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oru premium ride sas kit

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has anyone used this kit? i was curious what kind of lift that stock rear springs would give me up front. i am looking for 6-7 inches. im just not buying into that oru is the only place to get these springs.
 
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I think hes talking about the front.

AFAIK 50" front springs is the max you can go without changing a bunch of other stuff. There are a few companies doing SAS kits. Most of them will lift 2"-4" with stock front 73-87 springs, witch are 47" long. Cajun4x4 (a member here and on fullsizegm) has a ORD kit with alcan 50" springs for a 4" lift. IIRC he got about 9" of lift out of those.

Rear springs for a 73-87 are 52" Rear springs on 88-98 are 63" and theres no way to make those work without extending the front of your frame forward, making your bumper stick out almost a foot from stock.

Personaly I have plans to build my own mounts using some of the vendors here.
 
original balzer said:
I think hes talking about the front.

AFAIK 50" front springs is the max you can go without changing a bunch of other stuff. There are a few companies doing SAS kits. Most of them will lift 2"-4" with stock front 73-87 springs, witch are 47" long. Cajun4x4 (a member here and on fullsizegm) has a ORD kit with alcan 50" springs for a 4" lift. IIRC he got about 9" of lift out of those.

Rear springs for a 73-87 are 52" Rear springs on 88-98 are 63" and theres no way to make those work without extending the front of your frame forward, making your bumper stick out almost a foot from stock.

Personaly I have plans to build my own mounts using some of the vendors here.
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pretty much... and i have a ORU kit not that trash offroaddirect is passing off as a sas kit :eek1: :doah:

refresh my memory, these new "premium" sas kits use 53" springs?
 
Springs

Cajun what did you use for springs? and where did yoiu get them from? i am looking to clear 35ish inch tire and still not have it ride like a tank

Thanks
 
T_Spurger said:
Cajun what did you use for springs? and where did yoiu get them from? i am looking to clear 35ish inch tire and still not have it ride like a tank

Thanks
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i have custom 50" long 4" lift alcans with 7" shackles....

for only 35s oru hangers and maybe 1-2" springs is all your gonna need, and being that low you would have to cut the LCA xmember out completely and replace it with suitable substitution with a sleeker profile
 
springs

Cajun is there any way to make stock 52" rear springs work in my application
 
I been reading up on it a lot recently. As far as I know 52's are just too long. It seams you could make them work if your willing to move your front bumper about 4" forward. But that means also making your frame longer in the front as well. Or boxing in more of the frame under the cab. Simple answer is no, not without a LOT more work.

You can read all the problems Drew(cajun4x4) had in his thread.

here it is

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202736&highlight=SAS
 
original balzer said:
I been reading up on it a lot recently. As far as I know 52's are just too long. It seams you could make them work if your willing to move your front bumper about 4" forward. But that means also making your frame longer in the front as well. Or boxing in more of the frame under the cab. Simple answer is no, not without a LOT more work.

You can read all the problems Drew(cajun4x4) had in his thread.

here it is

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=202736&highlight=SAS
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Don't know why you say that when I am running 52's and didn't move my bumper or extend the frame.Sorry don't have the will to read through 12 pages to find out what Cajun had problems with. Ill try to snap some pics to clearify.
 
Avery4jc said:
Just keep it and lets go play in Pismo next weekend... it'll never sell. :D
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I need somewhere a little more challenging. Well, looking out for drunkin quad riders is thought of. I do love to sit back and watch all the crazy rides go by at the beach though.:eek1:
 
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