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After the Rancho Lift

pstewart

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Finished the lift and added the Pro Comp 315's - What a difference. Waiting for the NFAB Side bars and the Rancho Skid Plate and the Tonno III cover- I will update when the next mods are done.... Let me know what you think so far, be honest and I am totally open to any and all suggestions.

 

Thanks a bunch.

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Color matched handles intrigues me.... The tires really look great in person. I know they arent mudders, but they do have a 50K mile tread guarantee.... Uh Huh!

 

So where do I find the handles????

 

I will update and improve on the pics the next round. Believe it or not it was a cloudy day (the only one this year) when I took the pics :sideways:

 

-Patrick

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Whats the Rancho 4"/6" lift I thought you put on a 4inch lift. What size rims are you running? Can you run 10" wide? Do your tires rub at all? Does the lift really lift it 5.4 inches? I deciding between pro-comp 6 inch and rancho 4 inch

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I'm curious about the Rancho 4/6 too??

 

I E-mailed Rancho about the 4 inch lift.  Their reponse was that it was a 4 inch lift but that many gained additional lift by cranking the T-bars.

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The Rancho is the 4", but you do get the 5.4"(with torsion adjustment)- but I opted not to crank the torsion bars at all. I wanted to keep the ride as nice as possible. It comes with the 9000's adjustable shocks which are really sweet. I put the 35" tires on it and we only had to trim the edge off of the plastic that wraps around the bottom of the front bumper. I will snap a couple up close pics. The guy who did the install was amazing. Rancho tells you to cut out the fins on the differential housing but we didnt want to lose the integrity/strength so he cut a section off of the A-Arm and welded a piece back on the side to reinforce it. I have the weld rims and I had to put a 1/4" wheel spacer to get the proper back setting. The rim was rubbing just slightly on the torsion bar. He ground the top edge slightly, repainted it and it turned out sweet. He also cut off the metal piece holding the rubber stop using a sawzall as it cleaned up the whole install and the kit included new ones in a different place. (Sorry for not being too technical) I figure with the 4" (whatever) rancho and the 315 procomps I gained about 8.5". Figure this - A standard garage measures 82" in height.... Going from the stock height of 73.8" (Chevy Specs) to a butt hair under 82" would be 8.2" gain.(I can still get it in the garage) It's plenty trust me.... the kids can barely get in it;-) Math= Tires from 30.5-34.7= 4.2" plus the 4" rancho is the 8.2". Best part is that you keep the ride quality and the tires at 35" fill the wheel wells nicely without any rub. According to ProComp http://www.procomptires.com It has a overall width of 12.5" and a tread width of 10.1". I have 16x7 Weld Racing wheels.

 

Hope that answers some of the questions. I would highly recommend the kit and will snap some close ups of the work that was done on it.

 

-Patrick

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Patrick, the rig is lookin tough!  I love it.  After I take the body lift off of mine, we'll have twins (of sorts)!  

 

Anyway, I want you to take a closeup pic of that Rancho steering stabilizer!  :lookaround:

 

And, do you happen to know if the steering stabilizer would interfere with the Rancho skidplate?  I want both items, and want to make sure before I buy em! :thumbs:

 

So, the 35"s don't rub at ALL now with the front bumper trimming?  I like the way it fills the wheel wells, and I am considering upsizing from the 33"s to 35"s.

 

All in all, bada$$ rig!  :thumbs:

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