Before and After the crank. The after is the dirty looking pic, still to clean though. Cranked 7 full turns both sides, and a total lift of 2 1/4 inches.

 

oh yeah, way better!!! nicely done!!!

 

looks nice

 

Looks good, how much did it change the ride?

 

I did that to my 99 jimmy, wait till you get an alignment done...your camber angles will be way off and sometimes the cam bolts in the upper control arm cant componsate for it like what happened to me. But its so worth it for that look.

 

Alignment was way off, but it's done. It does ride a lil rougher up front, I'd say it rides like a older 1-ton now. I'm going to get longer shocks up front eventually. Looks good though. I was surprised how noticeable it is. I had a drunk guy argue with me at the bar about it last night, saying I was dumb having different size tires on a 4wd, I kept tellin' him it was a 2wd. He finally got under there and saw there was no t-case.

 

I'm suprised it took 7 full turns to get 2 1/4" of lift. I had to crank my 99 jimmy a while back because the back end was sagging an inch so I put an add-a-leaf which gave me 3 inches in the back then I cranked my bars 1 full crank and got 2 inches in the front. Diffrent designs I guess.

 

Mine is a HD, and from what little I know bout t-bars, I'd only get 3 inchs max. I was a lil surprised by how many turns it took.

 

yeah being heavier is prob has a lot to do with how many turns you get. Have you ever looked into torsion bar lift keys? Maybe its just me but 7 turns sounds like a lot of added strain to those bars. Back in the day they would snap from too much strain. Buts that was like the 60's and 70's. I'm thinking they are a lot stronger now. But people have also told me that when you crank the bars in time they will ware and the tension will release and the ride hight will fall, but my bars have been cranked for two years now and nothing has ever happened.

 

I'm thinking about the keys. It depends on how fast I plan on putting the Dana 60 under the front. from what I've heard on 2000+ trucks, the T-bars tend to hold up pretty good. Haven't heard of any snapping really. Not that i've tried to search the topic either though.