With the superlift SOA kit, the shocks are actually the same lenght as stock, they are just relocated to on top of the axle rather than below. I can't tell you how the SOA from superlift works exactly, because i did a custom SOA on mine.
A few tips though....
- Have a cutting torch for the rivits. I didn't have one and it was a pain! After mine was done a fella that i work with told me that he had a cutting torch and would have come to do it...i was like..DOH!!! but what he suggested was heat up the head of the rivit, hit the oxygen and blow the head off...then heat up the shaft of the rivit...and blow it through. But be careful with this part...you don't want to blow a hole through the frame that is too big....
- Spray some kind of rust penatrant on all bolts that need to come out a few days ahead of time. do it one day, then the next, then the next, and so forth....so that way they will come off with a little less work..
- Air tools. Thats it....impact wrench helps a lot...the only problem that i faced with this, is i had a pneumatic grinder too (for the rivits)...and these suck air BIG TIME!!! the computessor that i was using didn't have a large enough capacity to work it...so i could only grind for about 20 seconds before the damn thing had to recharge!! grr...and the sockets you use with it....its my personal preferance anyway, but it only helps here...but try to use 6 point sockets....i rounded a few bolt heads because the metal was corroded enought that a 12 point just couldn't get a firm grip...
- Get some kind of a pitman puller (basically a large pickle fork) and a big ol freakin hammer...i had a hellofa time w\ the pitman arm. my ears are still ringing from all the metal on metal pounding that went on!! Dead Link Removed
- The kit will come with every thing you need except extended brake lines. Somthing you might want to do anyway, is while your at it, replace the radius arm bushings....
- Give yourself plenty of time, and a good working enviroment to do this. Its not a difficult lift to put on, but it is time consuming!! Lemme say that again....
IT IS TIME CONSUMING!!!
hehehe....i went into this lift under the impression that it would only take me a weekend to do it. I even made plans to go wheelin w\ some of the guys from this board. Didn't work out. It ended taking me a total of 4 full days by myself...and occasional help from others. I got soooo frustrated too!! So just know some things are gonna be a pain in the ass, but it will be well worth it at the end. WELL worth it.....
Others can add more, but for now im done....my fingers are cramping up...hehe...good luck!! these guys are great for helping on here....got questions? ask em...you get any number of replys!!!!!
GOOD LUCK!
