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jeffc

My truck recently sounded like a jet landing and it ended up being a bad front wheel bearing (I've got 61,000 miles on the truck) I also found out that my front drive shaft was spinning all the time because the t-case vacuum switch was bad and it was stuck on, so I still had 4x4 but I couldn't switc...

jeffc

I was one of the first people on this site with this lift. I've got over 50,000 miles on the lift with no problems. I will agree that it is a pain to put on. 4 wheel parts quoted me $700 for the install but I did it myself. If I could do it again I would pay them and I agree it's a ton of work and n...

jeffc

i had the same camber problem with my truck a month after the lift. i went back and had them recheck the alignment and the upper control arm cam bolts that adjust the camber were loose. they tightened them very good and now it's been almost a year with no problems. i have 19k on my superlift (23k on...

jeffc

don't be like everyone else with black wheels....be different. i'd go with the 397's simply because they are more unique than the others. there are so many people running around on black rock crawlers these days (at least in michigan) i'm begining to think the factories are putting them on stock! th...

jeffc

welcome to the site. you'll be very happy with your 6" superlift...mine has been great. i just wanted to warn you about the 33x12.50 tires even though your only using a 8" wheel....be prepared to rub! i have 31x12.50's and i had alot of rubbing during regular daily driving until i got my body lift p...

jeffc

i have a 6" superlift, 2" body lift, 1" shackle, and a slight t-bar crank. i have had no problems with my superlift kit. i've also never really heard anything bad about the bds 5" kit. now as far as the 5" trail master lift goes....well i haven't heard too many good things. then again some of the pe...

jeffc

i've got 14k on my 6" superlift and no real problems yet...at least nothing that hasn't happened to many stock s-10's. it still drives great....almost better than stock.

jeffc

i paint my whole frame,rear axle,and front suspension every month. i go to home depot and get cheap black spray paint and i use about 4 cans every time. it's the easiest way to keep it looking nice. i've been doing it since the truck was new so i didn't have any existing rust to try and cover up. th...

jeffc

looks good but i wanna see a real photo of it.....no trick shots with the camera on the groud looking up! find a stock crew to park next to so we can see how it measures up. how close are you to rubbing when your wheels are turned? if you used anything other than stock back spacing would you have ru...

jeffc

sorry we must have been typing at the same time...i didn't realize you are a mechanic. you shouldn't have any trouble intalling these kits. eithre way $575 is still cheap for the labor

jeffc

the cheapest place to get the superlift is from tyres international. their web site ( www.tyres1.com) has the kit (part# k776) listed for $1632. they were the cheapest when i bought mine in december. now i actually got mine through 4wp wholesalers and i had to fight with them to get thier "no hassle...

jeffc

well i don't have a bds but i did install my superlift and $575 doesn't sound bad at all for the install because it's a lot of work. now as far as the price of the kit i think that alittle high. i think you could find it somewhere around the $1600-$1700 price range. i paid $1585 for my kit and i kno...

jeffc

ok so everyone knows putting a suspension lift or body lift doesn't increase the ground clearance of the axles. the only thing that does that is a larger tire. now to fit a larger tire you need to make room for them and that is where the lift kits come in. i always looked at lifts as a way to fit th...

jeffc

i've got a 6" sl and a 2" body lift with 31x12.50 on 15x10 rims with 3-3/4" back spacing and they just fit. before the body lift i had a ton of rubbing but now i'm ok unless turning into a steep driveway with some speed at full lock. if you went with an 8"wheel that had more back spacing you might b...

jeffc

i don't think superlift trucks are having any problems that stock s-10's don't have. we all know ball joints,tie rods,and idler arms go out much more often on s-10's than say a half ton truck. i doubt Kcustom was having trouble with his lift kit....the truck probably never left the asphalt. with the...

jeffc

again it all comes down to how you drive your truck. if you keep it on the street your front end parts are going to last alot longer than if you go beat the crap out of it off road every weekend. yes any time you change your vehicle from the way it was designed it's going to be harder on certain par...

jeffc

superlift does have a kit for non zr2 s-10's like jeggers said it's part #k776. alot of the mail order places don't have it listed on their web sites or in their ads yet so you'll have to call and ask for it but it is out there. i've been really happy with the superlift and have had no problems with...

jeffc

well i got hold of tom woods and they are sending me a new drive shaft. $359 plus a $100 core charge for the female end of the spline shaft that slips onto the transfer case. they said thats all they want sent back to them...i guess everything from there on down to the front diff is new. i think it ...

