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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 2:27 pm 
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well have a little problem. i put the rk lift in bought some sky jackers H7071 shocks for the rear. i believe they may have been too long. well long story short they blew out in 2 miles. the were about half compressed when the truck was sitting. jegs will take them on a return. but im trying to find which rear shock i can use with out blowen them. also i do plan on getten rid of the spacers and swappen them out for the jba 2.5 inch rear springs. any one have any tips for what i can get from jegs thatll work?


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 Post subject: Re: rear shocks
PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 2:41 pm 
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Save your money on the rear springs for now. From what ive heard the JBA rear springs arent really a 2.5" lift for the rear. However they level out the rear with the front being raised 2.5", so maybe like an 1-1.5". Maybe someone with them can verify. Most of us KK guys have been running Bilsein springs. They are a little more pricey then most but if its one thing I have found out myself and heard it from others, buy it right the first time or youll be buying again. The part number for the Bilsteins would be a F4-BE5-6458-H5.


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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 2:45 pm 
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after researching a lil im comen to the conclusion that the n8088 should work im going to go measure how long the shock is while sitting. unfortunantly i cant swing the bilitseins right now as i gotta get some tires since im BALD


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PostPosted: Sun May 30, 2010 3:38 pm 
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measured from bolt to bolt its 19.5 inches


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 Post subject: Re: rear shocks
PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2010 9:27 pm 
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so any one know if the n8088 will work well for me?


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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:34 am 
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DirtyKK wrote:
Save your money on the rear springs for now. From what ive heard the JBA rear springs arent really a 2.5" lift for the rear. However they level out the rear with the front being raised 2.5", so maybe like an 1-1.5". Maybe someone with them can verify. Most of us KK guys have been running Bilsein springs. They are a little more pricey then most but if its one thing I have found out myself and heard it from others, buy it right the first time or youll be buying again. The part number for the Bilsteins would be a F4-BE5-6458-H5.

The JBA 2.5" rear springs they are selling with the kits now, are actually a little more than 2.5".
My original ones were a little short, so Marlin replaced them with the new ones.
On the rear I have Skyjacker H7088 Hydro, you could go with the N8088 as well.

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 Post subject: Re: rear shocks
PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:12 pm 
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good stuff.. jegs was pretty cool about it im exchanging them. hopefully pretty soon ill put the order in for the rear jba springs. im itchen to get rid of the spacers and they only been there for a few days.. my tires should be in Monday so ill throw up some pics after it all in. thanks for the help appreciated as always :D


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