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    Something I was thinking of & wanted to know what you guys think

    While I was installing my lift over the past weekend I forgot to remove the rear spacer from the RC lift I had before.
    That had me thinking & wanted to know what you guys thought of this.

    Can I run this setup with out causing issues? It would be under the limit with out the bracket right?

    The Setup I am talking about is this,
    OME HD Springs & Struts up front with 2 Rusty's Off Road 1/4 " spacers
    OME HD Shocks & springs in the rear with the RC rear spring spacer
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    For the front you'll have to put new studs in the strut mount or you won't have enough thread. I personally wouldn't do that since the OME HD + 1 spacer is already ridiculously close to the down travel limit of the suspension, and you're really not going to fit much larger of a tire to make it worthwhile.

    I forget, how tall are the rear RC spacers? I thought they were 1.75

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    I will have to relook to see what size the rear spacer is.
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    THe edit funtion is failing at this time so will retype my last reply.


    I will have to look again at what size of the rear spring spacer that Rough Country uses for their 2 BB lift. I am thinking you might be right with it being 1.75.
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    Does the rear sit way higher than the front??
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    it does have a rake right now, because I have not gone back & removed the RC spacer from the rear springs. I also have one of Matt's rear spring spacers in there as well. So it is OME HD Spring with the RC spring spacer & Matt's 1/2 spacer.
    Also I only have 1 of Rusty's 1/4 " strut spacer on.

    The reason I still have it the way it is right now, is because I will not have a chance to get the jeep in garage again to do the work on it until this weekend.

    I do like the lift I got out of it, and I do feel there might be enough threads to put another spacer up front just not sure yet.

    I haven't posted after measurements yet because it is dark when I get out of work, and having 2 kids under 4 does not allow me a lot of time in the morning to check.
    I will try to get them & post them this weekend.
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    I put the rocky road 3/8" spacers on this weekend with the OME HD and there is still some thread left above the nut.... somewhere between an 1/8" and 1/4" I would think without going to measure.

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    Thanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thance View Post
    I put the rocky road 3/8" spacers on this weekend with the OME HD and there is still some thread left above the nut.... somewhere between an 1/8" and 1/4" I would think without going to measure.
    I am running this same setup with great results, I am still sitting at just a hair under 38" on the front fenders with only 265's. On the rocky road website they say the spacer amounts to 9/16" of total lift.
    2008 3.7L QT-1 dark blue Jeep Commander // 3+" modified OME lift with 3/8" Rocky Road strut spacer // 4" rear SL springs // 265/70/17 Goodyear Duratracs (Load E) // 1.5" spidertraxx spacers // F-150 Monroe Load Levelers // 4xguard matrix, front guard, belly guard, and rock sliders // 130 watt KC Daylighters - 2 // Airflow snorkel // Thrush welded exhaust // Defender Roof Rack with side ladder // Hypertech Max Energy Programmer

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    I just measured mine for the hell of it, im just over 37" and am running a slightly taller tire than you guys.

    Curious... for you guys measuring close to 38", whats your center-of-hub to fender measurement at ride height and then at full suspension droop (jack up from the crossmember).

    I'm trying to remember when I measured this, but pretty sure I was under 2" of suspension droop with my current setup. If you guys are almost an inch taller....

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