jeffc

hey i know this is an old topic but what are then new front drive shafts like that guys here have made? i killed mine the weekend....and i was only driving around slowly at the sand dunes for a short time when it sounded like a bomb went off under my truck and there was grease every where. anyway do...

jeffc

go with the 3.75" back spacing. if your getting the 6" superlift and you only want 31x10.50's on 8" wide rims you shouldn't have any trouble with the 3.75" back spacing. i ran 10" wide rims with 3.75" bs and 12.50 tires with only the 6" superlift and it was driveable on the road....so being 2" narro...

jeffc

i don't know if you'll get the wheels on even with the cut out flares. i'm running a 15x10 wheel with 3-3/4" b.s. and i can make it rub even with a 6" superlift and a 2" body lift...my torsion is even cranked up almost an inch over where super lift says to set it. i've got a friend that has 31x10.5'...

jeffc

somecrew you'll have to let us know how your cv shafts hold up with the extra lift and added stress of 35's...especially if you're going to take the truck off road very much. i would have done a shackle and t-bar crank but my truck is a daily driver and i figured superlift spent alot of time and mon...

jeffc

i'm also about 53 1/4" to the bottom of my mirrors with a 6in superlift and 2 in body lift....i finally got off my lazy butt and got the body lift on last week so now i'm happy and i don't rub any more. i was also able to crank the torsion back down so the truck is setting level instead of nose high...

jeffc

glad to see i'm not the only one afriad to run a wide wheel with a small amount of backspacing. i'm running 15x10's with 3.5in of back spacing with 31x12.50 tires. now i will agree that you might rub but thats the price you pay to get the wide look. to me stance is everything and if i had to run nar...

jeffc

somecrew i would got through all of the parts in the kit if i were you. superlift could have forgotten any part for the kit so the only way to be sure you have everything is look at every part. heck they forgot one of my torsion bar drop brackets.....not exactly just some missing hardware. i know go...

jeffc

what is the part number of your rear brake line extension(89400)? what part of the extension is not fitting on the truck? the extension should be a rubber line(maybe 18" long) with a spring around it. it has a fitting to meet up with the hard line on the driver side frame rail and the other end moun...

jeffc

if you want to do something with a 2wd i'd say save your money and get a fab tech 2wd lift.....go for that prerunner look. alot of the lift companies are starting to make 2wd lift but i think fab tech has the most. the 2wd lifts are also alot cheaper than a 4wd ifs lift. then when you get the money ...

jeffc

i don't want to sound like a jerk or anything but i think i'm the only one on this site that has put this lift on themselves and it's not going to happen in 1 day. unless your friend works at superlift and has done this kit before i can't see it happening. i had the help of a pro mechanic with every...

jeffc

the "tie bolts"are the bolts that hold the spring pack together. they look like a normal bolt but the head is round so it can fit into the hole on the spring perch. i didn't have those in my kit either. they guy that helped me with the install had some laying around. you can get them at any spring s...

jeffc

i think if it's grade 8 it would work but you'll have to go to a nut and bolt supplier to find 110mm bolts. the longest i could find at any regular hardware store was 100mm bolts. when i said you'll need the longer bolts for the skid plate i meant the stainless steel flame logo ski plate...not the b...

jeffc

jeggers, superlift was very good about getting me the parts i needed. they got shipped out right away and i had them in 2 days. if you have all the major parts and your only missing nuts and bolts i'd just go to the the hardware store and buy that stuff yourself. it'll be easier and faster than wait...

jeffc

good luck with the install. check to see if you have all the parts. i was missing a torsion bar drop bracket and alot of hardware. i put the hardware for each step in their own zip lock bags and that made things much easier during the install. how does the power coating look? it'll be nice to see an...

jeffc

an inch smaller for $300 more....i think i'd stick with the superlift. it is very cool to see another company making a lift for our truck but i don't know how you can be the second one to realease a kit thats an inch smaller and then charge more money for it. again i got the 6" sl for $1585.00 and a...

jeffc

thats all i need....my tires blowing apart at highway speeds! we'll see if an s-10 can roll as good as a ford explorer!

jeffc

i'm sorry if i made anyone feel "small". that wasn't my intention. i was just simply trying to explain how the superlift kit really worked. a lot of people including myself use this forum to answer questions that we have about our trucks and the products made for our trucks. i just think the info gi...

jeffc

i've got the pro comp mud terrains and they've been great so far. i haven't had them off road yet but they work great in the snow and are pretty quiet on the highway.....at least compared to the swampers i ran in the past.

jeffc

i'm not sure what your talking about when it comes the the 6" superlift. you said it only lowers the control arms 4" then uses the 2" upper control arms to allow the torision to be cranked up giving 6" of lift? thats simply not true! i have the lift on my truck and all 6" of lift comes from the conr...

