, I have replaced the front bumper along with cutting off about 8" of the round tube on both sides of the frame that the front bumper mounts too.
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2007, 11:29:54 PM »


This was with the stock springs on the front.  :)
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2007, 10:41:20 AM »
Thats looks very beasty, how well is it off the beatin path?


-Amilla
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2007, 02:04:41 PM »
I have a spool in the rear and had a Detroit Ez-Locker in the front, so it goes pretty much anywhere I point it.  The only problem is with tire size obstacles, sometimes you just don't have tall enough tires to get over.  But that is what the winch is for.  ;D

I found a couple more images.  Here is one from when it was first put together before a trip to Moab.



And my flex back then.  :)



And a shot of my flex now.




I probably enjoy showing off my SJ too much.  :P
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2007, 02:31:14 PM »
nice, man those look close to rubbing. any problems with that?
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Re: 7 inch lift and 33's
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2007, 03:01:42 PM »
I had to pound the back of the fender a bit to get it to stop rubbing while with the stock springs.  When I switched to the RUF setup we cut the front of the fender.  It is hard to tell from the pictures, so I attached a file to show the difference.

Right now it will just barely rub when I stuff my fender up nice and tight.  When I first put it together I had some clearance, but the springs are broken in and lost a little bit of flex.  Longer shackles or having bump stops that worked (aka lined up with the axel instead of being 2.5" behind it) would fix the problem.
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