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So having gone up, down, left, right, and back again selecting my lift and tires I finally landed on the Pro Comp 6inch Stage II coil over lift.

 

Priced everything out and was getting ready to pull the trigger. However when I talked to their tech team to double check all my tire fitments they informed me the stage 2 with coil overs is out of stock and will be for awhile, could not even give me an estimate. Total bummer as I spent a goodly amount of time to come to that choice and really do not want to start over.

 

I can get their stage 1 kit which is cheaper but it has the front shock/strut spacers which I was really trying to avoid. Does anyone have experience or knowledge of what it would take to not use the spacer and factory shock and instead replace with better properly sized one. What would this take? What length of shock do I need with 6 inch lift and any idea on approx ballpark cost?

 

Kind of bummed as I said after doing all my research so hoping I can still make this work without going through the entire process again.

 

Thanks in advance. Opinions are welcome but professional advise would be appreciated.

 

edit: I was looking at the Fox ones with reservoir.

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I see my question may have been a bit confusing, As I said was bummed out.

 

TO clarify: If I install a stage 1 kit with strut spacers, at some point in the future can I rip those out and replace with better shocks all around?

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