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Here it is before the lift; notice the considerable front end sag.

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Here is the Kit. It is a Tuff Country 2.5 inch kit with extended radius arms. It came with blocks ...

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This is what I decided to use in place of the blocks. It is a 2.5 inch add-a-leaf by
Pro-comp. I...

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Here are the rear leaves as they came from the factory.

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The kit said you needed to take the whole leaf pack off to put the add-a-leaf in but I did not see w...

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Here are the factory leaves, the add-a-leaf fit in just under the large one still attached to the tr...

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I dropped the axle just enough so that I could get the leaf’s in, after I got everything lined up co...

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To finish putting the leaf’s together I used the 9” C-clamp and a 4” C-clamp to compress the top thr...

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After the leaf’s were re-assembled all was left to do was re-bolt the U-bolts and torque them back t...

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Here’s a picture with the tire back on, I was surprised at the amount of lift it gave me

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Here’s the front before I started, notice the wear on the crapy AutoZone shock that has about 4000 m...

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A picture of the nerf bars that would have to go to make way for the new extended radius arm bracket...

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Removing the coil was not to bad, used a lot of PB blaster the 2 days before I started and it helped...

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New spring next to old, not a huge difference but the old one was so warn it would compress about 3”...

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The new mounts foe the radius arms are to be mounted 15” back from where the old ones were attached....

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Here is one of the new arms mounted on the Truck. Notice the cam adjusting bolt on the pivot point ...

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Here is the front put back together with out shocks, and I still had plenty of slack in the factory ...

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This is the passenger’s side pivot arm bracket, it was fairly easy, unbolt the 4 bolts that hold the...

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This is the driver’s side axle pivot mount, funny looking little thing

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Here is the new drop bracket installed. I had to use the old hole for the pivot arm and the old bol...

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This is the driver’s side with everything removed, went a lot faster since I knew what I was doing.

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The driver’s side radius arm bracket was not as easy as the passenger side, because the fuel lines, ...

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Same for the parking brake wire. After I got the new bracket on I had to drill 2 new holes for the ...

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Here it is reassembled and back on the ground, I was still waiting on some of the shocks, but I took...