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#429468 - 31/12/03 10:25 AM 2" lift and Brake Lines
Iced X Man Offline
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When are longer brake lines needed? Are oem lines long enough when adding 2" shackles or do I need to grab some longer ones before installation? Thanks. :p
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#429469 - 31/12/03 11:31 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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You're brake lines are fine... I'm pretty sure you can even complete a 3" body lift without extending the lines, don't quote me on that... but I've got shackles and no problems... have fun! It's a simple job... and to make it a little easier, you don't have to even take your tires off (I know many people did)...
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#429470 - 31/12/03 11:44 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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What's required for a 2" lift with shackles?
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#429471 - 31/12/03 06:22 PM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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Just the shackles and cranking the torsion bars up.

I'd recommend the AAL's instead of shackles though, they take more work to install but they reinforce sagging leaf springs.
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#429472 - 01/01/04 01:53 PM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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Thanks. When sagging becomes a problem I'll throw in AAL's for sure.
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#429473 - 01/01/04 07:31 PM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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I have 3" susp and 3" body lift on my X, and the stock lines are all fine. The only thing that had to be done was to add a rework for the passenger side where all the brake lines come down to the frame. That was done when the body was lifted. Not a big deal.

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#429474 - 02/01/04 06:32 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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What about if I just want a 1-1/2" lift using the Calamini shackles from xterraparts.com?

http://www.xterraparts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Xterra&Product_Code=NP12639
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#429475 - 02/01/04 07:18 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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Quote:
Originally posted by stosh:
What about if I just want a 1-1/2" lift using the Calamini shackles from xterraparts.com?

http://www.xterraparts.com/Merchant2/mer...ct_Code=NP12639
Don't really understand the question, but it should be about an hour install, very simple. No line extensions or any other modifications needed...
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#429476 - 02/01/04 08:04 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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Quote:
Originally posted by austinbrtndr:
Don't really understand the question, but it should be about an hour install, very simple. No line extensions or any other modifications needed...
Ok I guess my question is if I want to lift my Xterra from bone stock to a 1-1/2" lift all I need are the above shackles?

Damn I can see the snowball effect of modd'ing.
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#429477 - 02/01/04 11:01 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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Correct... shackles are all that is needed to lift the rear of the vehicle... do this, then if it looks like the front needs to be raised, you can adjust the torsion bars, but must get an alignment afterwards...
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#429478 - 02/01/04 11:11 AM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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Originally posted by austinbrtndr:
Correct... shackles are all that is needed to lift the [b]rear of the vehicle... do this, then if it looks like the front needs to be raised, you can adjust the torsion bars, but must get an alignment afterwards...[/b]
Gottcha..... thats what I was thinking but I wasn't sure.

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#429479 - 02/01/04 01:20 PM Re: 2" lift and Brake Lines
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I did the shackles about a month ago and never needed an alignment afterwards. Make sure you mark the adjuster bolt with a marker so you put it back in the same spot. The hardest part of the whole thing was finding someone to move the exhaust out of the way for me while i took the stock shackles off.

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