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donaldthacker

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99, sport w/35" MTZ's
I have finally joined, after looking at this site for months.
I have a 99 sport with a 3 in. body lift, 4 in. superlift suspension. I am running 35x12.5 nitto terra grapplers on 15x10 american eagle alloy rims. We have just completed a dual bilstein shock set up for the front suspension (this is the only one I know of). I am very impressed with the ride and control. After putting on the superlift suspension I found the front was too soft. Cured that!
The 4.0 sohc motor improvements are a K&N kit, JET chip, headers with duals. throttlebody spacer. Next is air mass, throttle body and I am very interested in a supercharger. I want to post pictures as soon as I can figure it out
 



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Hey I have a 99' X sport and I was wondering how you like the 4'' superlift because I'm getting the lift put on mine. Did you replace the drive shaft? And how does it ride? Also will 33'' tires fit after the superlift or should I get a 2'' body also?

Thanks :exporange
 






donaldthacker said:
I want to post pictures as soon as I can figure it out

Well, there are two ways you can do that

1. Have your pictures on our own site that you can hotlink from. Careful, some sites don't allow it unless you have a premium site.....or

2. Join the Elite Explorers....$30 for the first year and $10 each year afterward......and you get 10MB of storage space for your pics. For more info click on the link in my signature

Anyway, welcome and have fun :D
 






I was running 33's (on 15x10's) with a 3 inch body lift and a slight adjustment to the torsion bars. I had to do some trimming in the front.
Like I mentioned I added the 4 in superlift and now have 35x12.50 nittos, by the way they are a great riding tire. The problem I found with the superlift lift is that the front suspension was too soft for the 35's and it would bottom out, afterall you are basically running the stock set up. So what I did was remove the stock single shock mount and add a daul shock hoop with bilstiens. My highway ride is great and off road control improved greatly. I am very happy with the setup and I do not know of any others like it. Plus it looks cool. I have photos if you want me to email them to you.
I have plenty of clearence with the 35's so you will be fine with the 33's

DT
 






Welcome to the site:D
 






Welcome. Cant wait to see it.
 






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