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Potentially stupid lift question

The Drift

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The Drift NPORA Old-Timer

The Drift

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As I've stated in the past I'm new to liftin, wheeling, and all of that. So if this is a dumb question I'm sorry.

 

 

 

In a lift kit, using the AC kit as an example, the lift height refers to what precisely? So say the AC 2" lift. Does that actually mean 2"of additional ground clearance potentially, or is the measurment actually in reference to something else. How is it really determined, and how much of a difference will I really notice with a 2" kit?

 

 

 

 

and a side note, anyone have the AC kit for an R50? Can you post pics please? How do you like it, and are there any alternatives...possibly offering more lift for the R50 or is AC it?

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mws NPORA Old-Timer

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Two types of lift:

- Body lift

- Suspension lift

 

You have an R50, right? That means you can only do suspension lifts.

 

The lift kit will raise the entire body/chassis approximately 2" higher than it is now. So your bumpers, engine, TC, trans, rocker panels, etc will all be 2" higher than they are now. The gap between the top of your tire and the edge of the fenders will be increased by about 2 inches. So you will have 2 more inches of ground clearance below the bottom of the truck, and you will have 2 more inches of clearance below the front differential.

 

But the rear axle and pumpkin will still be the same distance with the same ground clearance. The only way to increase that is to use larger diameter tires.

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GrimGreg NPORA Old-Timer

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IIRC the R50 lifts are just a spring spacer, if so then if the spacer is 2" you get 2" of lift at the spring (which as long as you don't change anything else should give you an extra 2" of clearance tire-fender).

 

Where lifts are kinda variable is with the T-bar fronts, the kit doesn't do any lifting, it just adds the ability to crank the T-bars enough to attain that much lift.

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vengeful NPORA Old-Timer

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Ryan, you're incorrect.

 

The AC lift replaces the coils with coils of a higher spring rate for added height. I have the AC lift and love it.

 

When I first installed it I was close to 4" over stock in the rear and 3.5 in the front. Now that I've got about 75,000 miles on it, I'm a little over 2" over stock front and 2.5" over stock rear.

 

I personally, will not buy that lift when it comes out. I'm not going to get into the various reasons why, but I don't feel the need for any more lift than I already have. My truck already climbs over pretty much anything I would want it to.

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