Lift plus spring spacers

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Getzy

Discussion Starter · Apr 6, 2022

I know this has been talked about before. But I’m planning a trip to the black hills to overland for a week. I already have spring spacers on my viking vi which work great, but I wouldn’t mind a little more lift that I went away from my 28” tires. Can I do a super atv lift and keep the spacers in? They are no different than having a lift and the preload maxed out. Or am I wrong?

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BadM0nkey

· #2 · Apr 6, 2022

My concern would be the potential for broken axles. There was a period of time when a lot of Viking owners on the forum were installing lifts. It seemed as though most or all of those that broke axles had 3" or greater lifts.

I have about 13" of clearance just with spring spacers and 28" tires. What is your clearance?

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Getzy

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 6, 2022

I have 11” of clearance front and back. Front is to the bottom of my plow mount which doesn’t seem to make me lose any clearance. I have 26” tires.

Sport4x4

· #4 · Apr 6, 2022

I have 13.7" of clearance in the rear (from bottom of hitch receiver) and 13.25" in the front (also from bottom of plow mount) with the super ATV 2" lift kit, tires and wheels are still stock.

Getzy

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 6, 2022

Maybe I should take the spacers out and do the lift instead

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BadM0nkey

· #6 · Apr 6, 2022

Getzy said:
Maybe I should take the spacers out and do the lift instead

There are always lots of options. How big are the spring spacers? I think I make mine 1 3/8.

SuperATV

· #7 · Apr 6, 2022

I wouldn't recommend using both. You'd likely overextend your axles. If money isn't an option...we do make a 4" full suspension lift that comes with arms, axles, tie rods...everything you'd need fur a full lift.

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Or...get real wild with some 4" or 6" portals and different gear reductions for bigger tires.
Those are both awesome, but on he more extreme side.

High clearance A-arms will also give you more ground clearance and allow for bigger tires which will also help lift your Viking.

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Getzy

Discussion Starter · #8 · Apr 6, 2022

I think mine are 2” can’t remember for sure though. Maybe 1”. I remember it said 2” lift in the description.

BadM0nkey

· #9 · Apr 6, 2022

Getzy said:
I think mine are 2” can’t remember for sure though. Maybe 1”. I remember it said 2” lift in the description.

1" spacers do give you about 2" lift. I cannot recall why you took off the 28's. Did you get the forward A-Arms that pushed them into the front, or was that someone else?

Keep in mind 11" is plenty if you choose a good line. I have the ZForce 800 set up with basically no pre-load to keep it as soft as possible, and I am at 9.5".

Getzy

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 6, 2022

I took the 28” mega mayhems off because of the weight. I burnt a slugged wet clutch putting out duck blinds. I had the whole jbs set up. Now I have smaller tires but wide. Helped a bunch in snow on the lake this winter.

Getzy

Discussion Starter · #11 · Apr 6, 2022

No forward a arms either.

BadM0nkey

· #12 · Apr 6, 2022

Makes sense. I never felt I needed a lift so I am not the best one to say what to do beyond what I already mentioned.

Personally, I would probably just make 1.5" spring spacers from PVC and leave it at that. You could also just add another 1/2 inch on top of what you already have.

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Getzy

Discussion Starter · #13 · Apr 6, 2022

I might just roll with it and see how it is. Might be just fine.

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cactus

· #14 · Apr 6, 2022

The spring spacers only remove the sag and take you back to standard ride height don't they, they don't actually give you any lift as such? So it should be fine to add a 2 inch lift as well.

Sport4x4

· #15 · Apr 6, 2022 (Edited)

Sport4x4 said:
I have 13.7" of clearance in the rear (from bottom of hitch receiver) and 13.25" in the front (also from bottom of plow mount) with the super ATV 2" lift kit, tires and wheels are still stock.

So I got to thinking about this on my way home tonight and wondered if my ground clearance had changed since I installed the 2” lift a couple of months ago. When I installed the kit I had like 14” of ground clearance it was like 14 1/8” rear and 13 7/8” front and I remember BadMonkey saying it would settle. And it did to the measurements I posted above after about 1 week after installing the kit. So after a couple of months and hauling some heavy trailers with firewood etc. I thought I would measure again, and tonight I measured 12.5” front and rear. So this is much closer to 2” of lift from where I started. And I have more peace of mind that I’m not at 3” where guy’s started breaking things.

Getzy

Discussion Starter · #16 · Apr 7, 2022

Sport4x4 said:
So I got to thinking about this on my way home tonight and wondered if my ground clearance had changed since I installed the 2” lift a couple of months ago. When I installed the kit I had like 14” of ground clearance it was like 14 1/8” rear and 13 7/8” front and I remember BadMonkey saying it would settle. And it did to the measurements I posted above after about 1 week after installing the kit. So after a couple of months and hauling some heavy trailers with firewood etc. I thought I would measure again, and tonight I measured 12.5” front and rear. So this is much closer to 2” of lift from where I started. And I have more peace of mind that I’m not at 3” where guy’s started breaking things.

So you think a 2” lift would be fine? I just can’t see having the preload high plus a lift being terrible but I also don’t want to be breaking things either.

Sport4x4

· #17 · Apr 7, 2022

Yes I do, like mentioned earlier as long as you don’t go over 2” you shouldn’t break anything. I would recommend not doing anything crazy or fast until the suspension settles down to the 2 inches.

Getzy

Discussion Starter · #18 · Apr 7, 2022

So if it settles I’m guessing I’d have another inch of clearance. Maybe for the money I’ll just stay where it is for now.

Getzy

Discussion Starter · #19 · Apr 7, 2022

Appreciate the info!

Sport4x4

· #20 · Apr 7, 2022

I started at 10.5" front and rear your at 11" with your spacers so you would probably end up at 13" with the spacers still installed. If you didn't want to go that high you could gain 1" with the 2" lift kit by removing the spacers first. Just suggestions to consider.

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