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Superlif 4" or 5.5" ?

Josh

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Virginia Beach, VA
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1991 4 Door Explorer XLT
I just got my truck out of the shop on Friday with a 4" Superlift/Superrunner kit installed. The problem is, I measured the fender hieght before I took it down and it was at 33 1/2" in the front and 32 1/2" in the rear. Well after the lift, the front is at 40" and the rear is at 38.25. That means I gained 6 1/2" in the front and 5 3/4" in the rear. Does that sound right? I know my springs will settle a little, but, that seems to be pretty high for a 4" kit. Could they have screwed up and put a 5.5 in instead?
 






look to see if all the axel piviot drop brackets are in the bottom hole of the bracket... if so... they did the 5.5 kit... and your regular oem rar springs could be saggin if you did the soa with the lift... or do you have the superlift springs?
 






I did the whole kit front and rear. I dropped the front axles to the bottom holes because with the axles in the top holes, the tires were so far out on the camber, that the front could not be aligned even with the 2.75 cams. The guy said it would'nt even be close. I moved the axles down and everything fit into place. Now the camber is almost perfect, according to my 4 eyes anyway(:: :confused: Well I know I'm not going back to ask thats for sure. They also ziptied my fuel filter the top of the frame, that seems a little lazy, and instead of telling me I need longer brakelines they just pulled my old ones farther through the frame and they rub on the springs. I am going to a shop tomorrow to see if they can add 10 to 12 inches to a set of new ones.
 






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