Lifted Suspension & Offroad Discuss lifted trucks and off-roading.
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'00 Z71 need more lift
my uncle has a 2000 Z71 with the 6" RCD kit on it. Can he crank the torsion bars with that kit to get an inch or two more of lift? also what are torsion keys and how do they work? thanks
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
No, the differential is only dropped 4.5" I wouldn't run CV's any steeper than 2" of lift over stock... So the max I'd go is 6.5" He shouldn't crank more than a couple turns, about 1/2 an inch.
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
Yeah Im surhe COULD crank but it wouldnt be wise because the RCD kit is a knuckle lift which already has kind of steep angles. If he cranks the angles on the CV shaft will be very bad and hell prolly snap one. Might wanna look into a BL.
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
okay cool thanks thats what i thought. he doesn't want a body lift he thinks they arent meant for 4wd trucks that offroad. those are his words not mine
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
A ton of other stock parts would fail before any body lift part would ever fail. Tell him to throw a body lift on.
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
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Originally Posted by klemmentine
A ton of other stock parts would fail before any body lift part would ever fail. Tell him to throw a body lift on.
im diggin mine!
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
yeah thats what i said but he's just stuck with the idea in his head that body lifts are crap and will break. thanks for the input though
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
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Originally Posted by halftoncrap
yeah thats what i said but he's just stuck with the idea in his head that body lifts are crap and will break. thanks for the input though
No offense, but I think he has his ideas mixed up! But to each is his own I guess!
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
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Originally Posted by Z71HULK
No offense, but I think he has his ideas mixed up! But to each is his own I guess!
WORD. It would be safer and better for the truck to run a 3" body lift, than it would be to crank up his RCD to 7 or 8".
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Re: '00 Z71 need more lift
ey if i got a procomp kit i can crank my tbars rite bein that mine is a full drop and not just a knuckle kit.....and is a fabtech a full drop or just knuckle???
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