Hey Ted so your's was pretty much way up there like Deboy's and mine before you went wheeling? So once you really beat on it, it started to come down to where it is at in your picture?

Also I think his knuckle looks more perpendicular because of the camera angle. Look at his chin spoiler that is slanted so it is probably just the way the camera was held for that picture.

I got a little jumpy reading the posts. I talked to Quinn yesterday too. He mentioned that the strut assemblies are designed to work together and it is a bad idea to change the spring isolators because they are designed to work with the top plate. I am going to follow Quinn's advice and make sure to break it in hard.

Thanks Quinn

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Man Quinn got bombared with phone calls yesterday about the Frankenlift. Yes, he said that taking out the spacers would affect the preload and didn't recommend it. Just give it some time and hard miles.

EDDO, Yes my lift was up quite a ways before wheeling, basically, my cv shafts looked like they were coming directly out of the top of the boot at the wheel end, and the bottom at the diff end... Looked real nasty!!! But yes, after some serious wheeling and playing, she is fine, she doesn't even creek or squeek any more, even with the extreme cold ice and snow this morning!! Now that was fun, sorry no pics

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Loopkey,

I am looking forward to the 21st (your targeted Frankenlift install date). Good luck with the bottom clevis bolt...it was a real b***h for me. Be sure to do the rough alignment (one turn out on the tie rods), as it made a noticeable improvement in the steering.

Let us know how it goes. Please post some measurements and some pics of your cv angles. I am curious if your's will look like Eddo's and mine.

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I can hardly wait for the 21st. I've got a new set of BFG AT/KO's waiting to be installed. Over the last two days we had a foot of snow and I am running on bald Goodyear RS/A's...

I will keep you posted.

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The Frankenlift was installed on the 21st along with new tires and I have put over 500 miles on it.

After the lift I took the measurements from the center of the wheel to the bottom of the fender. In the front it was 23" and in the rear it was 22". After 500 miles it has settled to 22.5" in the front and 21.5" in the rear. I am getting my alignment and speedometer recalibrated on Saturday. I will try and get some pictures too.

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Yup, I really pounded mine good. I have only about 250 miles on it, but trust me they where darn hard. I bottomed the front out countless times. Anyways now I'm down to 22" in the front (center of wheel to bottom flare) or about 36" from ground to bottom of flare.

Just installed my Frankenlift yesterday. I've got the same issues. CV angles are scary. Based on previous posts I've been trying to cycle the suspension. I'm hitting every speed bump, pothole, drainage ditch, etc. Have around 50 miles on her now (post lift). Have vibrations up front too. Took the Libby in to have the wheels balanced prior to a the wheel alignment. Shop said the vibes are due to the CV angles. I'm gonna play it cool and roll with the punches. Let's see if she settles. I was on recall this 3-day weekend so I'll have to wait til next weekend to take her off road. I'd hate to have to invest in new axles in the very near future if this suspension fails to settle soon. I commute over 100 miles a day so I wouldn't give the axles much more than a month or two (under these conditions) before they go tits up.

I'd post pics but can't find my digital camera. Either way, the pics would look just like all the previous pics on this thread. It was resting on the hose clamped cushion/stop earlier and now there's around 3/4" gap. l'll keep you posted.

And for the record:

Ground to Fender measures: 37 1/4" (Front) & 38" (Rear)

Center of Wheel to Fender: 22 3/4" (Front) & 23 1/2" (Rear)

In the rear I kept my 2" TeraFlex spacers, removed the rear sway bar and installed a set of RE adjustable control arms. Currently installed are a set of 265/60R18s.

Why couldnt you all put a bunch of weight on the front over night? Park on a hill nose down and hang some weights or concrete blocks from the tow hooks or something, thats what i would do. I got some new rear ome springs and i parked with the rear down hill and with the weight of my speakers in the rear, they settled real nice like.

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I was in a similar boat, like you probably read. However it did come down. You really need to pound it HARD if you want it to settle quickly. I made the suppension bottom out quite a few times. Find a big speed bump or something and just slam on the brakes right as you go over, that should bottom the front out. When I taked to Quinn he said it take a nice hard impact, not just flexing or putting weight on. Something about the polyspacer start to compress or something. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

When I installed the lift (before it left the garage) it was at 23" from the center of the wheel to the top of the fender. After around 2500 kms, I am at 22" in the front and 21" in the rear from the center of the wheel to the top of the fender. Don't worry, it will come down.

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I'm sure the springs will settle eventually. However, it's still a little unsettling to drive a couple of hundred miles with vibes that are attributed to the CV angles. Did anyone else encounter vibes? This ramming your truck into ditches and speed bumps is a first for me. I hope it settles before the axles go or something bends or breaks. I'm hitting bumps, humps and ruts at a pretty good clip! I'll probably need another wheel alignment when it's all said and done. With that said, the Lib looks really good. No clearance issues at the present time. We'll see what happens when the front suspension actually starts cycling. Need to install longer swaybar links with disconnects. More to follow...

Frankenlifted! She's settling slowly but surely.



My g@y little skirt is still on?!



CV angles.



RE Adjustable Control Arms. Wheels are still not centered. Kept the 2" spacers underneath the OME springs. Maybe I should have opted for the Skyjacker rear springs?



Front wheel well housing 265/60R18s.



Turn your head to the left. The knuckle was resting on the yellow poly stop clamped to the lower coil spacer but now there's around an inch of room. Still experiencing slight frontend vibrations. The wheels were balanced and the frontend aligned.

That thing does look tall front and back! Are you sure there isn't any clevis lift going on in front?

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No, no clevis lift. I spoke with Quinn last week and double checked with him to see if the strut was supposed to rest on the clevis with those 2 lips just below the actual strut "base plate," for lack of a better term. He said it was supposed to rest on those 2 protrusions. Either way, that's only about 1/8" difference. I have driven over 800 miles since the lift and she is still jacked-up. Experiencing CV vibes up front. I'm driving like a maniac on- and off-road and it hasn't helped. The spindle clears the yellow poly stop hose clamped to the lower spring spacer by less than an inch. I can pretty much jack up the car without compressing the springs. I'm sure I've done some permanent damage to my axles driving 800 miles with the vibes. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

In the rear I've added the 2" spacers from my earlier lift. Vibes existed before then. Rear driveshaft has been re-checked by 2 local 4x4 shops. Wheels have been balanced. Front-end alignment has been done. I'm at a loss.