My KK Project

gren71 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:09 am

Over the last couple months I've asked a million questions and gathered a LOT of great intel. all that said..heres my current project.

I have over time gathered..

Old Man EMU 2.5 in springs

4x General grabber AT2's

2x sky jacker Nitro shock..shocks

Transmission skid plate

Over the next months or so ill be either installing my self or getting them installed. Ill get pics for before and after and all the equip for allt o see.

gjpollman · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:49 pm **Posts:** 18

The OME's you found did you mean 1.5" or did you find others? What are your front strut plans?

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:15 am

Ill get a parts number in a couple minutes for you on the OMEs.

As for the struts..I have a 2in DayStar lift now and will be retaining the front top plate that connects to the strut. The extra reach the top plate provides will lengthen the strut enough that it will work like a charm. OR my mechanic will call me an stupid and tell me to get new struts. Should bean adventure haha :SOMBRERO:

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:34 am

General Grabber AT2 tires

OME springs

2x SkyJacker nitro shock
4x red boots
1xTranny skid plate

Im thinking im set for now but i am still not %100 on not getting new struts. any experienced thoughts?

gjpollman · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:49 pm **Posts:** 18

I think you are going to need to go with new struts since the spring is longer you are going to be stretching the stock on to the max so on any sort of drop of the wheel there is going to be no travel left in the strut... I could be wrong though.

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:35 pm

I was thinking the same thing but i dont really know for sure..

What i do know is that I am having a hell of a time trying to find longer struts that will fit the KK..

gjpollman · **Joined:** Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:49 pm **Posts:** 18

I found the same problem... I guess either the OME ones ($300 for both) or email Marlin for the ones he uses.

gren71 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:20 pm

the original struts ended up working!

gren71 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:22 pm

an idea of what it looked like with the 2in daystar.

Remember it had smaller tires in this pic haha

musclezmarinara · **Posted:** Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:24 pm

thats a 1.5' doesnt even look much higher :/

gren71 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:46 am

musclezmarinara wrote:

thats a 1.5' doesnt even look much higher :/

Agreed, looking into other options down the road, but ive learned there is no quick fix and cant sacrafice cost for quality.

At The Helm · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:47 am

gren71 wrote:

musclezmarinara wrote:

thats a 1.5' doesnt even look much higher :/

Agreed, looking into other options down the road, but ive learned there is no quick fix and cant sacrafice cost for quality.

Yeah there is. As mentioned about a trillion times already: top plates, clevis lift or both.

gren71 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:20 pm

Still trying to get more intel on the clevis lift..the thread on here is still greek to me. and I think i asked about the top plates on another thread similar to this one.

But if not, i have the top plate from my spacer lift still installed atm. Is there different top plates?

At The Helm · **Posted:** Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:52 am

The top plates i was talking about are actually shims that go on top of the top plates (also called strut mounts) They are available in 1/4" and 3/8" thicknesses and will give 1/2" to 3/4" lift respectively. A 3/8" gapped clevis lift will give another 3/4" of front end lift. For the rear, you can add more spring isolators and get cheap lift that way. I recommend taking off your daystar top plates and going with the originals. I tried doing it and i don't think it puts enough preload tension on the springs.
It seems you're having a hard time understanding our suspension system. Maybe it wiuld be a good idea for you to pull a front wheel off and get familiar with it. Its really not that complicated. Look at some install instructions for both the kj/kk. The front suspension is the same, rear is a little different.

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