jeffc

and people tell me i have too much money! isn't your trail master only a few months old? do you plan on going much bigger than you are now or are you just looking to clear your 33's without any rubbing? looks pretty cool so far...you'll have to let us know how much the sfa swap ends up costing you o...

jeffc

it's not that the cutting and welding is hard in it's self...it's just a very complex lift with alot of parts and it's very time consuming. without the right tools it would have been much harder and taken even longer than it took me (almost 23hrs!) and i had a profesional mechanic helping me using e...

jeffc

ok the guy that said don't buy superlift because the srings will sag is an a$$! the kit doesn't come with new springs! you use the stock torsion bars and simply do a flip kit on the rear using the stock leafs. right then and there you should have realized what type of person you are dealing with. it...

jeffc

the small amount of back spacing is why i had rubbing issues. i wanted the wide look and that why i went with the wheels and tires i have. my wheels are also 10" wide and my tires are 12.50's so thats another reason why i was rubbing,not just the back spacing. the 3 5/8" bs would probably be ok if y...

jeffc

mickm, Thanks for adressing those issues. I've got another question for you. Whats up with the "real world rides" portion of your web site? It doesn't look like it's been updated in almost a year. I sent in photos of my truck hoping i might have a small chance of getting on there because the lift is...

jeffc

your stabilizer should look just like a shock and you shouldn't need anything else to mount it except some bolts. if i were you i'd take a wire brush and knock off the loose powder coating. then go to an automotive paint store and pick up some p.o.r. 15 to brush on. that stuff likes being put on dir...

jeffc

the first step on page 11 calls the passenger side diff drop bracket #55-20-3140 which is actually a shock mount. i the part number should be 55-02-3140. again not a big deal but i did notice it and it got me digging around in all the boxes double checking part numbers. oh there was another thing i ...

jeffc

Well I like the kit and so far no problems. There are a few things with the instructions that i noticed during the install that were kind of confusing. When it comes to cutting the frame for the front cross member the drawings don't really show everything that needs to be cut. I know the parts won't...

jeffc

i'm sure it could be done but i don't think you'd want to do it. i've read nothing but bad things about the 2"sl and i'm sure there are alot of people on this board that will tell you to stay away from it. i've got the 6"sl and it works/drives great. i'm sure superlift spent alot of time making the ...

jeffc

i'd check everything in the front end for play and try that marker trick to keep an eye on the cam bolts and ask the guy that does the alignment if it looks like anything has been coming loose or moving that shouldn't be. just putting new tires on shouldn't change your alignment. you said the truck ...

jeffc

after you get your alignment take a marker and draw a line straight up and down on the cam bolt (holds upper control arm to the frame) and then you can keep an eye on it and see if the bolt is coming loose and moving causing your alingment to go bad. we marked my cam bolts before doing the lift and ...

jeffc

i do have to say the new steering cross member gives you is a really neat design and i don't think there is anything you could do to it to break it. it drops the steering components down so you have stock angles.

jeffc

i've had my superlift on for 2 weeks now and it's great! i've put about 650 miles on the truck and no problems so far....except alittle rubbing. i do have a tiny bit of bump steer but nothing like my 2 jeeps i had before the s-10. i'd like to get a steering stabilizer to see if that tightens up the ...

jeffc

i'll be the first one to admit my back spacing is the problem. to me stance is everything and i really wanted the wide look that i have. i'm just going to have to try a few things to get it working right. i knew everything i was going to be in for when i started this little project, so the rubbing a...

jeffc

i have not noticed the shocks rubbing....just tires! i've only got 31's and even with the torsion cranked up an extra inch (7in over stock now) i rub on the rear of the front wheel well. i know i've got 12.50's on 10" wheels and only 3-5/8" back spacing but i didn't think i'd have this much trouble....

jeffc

my neighbor that helped me is a professional mechanic and he thinks we could do another one in close to 12 hours now that he knows how everything works. actually he said he'd throw away the superlift directions and do things alot different. we pulled the upper ca,lower ca,and knuckle off all in one ...

jeffc

thanks for posting the pics for me. someone asked a few posts up what size the tires are, they're 31x12.50 pro comps on 15x10 eagle alloy 589's with 3-5/8" back spacing. i had to trim the front fender and i still hace a little rub sometimes at full turn so i might turn the torsion a tiny bit more. i...

jeffc

it's done! it took 23 hrs but it was worth it. the truck drives great! i did have to trim the front fenders a little to stop some rubbing but other than that it's great. i have pics and i tried to upload them in the photo gallery but no luck....it kept saying critical error or something like that. i...

