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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 09:49 PM
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Need some stock height numbers from whoever has a 4x4. Need the following

1. Ground to top of fender well
2. Ground to top of tire
3. Top of tire to top of fender well

Need those three measurements for front and rear. Thanks!!
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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Well, I know my front fenders are 37.25" and the rears are 39.5" but my back is .5" higher than stock due to my airbags.
So, since I have 33" tires that measure out at 32.25"???, that means tire-fender gap is 5" front and 7.25" out back.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 10:49 PM
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What are you using the measurements for?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 10:52 PM
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check out Redone4x4's thread "need ideas for rear lift". somehow we both have "6 inch lifts" that only have 1.5" of rear lift, yet it sits level. My math tells me if the stock height is only 2" difference, the front lift cant be more than 4"... not 6. We need stock measurements for verification
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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well the first reply is at 37.25" and we are at 43" in the front, so it sounds pretty close to 5.5-6" I guess. Frog says 3.5" in the rear on his, but with mine only having an addaleaf and yours with blocks i dont think we got the 3.5 in the rear.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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37-43 is a 6" difference. That includes both lift and tire height. he also said tire fender gap was 5". Ours is 9". Thats a difference of 4" and a more accurate assessment. As I suspected, our 6" lift might only be 4".

I'd still like some more real measurements. come on people it takes 2 minutes with a tape measure!
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 11:45 PM
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Just ask for height of fender from the ground and size of the tire, then if they have a 33 and you have a 35 take an inch away from height, so say dirty has 32.25 and most 35's mounted measure at 34.7 take about 1.25 inches out of your ride height, then subtract dirtys fender height from your fender height and that is how much lift yours has over stock. Of course, dont forget that dirtys is a different front end so the height could be off of what an 02-05 sits at.

Now 43"-1.25=41.75 then 41.75-37.25=4.5" So that is your amount of lift over what dirtys truck has, again, the 06-08's had a different ifs than the 02-05 torsion ifs...
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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cherry quit complicating this. I asked for those specific measurements for a reason. What about a 35" M/T tire that is nearly bald? Mine are nearly bald and actually only measure about 33.25" now. There, i just foiled your entire theory. Theres a reason i asked for the specific measurements i did.
 
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Then add the inch and a half back in, Dirty measured his tire out, so there you go, 6 inches. uncomplicated.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by dirtydog
Well, I know my front fenders are 37.25" and the rears are 39.5" but my back is .5" higher than stock due to my airbags.
So, since I have 33" tires that measure out at 32.25"???, that means tire-fender gap is 5" front and 7.25" out back.
If I'm at 43" ground to fenderwell, and 9" from tire to fender, im not sure how that translates to 6" unless you got taught a different kind of math in elementary school.
 
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