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Climbed a snowbank. Guess I need a lift kit!

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Old 02-17-2011, 02:01 PM
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So I climbed a snowbank today outside my house. Yup I was bored! My right front tire was up approximately 2' with the left on the pavement. I was shocked when I got out to find my drivers rear stuffed in the wheel well and nearly hitting the inner fender. I have a teraflex leveling kit, but damn do I need a lift kit. I have not done really any off roading yet. Would this be typical articulation for moderate off roading or is my snowbank pushing it?

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I think it maybe your rear bumper that may have sagged your stock coil springs sorry to say...Any weight on these stock coil springs will compress them in a short period of time. I am sure you probably lost about 1/2 to 3/4" of lift with the bumper. You could add larger coil spring spacers to lift it up... but it won't really help much overtime. You would be wise to invest in a set of Heavier duty coil springs. Or you can go cheaper and trim our fenders. Did your rear tires touch the pinch seam at all?

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Wow that's crazy! I have a tf bb 2.5 and bfg 35 12.5 and my tire doesn't even go near the fender flares. Fully flexed I can still fit at least one finger the whole way in my wheel well around the tire
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I bet the teraflex leveling kit it puts more weight in the back end when the front end goes up.

I have one too, but I know I need to get a better package down the road.
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I think you need to get a bit of a lift and then find a real snow bank
http://www.flickr.com/photos/widowmaker10/5454249471/http://www.flickr.com/photos/widowmaker10/5454868548/
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Originally Posted by Widowmaker
I think you need to get a bit of a lift and then find a real snow bank

I thought of taking mine head on like you did, but I wanted to check out my flex!
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you need a lift regardless

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Originally Posted by karls10jk
Were you connected or disco'd up front? Disco'd you may get another little bit of flex. Connected...you have the potential of destroying your stock links.
huh, how can you destroy the links?
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Originally Posted by Pluke the 2

huh, how can you destroy the links?
I don't know about the links...but my buddy broke his swaybar because he was flexing too much and there was too much tension on the bar
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To be honest, I did not even look for the pinch seem, but I don't see any marks on my tire. I did not disconnect the swaybar.


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