jeffc

i started looking into posting pics on this site....something i've never done before and i'm confused. at this point i'd rather do another ifs lift than have to figure out this computer stuff! i use the internet to look at stuff and buy things and thats about it. so if someone would like to post the...

jeffc

i'll be done soon. we called it a night at 10:00 and i'm about to go back over there and finish up. we're having trouble with the parking brake...it's locked on for some reason and the cable is very very loose and we manually released the brakes right at the disk/ parking brake drum but it's still s...

jeffc

i'm working at my neighbors house. he's a street rod guys and he's got an 8 car garage with a hoist. it's alot better than crawling around on the floor! we used a trans jack to lower/lift all the heavy parts.....he's got every tool you'd ever need so i'm getting spoiled working over there. i wouldn'...

jeffc

i got the hydros. i don't know if you can get the bilsteins yet.....i figured i can always put them on later and i didn't want to spend the extra money right now. as it is i've got a nice chunk of change into this project and i'm not even done yet.

jeffc

the front is done! now i just have to finish up the rear and then adjust the ride height. the truck is alot bigger than stock but i still wish i would have bought a full size. i'm running 31X12.50 pro comp mud terrains on 15x10 eagle alloy 589's and they seem to clear ok. i was worried about them lo...

jeffc

i bought my 6" superlift from wheelparts and they matched tyres international's price so i got it for $1585 plus shipping. if i had to do it again i would just buy it from tyres int. because 4wp was kinda crappy about the price match. 4wp has an adverstived price now of $1661 which is alot better th...

jeffc

i got started on the install today and it's quite the project. we're almost 14hrs into the install and we still have a few things that need to be done on the front before starting on the rear. the rear will be a walk in the park compared to the front and it should only take a few hours. i don't know...

jeffc

i actually talked about this with guy thats going to help me do the install. i suppose you could put the frame back to stock by welding on the parts that had been cut off(if you remember to save them) and the new spring perches could be cut off but i'm not sure how you would reattach the upper mount...

jeffc

you have to weld a new spring perch to each side of the rear axle so the leaf springs can be mounted on top of the axle. there is also a step that requires trimming the driver side lower diff. mount on the frame and welding in a reinforcement plate. thats about it for welding but there is a little m...

jeffc

well i had hoped to start the install today but i've got missing parts. i finally got the time to go through the lift this weekend and make sure everything was there but i couldn't be lucky enough to get a complete kit. it seems i'm missing a torsion bar crossmember drop down bracket and some hardwa...

jeffc

hello, well i got my lift today....it's real....i actually touched it! i never thought it would show up after calling superlift again last monday and being told late december. i guess mickm was right about the shipping so to him i say thanks. now i just have to get some time to put it on....i'm thin...

jeffc

well i just called 4wheel parts to ask why they charged my card before the item was ready to ship and they said it was standardand thats how they reserved my order....or something like that. well for giggles i asked them when the kit was going to ship and the guy said hang on let me call superlift b...

jeffc

thanks for the info. it's very cool to hear from someone that works for superlift and actually designed the kit. i guess you 'd know more about it than anyone. thanks again....i appreciate it
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jeffc

hey guys speaking of the new superlift i've had mine on order since the 25th of october and i was told it would ship in 2 weeks. 2 weeks went by so i gave them a call and again they said it should ship in another 2 weeks. well 4wheelparts already has my money so i got anxious and called again yester...

jeffc

hey guys, i just wanted to let everyone know i did some calling around and i found some good prices on the new kit. i called national tire & wheel and they told me $1729.00 for the kit with shipping. rocky mountain suspension didn't even know what i was talking about....even after i gave them the pa...

jeffc

whats your price for the lift? how soon can you get them?

jeffc

that stinks that they told you $1800.00. i swear i'm paying $1749.00. with shipping it was supposed to be $1818.00 and i asked if he could do $1800 even including shipping. he talked to his boss and then said they'd sell it for $1800.00 with the shipping. you might just have to play hard ball with t...

jeffc

i just checked the superlift web site and the 6" non zr2 kit is now on there. it wasn't on there this morning but now it is!

jeffc

well i got impatient and called 4 wheel parts to ask them about the new lift. they had no idea what i was talking about and said i needed a part number. i then called up superlift and the guy on the phone said they had just gotten the official part number for the kit this morning ( it's k776) so he ...

jeffc

first i want to say thanks for the info. i spent some time on the phone with trailmaster today and i didn't get good news. they said the soonest my kit would ship to the distributor is the end of the month and then i still might not get one of the kits that they ship out. so i went to the local shop...

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