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Taking off RC 7.5 lift replacing with 7-9 Mcgaughys

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Taking off the RC 7.5 and Putting on the new Mcgaughys 7-9 lift with Cognito upper control arms today, will be done tomorrow!

 

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because the lift changes the angle of the uca and the ball joint is at the wrong angle. the new uca the end where the ball joint sits is angled to compensate for this

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How much did the control arms run you and lift?


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2000$ total for the control arms and Mcguaghys lift, bought the cognito upper control arms from alligator performance and 7-9 Mcgaughys Economy from Grunion Fabrications. Those were the places I found with the best prices


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4b67bda39f829f7e71d1050017f7c5d4.png835d19bc2c5b910a405209cc08e38d42.heic installed and rides so much better! And angles are perfect


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What hight is it set at right now?

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9”


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Looks good, I'm in the same boat with the rcx. Mines only the 5 inch kit and is fine for now but I want to run 37s next set of tires and I'm not going to up the rcx to 7.5 lol

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Looks good, I'm in the same boat with the rcx. Mines only the 5 inch kit and is fine for now but I want to run 37s next set of tires and I'm not going to up the rcx to 7.5 lol

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Yeah I heard the only real problems are the 7.5 by RCX , ur 5 inch should be good to go, but like u said if u go with a bigger lift for the 37s I would defiantly go with McGaughys.


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16 hours ago, Zrodie21 said:

4b67bda39f829f7e71d1050017f7c5d4.png835d19bc2c5b910a405209cc08e38d42.heic installed and rides so much better! And angles are perfect


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Your truck looks absolutely beautiful man!

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Your truck looks absolutely beautiful man!

Thanks man! I really appreciate the compliment


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Sweet truck! You should be their truck mascot, you match their sign perfectly. Lol. Do you have spacers on with the stock rims?

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Sweet truck! You should be their truck mascot, you match their sign perfectly. Lol. Do you have spacers on with the stock rims?

Just went by there today for them to set my front shocks from 7 to 9 and added the AAL to the rear. Now sitting at 12 inches. I told them I would do their advertisement on my truck for free truck parts and they agreed, so will have the same logo as the sign on the back of my truck! And yes I have 2 inch Bora spacers26a6816e9e105ecdb9cf1ceecfd6eb43.jpg


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