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Appreciate it, and I also thank the gentleman who sent me the PM and descreetly told me about a possible problem I might have rather than do it publicly. That's class. I still might move the front perches of the rear springs forward a little to increase the shackle angle and move the rear end...

I received a very polite PM stating the shackle angle on the rear spring was not going to let the spring attain it's maximum length when compressed fully. This was a concern of mine when i was building this custom lift. I researched shackles quite a bit, with one of the best websites being: Jeep...

One other thing I would like to show is the tires I will be going with. The first pic shows the nice rims I picked up for $200 from the classifieds in a local rag. Unfortunately, even though the guy told me they were for standard 8-lug axles, I found out the hard way they are metric, and will...

The rear springs were taken apart and painted the same as front, and I added the two bottom leaves out of the stock 56" rear springs that were already on the truck. This was an HD-model M1008, and I used the top block that separates the helper spring from the rest of the pack as a zero-rate 3/4"...

Next, I went to the rear and removed the rear perches and replaced them with some nice shackle flips from V-4x4. After taking some measurements, I decided using 63" rear springs would give a good shackle angle, move the rear axle back about 3", and give plenty of flex. I went with a neutral...

Next, I rebuilt the front axle after stripping it down in a similar way. I went to Fastenal and got a 2-1/4" wire brush to clean the axle tubes with. The fiberglass extension they supplied was a toy and not a tool, so I bought 3 of the 10" pipe sections of 1/4" pipe, ground the end of the last...

Here is the lift I have come up with so far. I am still waiting for the rear 5/8" U-bolts to come in with the 4-degree wedges for the rear to give my pinion less of an angle than the 6-degree ones in now, but overall, it will give an idea of what it looks like. rather than start a new thrread...