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Author:  crippled [ Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:56 pm ]
Post subject:  wanting a tad more lift....
so for about 7k miles i have had the OME HD/MD lift with no issues. rides great and i am very pleased. from what i can tell the suspension is settled now. i have been wanting just a tad more lift lately. whats the best way to achieve this?

my first thought is top JBA spacer plates with 1 or 2 rear isolater pads for the rear springs.

from my understanding this is only good for a 3/8s lift? what if I used 2 plates per side in the front?

if i went with the clevis lift, do i just measure out how far to slip down the clevis on the strut since the shape of the clevis on the KK is not flat to use boiler shims?

thanks in advance
Author:  Bmxer524 [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:05 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
Everything Tom said. How much higher do you want? Do you have Al's A-Arms? I honestly don't remember what you ended up going with for your lift. I can tell you with the 927/731s 1/4" top plate, 3/8" clevis, and 2 extra isos I sit level/slightly nose high.
Author:  John3:17 [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 1:31 am ]
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Author:  crippled [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 7:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
Thanks guys.

Right now i have the HD OME fronts and MD OME rears, OME L's in the rear with OME HD shocks/struts all around and JBA Arms in the front. Some of you may remember my issue, but if you didnt, what it came down to was JBA not properly assembling my front struts (i paid them to do that so i ca bolt in and be done!) They left out that important flat washer under the strut nut ontop of the mount, which caused alot of creeking. But thats over and done with :SOMBRERO:

So, i would really like maybe another inch, but i know that may be stressting the angles of my CV's and drive shaft. would it? I was originally thinking of doing 1 top plate perside and 1 extra ISO but at 1/2, it may leave me wanting a bit more. Maybe if i added TWO ISO's per side in the rear and the top plate with a clevis lift might do the trick. Those of you with the KK (since it has a different clevis than the kj) what are you using for spacers for the clevis and how many?
Author:  huntb [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
Three conduit nuts from Home Depot per side to space the clevis. One top plate per side and two isos per side in the rear. Sits level
Author:  crippled [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
Tom, no need to be a d!ck. Grow up dude, act like an adult.

with the KK clevis being shaped different from the KJ clevis, i am unable to but it up flush to the perch cause it hits the perch where the bolt goes through. Unlike the cast KJ clevis, you can but it up to the perch all the way. When you do this with the KK clevis, it actually gives me about 1/4 inch gap in my clevis from the perch already.....maybe i will have to get a picture to show what I am talking about. What clevis spacers are people using these days?
Author:  crippled [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
huntb wrote:
Three conduit nuts from Home Depot per side to space the clevis. One top plate per side and two isos per side in the rear. Sits level



thanks bud, thats the kind of info i am looking for. do you know where in home depot (what isle) i can find those conduit nuts?
Author:  huntb [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
crippled wrote:
huntb wrote:
Three conduit nuts from Home Depot per side to space the clevis. One top plate per side and two isos per side in the rear. Sits level



thanks bud, thats the kind of info i am looking for. do you know where in home depot (what isle) i can find those conduit nuts?


Let me check my Home Depot "which parts are in which isle" handy-dandy cheat sheet... Isle 6!!

Hell I don't know, go ask your friendly neighborhood Home Depot associate for some 2" conduit nuts...

Sorry, you walked right into it :mrgreen:
Author:  crippled [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
no, thats not what i meant.......each home depot isles ill be different......

i mean, is it plumbing? home decor? tool coral? electrical?
Author:  tommudd [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
ELECTRICAL
conduit is what wiring is run through
Author:  crippled [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:02 am ]
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whats your opinions on those who say stacking 2 iso's has cause drive shaft vibration from the angle of the drive shaft? i just read a few older threads on people claiming the had vibration until they removed one of the ISOs?
Author:  huntb [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
crippled wrote:
whats your opinions on those who say stacking 2 iso's has cause drive shaft vibration from the angle of the drive shaft? i just read a few older threads on people claiming the had vibration until they removed one of the ISOs?


Maybe stacking iso's with the JBA 4" lift?? But stacking iso's with the OME lift won't even get you to a stock 4" lift
Author:  crippled [ Wed Oct 16, 2013 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
roger that huntb, thanks brother!
Author:  crippled [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
so 3 Iso's total per side in the rear on the bottom of the spring right? 1 stock and 2 that I added?
Author:  John3:17 [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:51 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
No on Top, Just add two to the top and leave whats there be. And if you get driveline vibration check your driveline u joints before yanking the ISO's back out.
Author:  huntb [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:44 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
crippled wrote:
so 3 Iso's total per side in the rear on the bottom of the spring right? 1 stock and 2 that I added?


I put one on the top and one on the bottom (total 2 on top and 2 on bottom). I have cut down JBA bump stops on the bottom that will hold them in. I don't think it matters where you put them
Author:  John3:17 [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:48 am ]
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huntb wrote:
crippled wrote:
so 3 Iso's total per side in the rear on the bottom of the spring right? 1 stock and 2 that I added?


I put one on the top and one on the bottom (total 2 on top and 2 on bottom). I have cut down JBA bump stops on the bottom that will hold them in. I don't think it matters where you put them


Just going on what the guru's here have spoken based on experience.
Author:  crippled [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
would they less likely fall out if on top or bottom? i am going to place the order today....would this be even.....

2 more iso's in rear, 1/4 top plate and .250 clevis spacer all from jba?
Author:  John3:17 [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
huntb wrote:
Three conduit nuts from Home Depot per side to space the clevis. One top plate per side and two isos per side in the rear. Sits level


^^^^^^^^^
Author:  huntb [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: wanting a tad more lift....
crippled wrote:
would they less likely fall out if on top or bottom? i am going to place the order today....would this be even.....

2 more iso's in rear, 1/4 top plate and .250 clevis spacer all from jba?


When you put them on top there is actually a ridge you have to stretch them over that holds them there. On the bottom you just throw them under the spring and they just sit around a hump but there is nothing holding them in besides the spring force.
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