james duff question

[mitch williams]

ok, i was wondering if i could order the james duff lift, but without the JD shackles and add a leaf. then get the add a leaf from summit that i think will give me 2.5" alone, and then the warrior shackles and coil spacers for an extra 1.5". (3.5- 4" total) i dont know if this is posible or not, but will they do that for me? also will i need a pitman arm, longer shocks, brake lines, etc? does the lift come in any other colors besides blue? id be thankful for any responses, seeing as how im just speculating.

 

[tiessen]

They won't breakup lift kits. The JD addaleaf and shackles should work fine to give you the lift you need. When I did mine, I didn't use the JD stuff. I added a full length addaleaf under the main leaf and re-arched the whole pack for about 4" of lfit. I used the JD coils up front with 1" spacers. Brake lines were short, steering was OK (a pitman arm would help).

Cheers
Dale

 

[mitch williams]

thanks for the response, how did you go about re-arching your springs though? did you need shackles to give you the 4" or did you just have the leafs? thanks again.

 

[tiessen]

I took my springs to a spring shop, they pulled them apart, put a full length add-a-leaf in, and re-arched all of the leafs. I didn't use the Duff shackles, I had enuf lift from the springs.

 

[Maniak]

You can also do it the way we did.. We got a set of OME-36 springs (2.5" lift).. and use the War-153 shackles. It is around 3.5" -4" of lift (hard to tell).. and the OME springs should ride much better than a re-arch or an add-a-leaf.

~Mark

 

[mitch williams]

thanks guys for the help.