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Old 12-22-2011, 11:31 AM   #15
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Re: Level a 2011 Chevy

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Originally Posted by foosed View Post
After researching online, I found that strut spacers are only supposed to be half of the size of the lift. Can someone please explain to me how this works?
It is simple geometry....think of it this way, your struts are roughly 1/2 the way between the frame and the wheel.

Look at it this way, think of the area from the pivot point of the control arm to the wheel as a triangle, with a smaller triangle inside from the strut to the wheel. If you make the inner triangle bigger, the big triangle outside will grow proportionately.



This is the same idea behind getting 10" of wheel travel from only using a 5" travel shock.
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