unccpathfinder Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) ok this is how i've thought about getting more lift out of our trucks for a while but never really heard of anybody doing it or a kit that offered it...so i saw it in a mag i think it was called sand addiction but its a pro comp lift for the 04-05 titan/armada...but it drops the front cross member down in turn increasing the lift... all in all i have no idea the dimensions on the titan and armada cross member but imagine that its going to be longer than our trucks but didnt know if some1 had thought about either shortening it or making it work somehow... and if for some reason i missed a member drop like that offered for our trucks i'll appoligize now b4 getting flammed link to lift...but kinda crappy (no info really) but the only way to get more lift would be to make it work somehow with 1 thats available now... Edited July 27, 2006 by unccpathfinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 ahh...so cant some1 make beefier drop brackets so they can be longer?...this lift limitation deal had me thinking while i was bored at work...theres gotta be some way to get more lift without a SAS without breaking the bank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 The issue is the T-bars, you can make drop brackets 6' tall ( ), but your T-bars are still going to hang low too. Without some sort of switch to a coil-over, air or strut setup in the front, droping crossmembers won't do much for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spolar93 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 and your front still wont articulate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted July 27, 2006 Author Share Posted July 27, 2006 hmm...so make new dropped brackets welded to the framefor the T bars that are shorter and fatter to handle the load (prob possible but not probable) ohh well gimmie a couple of years in industry and i might stumble across something that will open a new door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Luker Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 theres gotta be some way to get more lift without a SAS without breaking the bank No there isn't. Even if you could get 8+ inches of lift on IFS, what would you do with it? 35" or larger tires? They'd tear apart the front end so fast you'd be shopping for a D44 in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey.T Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Use the TM Rear Spring cans in combination with 3" lift springs... Geometry on the rear is now going to require longer trailing arms to put the center of the axle where it needs to be, brake lines, simple stuff.... Using the front axel drop bracket and LCA's are going to give us better CV angles, hopefully some more articulation depending on how much we crank the t-bars, Aftermarket UCA's... I dont think we will come close to the 7" of lift we got out of the rear.... (Mounting bracket to lower the connecting point of the UCA to the frame???) I contacted TM and inquired about getting a set of rear cans and the drop bracket... never got a respones.. Called E-mailed... Nuffin All it would take is time and $$$$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 If you want to go that high, get the TM lift, put on aftermarket UCA's and crank it up 3", then use the 3" lift springs with the spacers and top it off with a 3" body lift. There you go, 10" of lift and you could run 36's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Luker Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 There you go, 10" of lift and you could run 36's. And as soon as you hit a trail, Hitachi and Nissan parts go flying everywhere in a beatuifully majestic shower of metal and oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLApathy Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 i know the H3 had a diff drop out for them now and they have the same tbar set up as us but the lift doesnt drop the tbars, ill scan the pics from my mag tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimGreg Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Reason you have to drop the bars in ours is because they attach to the front crossmember with the LCA. A lot of other T-bar setups attach differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLApathy Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Reason you have to drop the bars in ours is because they attach to the front crossmember with the LCA. A lot of other T-bar setups attach differently. you know what ryan, i thought about that a long ass time ago and totally forgot about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyb33 Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 And as soon as you hit a trail, Hitachi and Nissan parts go flying everywhere in a beatuifully majestic shower of metal and oil. hah...what a picture that would be..... i think with all the work you would be doing to drop the Xmember, all the fab work, wouldnt it be worth it to just SAS it in the first place??? -sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpeace Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 speaking of spacers, where can I find just coil spacers, anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Auto parts store. Look in the tow hitch/tire accessory aisle. They make pairs of 1" rubber coil spring spacers that sell for about $10 or so. Dunno how stable they are though, they're kinda skinny. And as soon as you hit a trail, Hitachi and Nissan parts go flying everywhere in a beatuifully majestic shower of metal and oil. There was a guy rolling on 10" of lift for quite some time until he rolled it and got something else. I never heard of any problems with it. You HAVE to upgrade the steering, that's a gimmie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product...+spring+spacers Old thread I know. Looking for a little more lift in the rear. The calmini coils aren't cutting it with tools and spare tire carrier etc. Especially when I tow my dirt bike trailer the rear just sinks. Would these do the trick with the current coils? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Reason you have to drop the bars in ours is because they attach to the front crossmember with the LCA. A lot of other T-bar setups attach differently. Yeah if you have the time, money and tools and you really[/] want to keep IFS, swap in the IFS from another truck where the TBars attach to the UCA... there are some out there, Toyota 86-95 for example... hmmm... (*thinks back to the idea Martin and I have pondered*) ...nope, still no time to really jump into something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88pathoffroad Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Tim: those should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Tim: those should work fine. thanks 88 you the man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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