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Right that kind of brings me back to the original point though, with a 2" spring lift you're basically running with the struts dropped an extra 2 inches all the time, so even though the CVs stay in their angle the struts can now bottom out. Maybe I'm thinking that's a bigger problem than it actually is but for me it sounds like just as big of an issue as CVs going beyoind their range. But also it seems with just a 2" spring lift that you can't fit 32s without a lot of rubbing or cutting the fenders, especially since the springs 'settle' over time and you never quite get a full 2" like you would with spacers/sfd. Is a 2" SFD really that complicated? From what I've seen the install is pretty straight forward and you may need to get longer brake lines. The parts seem reasonably priced too. It seems a lot more ideal to do a 2" SFD, 2" spacers and then stiffer springs/struts that ride at the same height as OEM than to use spacers alone or something like OME or AC lfit springs alone. You would get more lift, CVs operate at OEM angles and struts also ride at OEM position. Is there anything 'unsafe' or overly complicated about the SFD other than the install?

Thanks for the info. So CV angle wouldn't be much of an issue with 32"s and a 2 inch lift/spacer? Can you fit 32s with a 2 inch lift?

Hello. I don't own an R50 (used to have a 2000 SE years ago) but am considering buying one and getting a lift to fit 32s. It's likely I'm confused about how the lifts work, but from my understanding the lift springs work by being stiffer to raise your ride height, and therefore your struts are closer to bottoming out. Spacers on the otherhand do not have this problem, but they introduce a new problem of extending your CVs beyond their normal operating angles. So is it common out there to do say a 2" SFD and then use 2" spacers along with non-lift springs? Wouldn't this mean that now you have a 2" lift, with your struts in normal operating position, as well with CVs in a normal angle?