superlift install horror stories

[lilbushhead]

been doing the 6in for a week now. the rear took me one full day and the front is taking me for ever it seems like. I broke the upper control arm bracket bolt because it says to torque it to 109(I think) and thats way too much. plus little stuff that they forget to tell you to redo. they really need to redo the instruction again

anyone else with some stories of thier own?

by the way i`m doing it by myself and have a total of about 30 hours

[BatwingZ]

well.. I did a TM5 on my old truck.. doing it myself.. fora few hours after work.. and then all weekend long.. took me two full days and three - 3hr evenings to get it done..the hardes tpart i ran into was getting the torsion bars busted loose and removed so that i could remove the torsion bar crossmember assembly and install the drop brackets for it..the rest of it went fairly smooth...

[GeorgesBlazah]

Missing bolts, shitty instructions were the biggest problems Ive had. Where are you stuck at?

[Osker Fenix]

ya thats about how long it took me installing my TM solo. About a week to do the front, working after work for 5hrs a day. Then one night for the rear. Honestly when deciding between lifts i chose the TM over the SL because of the price and the instructions were better....still garbage, but better than the SL one.

[lilbushhead]

not stuck just dicouraged at some times. broke both the end links, busted a tie-rod shit like that.

[1posS10]

end links are to be expected, i replaced mine anyway so i wouldnt have to **** with the rusted pos.

[BatwingZ]

yea thats where i ran into problems also.. i shoulda went ahead and got new ball joints and tie rod ends when i did mine.. but i didnt... oh well.. the truck has been in its new home fora while now.. I miss it dearly.. But i can honestly say i didnt have any problems putting the lift on other than the stupid tbars...Good luck on gettin ur kit installed man... nothing worse than knowing ull have a beaut... and she wont come together !...

[AK49BWL]

ok looks like I'm subscribing to this one lol.. I'm looking to buy this SL 6" here pretty soon.

[orangesonoma]

my bds kit was great...no issues other then we worked slow and it took 4 days...but one day was a full day...

[shiftit]

didnt have any problems with mine, took me and my dad an afternoon to do the rear, and a good 12 hr day to finish the rest

[illgetit]

hey... Sup all.. i have a 98 that is starting to be a like a problem child from hell.. i just put a 6" Superlift and 33" tires now i am starting to feel a little lag when taking off.. i am thinking it either needs new gearing in trans or rear end or maybe both with a new motor.. isn't the 4.3l with the 4L60E trans good enough.. any idea's.

[droppedime]

Quote: Originally Posted by illgetit

hey... Sup all.. i have a 98 that is starting to be a like a problem child from hell.. i just put a 6" Superlift and 33" tires now i am starting to feel a little lag when taking off.. i am thinking it either needs new gearing in trans or rear end or maybe both with a new motor.. isn't the 4.3l with the 4L60E trans good enough.. any idea's.

Holy old thread...

Prob get better results if you just start a new thread..

[GeorgesBlazah]

Quote: Originally Posted by droppedime

Holy old thread...

Prob get better results if you just start a new thread..

No this thread is fine.




Your going to want to regear to at least 4.10s depending on what you have now. if you havent already, please add a tranny cooler. Your truck will love you forever if you do.

[NJ4X4BLAZE]

^agree^

[Svenson14]

dont know if anyone else cares....but:

although i didnt install it, i had to go back to the shop several times because.

1. I had to get the left exaughst re-routed to go ABOVE the front driveshaft.

2. there are two bolts hold together the sub framing, the tips point toward the steering drop link, and when im turned full crank, they hit the bolt, so i had to get the tips of the bolts sawed off.....that was scary shit watching a sawzaw clear in there next to everything.

3. there was a washer that acts as a spacer for one of the framing pieces....that didn't fit-->grinder.

4. somehow a bolt was lost or didnt come with the kit for the leaf spring, had to order one.

[97 blazer]

numerous diffrent vehicles ive had problems w/superlift stuff.. 2 right hand brackets instead of left and right... doulbe packs of bolts and missing others / order upgraded parts they sent standard parts...ive had this problem w/procomp also...so its a 50/50 chance that your kit will be 100% complete but i have been sent highdollar shite and not charged for it so i dont say nothing then

[NJ4X4BLAZE]

My kit was missing 2 U-Bolts, nuts and bolts. And they sent me the wrong rear break line extension. After the kit was completed, there was alot of brakets and misc nuts and bolts left over. And now I'm noticing the powder coating is starting to peel off. Not cool since I've waited 4 1/2 months for my kit.

[Svenson14]

granted all these problems may be true, i would'nt be suprised if these were all very true....but after they were fixed, i havnt had a single problem since,

the lift in my mind has been well worth it.