Right now I am running the OME 790's, JBA top plate, and 1/4" clevis spacer and I have been on the fence about lowering it down a bit for a while. I feel like I have very little droop left in the suspension as I am able to make some kind of contact(not sure if its coil contact or UCA pockets) even just hitting a pot hole on the street. I also just found out my JBA UCA ball joints are dead after 2 years and maybe 30k miles. I am going into to swap the joints with the JBA HD ones so I figured I could work on the lift too.

Has anyone dropped it back down by removing the top plates and clevis spacer and are the results better? Does the ride soften at all?

That a Great Question,..first let me tell you i just change every thing out new bearings, ball joints etc,.id advise insisting on moog or better,..i went with drive works just to make a trip and suffered catastrophic failure which was very expensive to repair,..as for the drop kit i have never tried one but my self because i never truly offload my CRD i do log a lot of miles on the road,.and i do wonder if it would improve or upgrade my highway performance,..let me know if you can how it works out.

Before removing any spacers, jack up both front wheels to get the front the suspension at full droop.
Check the clearance in the UCA pockets.
Check the sway bar bushings.
Check everything that might make a clunk sound when going over bumps.

Personally, I suspect the clunk you hear is coming from your UCA bolts/bushings. If you dont get those bolts super tight, you will get a clunk sound.

Will do. I am inclined to believe its the UCA hitting the spring as I already trimmed the UCA pockets when I did the lift. I dont always get a clunk, its only when I hit dips or holes in the road where the suspension extends. Bumps are totally fine. I do have JBA's quick discos coming in for the sway bar since the front end might as well not have a suspension while the sway bar is connected so that will eliminate the end links. Sway bar Bushings seem ok.

Edit. It seems to be both. When I lift the front end the UCA's are touching both coils, although more on the drivers side. They are also contacting the UCA pockets. Ill trim the pockets more when I do the ball joints so I can tie the UCA's up out of the way.

You should not have cut the UCA pockets,the UCA's would have made there own "stops" without damaging them and no spring contact.

If your complaining about noises what till you install the disco's on the front,nothing but noises after about a week and nothing will ever make them stop until you go back to the OE links.

The UCA is hitting the spring?
For some reason I thought Al's arms would prevent that.
You don't need to reduce your lift, you need straps to limit downward travel

Or to put another way, if you hadn't cut the UCA pockets they would not be hitting the springs.

How does the drivers side CV axle look? With too much lift the bottom of the shock mount will cut into the boot.

I did the hubs, upper ball joints, JBA quick discos, and removed the .25" clevis spacer while I was in there.

So far so good. The ride seems smoother and less harsh over bumps. With the front tires lifted off the ground the UCAs are now just shy of both the coil and pockets.


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To late now. Still dont like how far it droops so I will probably remove at least one of the spacers. It shouldnt be bouncing off the pockets of coils on the street.