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so you think ill be ok to take on some colorado trails with the spacers?
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2 inch rough country spacer lift: good or bad idea?
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It’s because you change the relationship of the piston in the shock it creates more droop which could overextend the cv. On the flip side if you get air your piston could hit the top of the shock and bend the shock. Both are extremes. Daily drive and light off-roading you will most likely be fine.
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You wouldn’t see any major difference unless the suspension is allowed to full droop or fully compress to see if it bottoms out.I'm installing the RC 2" lift kit right now. I don't think the new geometry is going to be any different than a Sasquatch equipped Bronco. When I get the other front back together I will check the CV for binding at full droop and let you know. I'm done for the evening but I'll post back tomorrow sometime.
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Agree it may wear the CV a little more over time if your constantly at full droop but as long as your not planning to catch air, should be fine.
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Bilstein has a good article out on the web of the effects of spacers and why a coil over is preferable. I’ll be doing the same 2” kit until Ford has released their coil over kits.
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Doing this won’t change the geometry to the CV’s?
Can you post more photos from different angles with the stock steelies and tires lifted? Looks awesomeI'm installing the RC 2" lift kit right now. I don't think the new geometry is going to be any different than a Sasquatch equipped Bronco. When I get the other front back together I will check the CV for binding at full droop and let you know. I'm done for the evening but I'll post back tomorrow sometime.
It does not adversely change them. You are just swapping one set of stock coilovers for another, so you are still at stock angles.
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Whereas spacer lifts do change the angles, correct?
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My dealer installed the 2” rough country before I picked mine up.
285/70/17 what I’m running nothing stressful or oversized tires.
$485 with alignment check
285/70/17 what I’m running nothing stressful or oversized tires.
$485 with alignment check
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Agree. Coil-overs typically change the preload which changes the height, but the piston is in the same relationship as stock.
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Spacers change the relationship of the mounting points which in effect changes the location of the piston in the shock which increases down travel (which could potentially put a little more bind on the cv over time) and it limits the amount of up travel could bottom out destroying the shock. But with that they are safe in light duty and daily driving. The 5100 ride height adjustable basically act like a coil over with more preload.
Picture of one that was damaged due to limited up travel....this would most likely take extreme compression such as jumping your bronco.
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Think of it this way. Without the spacer, you sit in a neutral position and have a certain amount of movement both ways. When you add a spacer, especially the ones that only go on top of the coilover, you change that neutral position to being in constant droop. Even though that angle was within the normal range of movement at stock, it wasn't at that angle all the time. Then, add a little more droop and you start to get at some unhealthy angles pretty quick.
Normally, full droop on a stock setup is at low speeds on the trail. You just don't get there very often in normal situations. Throw on a top plate spacer and you will see full droop a lot more often and in situations that can overly stress the CV.
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