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07-18-2005, 11:01 PM
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s10 lifts?
i have a 84 s10 blazer, which is my daily drivin beater.
i like to mess aroud off road a little with it, but nothing crazy, just when im out with buddys and thers nothing else to do. anyway, is it possible to lift them by cranking the torison bars in the front? i figure i could put 2" blocks in the rear and if i could get 2" out of the torison bars i could do a cheap and easy lift??? might not even need to mess with th driveshafts??? anyone ever try this? |
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07-19-2005, 12:52 AM
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keller
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: st clair MO
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for that little of lift and not really wanting to mess with drive shafts and stuff your just better off doing a 2-3" body lift.
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83 1ton 4door dually, 350/700r4 99 S10 2.2/5speed bagged. traded for the dually 91 S10, 2.5/5speed juiced 87 3/4 4x4, 350/4speed 89 S10 long bed , 2.8/5speed 65 chevy short bed stepside, 327/3speed 97 neon acr, 2.0 dohc 5speed DD |
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07-19-2005, 04:05 PM
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do i have to mess with the steering/brakes?
and i dont relly like the idea of a BL. just seems hoopty. |
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07-19-2005, 04:14 PM
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keller
Join Date: Mar 2005
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id say cranking up the stock torsion bars and a paor is chity blocks are about as hoopty as it gets.
do the body lift. you will like it
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83 1ton 4door dually, 350/700r4 99 S10 2.2/5speed bagged. traded for the dually 91 S10, 2.5/5speed juiced 87 3/4 4x4, 350/4speed 89 S10 long bed , 2.8/5speed 65 chevy short bed stepside, 327/3speed 97 neon acr, 2.0 dohc 5speed DD |
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07-19-2005, 04:17 PM
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keller
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: st clair MO
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O and ill throw in a little tech to bettewr suit your juge ment.
cranking up the torsions suck becus when you do that you dont get any droop travel. so it rides like a brick. and you cant just throw on blocks in the rear unless your lowing your truck. you will either need to do a shackle lift of a flip kit to the leaf springs.
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83 1ton 4door dually, 350/700r4 99 S10 2.2/5speed bagged. traded for the dually 91 S10, 2.5/5speed juiced 87 3/4 4x4, 350/4speed 89 S10 long bed , 2.8/5speed 65 chevy short bed stepside, 327/3speed 97 neon acr, 2.0 dohc 5speed DD |
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07-28-2005, 09:53 PM
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dont do the tbar crank
you wont get 2in out of it and you just wear out ball joint real quick do the body lift
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07-30-2005, 06:57 AM
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just can't cover up my redneck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Columbus OH
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It won't do anything but make it ride terribly stiff. Which is not only rough on you.........but it tears up the truck too. The suspension cannot absorb the bumps when it is too stiff, so everything else takes the hit, including the body (twist) and even the glass, not to mention ball-joints and even the bars themselves (from being twisted too tight)
Even the body-lift doesn't gain much for tire size.......and that is the point of lifting for off-road use. You really don't gain anything unless you go to a bigger tire and since you are talking "cheap", I'm assuming the you aren't buying new tires either. Buy yourself a cheap used ATV, then if you tear up something you haven't hurt your daily driver |
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08-01-2005, 07:30 PM
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i'll just leave it alone. not worth the trouble.
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