Hey....... I was under my truck all day today, and took a good long look at the suspension on the front of my 94 mits u42t. everyone warns or is warned about lifting these trucks more than a couple of inches, or the cv's bind and camber problems arise. My question is - if you put a block/spacer on the strut AND match the spacer/block on the crossmember / drag links / steering shaft , doesn't that just drop the whole front susp. / steering assembly = lift with no adverse affects? I guess the front driveshaft might have to be a wee bit longer but...........Does what i read just mean there are lifts out there that ONLY have the strut spacer , and lifts that have the strut spacer AND equal spacers for the drag links and crossmembers ?
I have been looking at the same thing, only on a two wheel drive version.Which means I don't have to worry about the cv axle clearance. The problem I saw was where the steering links bolt to the frame it bolts from the bottom and through the side, that piece needs to be fairly strong, I am not sure you could get by just bolting it from the bottom which means a new piece would need to be fabbed up that bolts in the stock location with the appropriate drop in it to match the drop in the rest of the kit. Also you are going to have to be able to put large enough tires on it to make up for the amount you just dropped the steering or ground clearance is going to be affected.
i'm in the process of doing a 5" lift at the moment, got it all done except extending the drive shaft.. i dropped the front axle frame 5" and thn made a strut space from a peice of 3" around pipe and some flat metal. as for the steering box i made a bracket that incorperates the control arm support bracket into it.. and i have no problem with camber. had to modify the engine support to clear the drive shaft though.. but 29x10x12 bear claws clear good
There is a post four below this that explains what has to be done...... You don't have to extend any driveshafts to do 5" lift. I have 7" on mine and only dropped the subframes 2.5". No cv bind. All your lift in the front comes from what you put on top of the strut. I had to use a longer Strut and eliminated the spacers.
sorry was out of town.. by no means am i a fabricator but it works just make every thing all the same length.. still have to paint will post final pics hopefully next weekend
Like the STI Wheels! What offset width/height did you go with? Have a side pic to show how much they stick out?
12x7 5+2 offset but would go with 4+3 if i could do it over, to have more clearance between strut and tire .
