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Who has swapped to coil overs and are still running factory upper arms? Do yours hit the coil at full droop? Are your camber adjusters at 0*?
My issue: Running 5" rcd lift with 14" coils my upper arm will contract the coil on droop. My camber adjusters are at 0, dead center on both sides. Its nice to have a square alignment but now I no longer have room clear the spring. With my old superlift I had the arms pulled out some to get my camber right which helped clear the spring with no issue. I was running 12" springs but have gone to 14" with the RCD kit.
I am considering a set of BTF uppers but am afraid they won't give but so much extra room. My other thought is slot and build camber adjusters for the lower arms. With the lift drop bracket setup it would be easy to fab up since they are now just a hole going through 1/4" plate. Pull the lower arms out 3/8" and pull out the uppers to match and gain clearance. My only concern then is the length of the cv shaft. RCD does use a .25" spacer behind the wheel bearing to cv to help with length but could I squeeze a little more out? A bigger spacer is possible but 3/8" is probably max to still have ample threads on the stub end.
The passenger arms interferes more for sure, driver side only makes light contact. They are both Moog problem solver arms (slightly thicker than factory)
Also I do have limit straps installed but they are installed to limit the suspension from binding which besides the upper arm to spring conflict everything else is happy
My issue: Running 5" rcd lift with 14" coils my upper arm will contract the coil on droop. My camber adjusters are at 0, dead center on both sides. Its nice to have a square alignment but now I no longer have room clear the spring. With my old superlift I had the arms pulled out some to get my camber right which helped clear the spring with no issue. I was running 12" springs but have gone to 14" with the RCD kit.
I am considering a set of BTF uppers but am afraid they won't give but so much extra room. My other thought is slot and build camber adjusters for the lower arms. With the lift drop bracket setup it would be easy to fab up since they are now just a hole going through 1/4" plate. Pull the lower arms out 3/8" and pull out the uppers to match and gain clearance. My only concern then is the length of the cv shaft. RCD does use a .25" spacer behind the wheel bearing to cv to help with length but could I squeeze a little more out? A bigger spacer is possible but 3/8" is probably max to still have ample threads on the stub end.
The passenger arms interferes more for sure, driver side only makes light contact. They are both Moog problem solver arms (slightly thicker than factory)
Also I do have limit straps installed but they are installed to limit the suspension from binding which besides the upper arm to spring conflict everything else is happy