Alright guys, the spring lift brings out alot of curiousity. So me being a new media student, and owning a wonderful geo tracker, I decided to go ahead and do it, and take pleanty pics. Also, amke sure you have pleanty of extra time because it may take longer then you think.

Start with one of these:


Here goes, know that I am doing this from memory.

Start by jacking your truck up, and blocking up the appropriot areas. Take all your tires off. (Some don't recomment it but hell I aint scurred)


Then go around and loosen all the cables like brake lines and the such. There is also one by the 3rd member dont forget to loosen it up also.


Then We start with the back end because it is easiest. Jack up your axel and unhook the shocks. Then slowly let your rear axel down and then you can pull your springs out. Apply your spacers and place the spring back in.


To be safe I changed my rear shock around to provide more down motion. Not much but enough to make me feel comfortable.

Before:


After:

(There is another washer on top of the bracket to prevent it from ripping out)

Refasten your brake lines and your rear end is done.

The front is a little more tricky and time consuming.

Jack up the front a-arm and remove the strut. (I didn't do the following, but because of all the trouble I had, I figured I would recomment it)Unhook your sway bar, take off your calipers and your hub. Tie your caliper up so you wont risk loosing a brake line. Remove everything so your a arm can swing free, it will be ALOT easier if you do

With a litle gently prying, I was able to get my spring out.

Now you can do the popular strut flip.

I'm posting a pic because I at first didn't understand the concept of the flip. The left is how it looks original, on the right is the finished product. Make sure you use washers to prevent it from ripping out.

Now with your entire front end apart, you wont have any of the problems I did. With the spacer back on me forcing the a arm down and the springs compressed, It took two of use to get that little bastard of a spring back on. With some bitching and moaning we got it though.

I don't have pics of the front end tear down process because I didn't do it although I wish I had.

Picture of the resulting front end alignment problem.


The final product.

What spacer's did ya use?

What're you going to throw on there by way of new tires?

Fabricated some 2" steal ones.

I'm going to go with 30" mud terrains, I want to be conservative, so I wont have to do any trimming with 31's and worry about fender rub.

I mean its cool to say I have 31's but I don't want to risk damaging my fenders or popping a tire.

How did you get the alignemnt problem fixed?

Did a simple alignment do the trick?

Ive got the same problem too much positive camber going to grind the upper bolt hole on the strut on the inside of it to correct this.

Also the rear shocks i would not leave like that ur just asking for trouble. Ur gonna bend the shaft on artickulation.

yea i was gona say but u beat me to it lol, either get some new shocks or do some more fabbing .. looks good though, thats how im planning on doing my gf's lift, and yes im wondering how u fixed that problem with the front wheels.

Good job on the do it yourself lift.  Get some tires though man, those are some BALD BOLOGNAS!

Camber fix - the easiest bit of the lift - see previous messages " Camber Bolts" - they do exactly what it says on the box, 20 minutes to fit, then down to the alignment shop for spot-on 100% alignment

Camber fix - the easiest bit of the lift - see previous messages " Camber Bolts" - they do exactly what it says on the box, 20 minutes to fit, then down to the alignment shop for spot-on 100% alignment

And where is one to get said Camber bolts? I have a 1.5" spacer lift on mine, and need the camber bolts!

make an internet search for    spec prod ez cam xr 81250        at          www.specprod.com

I have seen them on E-Bay also!

Cwkick

I tried the hogged out strut approach,
I didn't like it, I always felt like it was
going to slip and get all out of wack.

on my strut spacers, I moved the strut
in a little so the wheel is straight, no camber
bolts needed, but I think camber bolts are
the best/easiest solution and would have
done that instead had I known about them

Wild

yeah i was thinking of doing the sam with a grinder move the top hole in a bit or so. I just ordered the eibach camber bolts $40 CDN ill take some pics

Just found em on Flea bay. $35 shipped to my door.

Now is the time someone will speak up and tell me they cosy $15 shipped somewhere else!!  

They cost 15 dollars shipped  somewhere else....

Cwkick