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jimmyboy8301 Senior Enthusiast

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looks quite similar to the 4" rancho lift

does anyone have any experience with this 5" RC lift?, its cheap and comes with everything for 1000$

 

its a pretty decent kit and is basically the same size as the rancho, which is more of a 5" kit

blackout07 Senior Enthusiast

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looks quite similar to the 4" rancho lift

does anyone have any experience with this 5" RC lift?, its cheap and comes with everything for 1000$

 

 

The Rancho kit is different and a much better kit than the RC. Rancho comes with a 1 piece reinforced subframe and new coilbodies. RC doesn't. The 5" is probably the best overall kit that RC sells lately, but you get what you pay for IMO.

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looks quite similar to the 4" rancho lift

does anyone have any experience with this 5" RC lift?, its cheap and comes with everything for 1000$

 

its a pretty decent kit and is basically the same size as the rancho, which is more of a 5" kit

 

What lift do you have James?

brandonhynes Enthusiast

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looks quite similar to the 4" rancho lift

does anyone have any experience with this 5" RC lift?, its cheap and comes with everything for 1000$

 

 

The Rancho kit is different and a much better kit than the RC. Rancho comes with a 1 piece reinforced subframe and new coilbodies. RC doesn't. The 5" is probably the best overall kit that RC sells lately, but you get what you pay for IMO.

 

 

thats very true!

jimmyboy8301 Senior Enthusiast

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looks quite similar to the 4" rancho lift

does anyone have any experience with this 5" RC lift?, its cheap and comes with everything for 1000$

 

its a pretty decent kit and is basically the same size as the rancho, which is more of a 5" kit

 

What lift do you have James?

 

 

 

i have the 6" Superlift

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sic lsx Senior Enthusiast

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I was looking at the Rc 7.5" kit for $1,000 but the only bad thing ive been told is the diff drops is only 5" so the angles of your axles are about like having a level kit on them so will ware fast. Think its the same diff drop as the 5" kit just more lift.

blackout07 Senior Enthusiast

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I was looking at the Rc 7.5" kit for $1,000 but the only bad thing ive been told is the diff drops is only 5" so the angles of your axles are about like having a level kit on them so will ware fast. Think its the same diff drop as the 5" kit just more lift.

 

 

Add in cutting off the droop stops and some horrendous rear "anti-wrap" monster blocks, and you've got a great kit. The RC 5" is a pretty solid kit, but that's about it. Between the crappy engineering of the notorious 3" kit and the 7.5" kit, RC can keep their products.

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sic lsx Senior Enthusiast

sic lsx

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Huge off road shop here louisiana outfitters Says they sell all kits and done a ton of rc 5-7.5" kits with not one problem. Says his brother has 50k miles on his 7.5" kit not one problem. He said yes the others are better but they are still good.

jsciaretta Enthusiast

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Im with Blackout. You get what you pay for (yes in some instances deals are made) however... I had crap customer service and as much as the 5" kit is a good price and the height im looking for I WOULD NEVER buy anything but levelling kits and or the new body lift. The fact of the issues I had with the suspension 3" and that no one could help or give me insight or resolution to keeping the kit and fixing the issues. NEVER..... One hiccup on the larger kit and they will be saying...."um" "hmm" "i dont know" "your the only one who had that issue" " Oh we never heard of that" etc etc etc....

 

May be a good choice but not the best choice.

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