52's ?

[dangerdog]

Approxiamately how much lift will I have with a 3" arched 52 in the front? Thinking about putting my rear springs in front and linking the rear.

 

[jt512]

IIRC 52's generally give you around 4-4.5"s (can vary due to shackles, mounts , condition etc) so add 3" to that and you would be looking at 7ish

 

[StreetshocK]

I agree^^^^

My 52" lifted the front 4.5", but I think mostly from the shackle being lower.

 

[dangerdog]

That is what I was thinking. Thanks for the replies.

 

[sweetk30]

stock 52" leafs get 4-5" depend on # of leafs and thickness of leafs in pack .

 

[dangerdog]

They are tuff country's. I would probably take the overload out or flip it.

 

[nvrenuf]

I've got 2.5" lift 52's (with overloads) on the front of my K5, they gave me about 7" of total lift (+1" body lift).

My truck looks a little different now but here's a couple of pics with the fenders mostly uncut and 42" TSL's -

 

[big dan]

nvrenuf-you may have mentioned somewhere before but did you move the shackle hanger on the front? Your shackle angle looks really steep, how do you like it? Mine is really far back and I plan on moving it to where it is similar to yours at ride height.

and so I dont completely hijack, lift also depends on condition of the leaves. I used a set that lifted my dd around 5 inches with no overload and the set on my truggy has maybe 2 inches with the same number of leaves and no overload but it has a 1" zero rate. They are flat at ride height.

 

[nvrenuf]

I did move the front spring, rear hanger. I pivoted the frame bracket forward reusing the original lower front hole. In the pic I've got 7.25" shackles but I later changed to 6" to improve the caster angle. If I had it to do again, I'd probably move the hanger a little further forward but it is what it is now. I haven't wheeled it yet so I can't comment on that but it's road manners are fine.