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My dream was to be able to keep the 3" lift springs and the longer Shackles on the rear, and balance the front with that for ride height. I figure this will be about 7-8 inches of lift over stock, no body lift. I beleive that the only way this will happen is SOA or coils on the front axle.

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I assume you are talking about SOA'ing the rear w/ your 3" springs and SAS'ing the front to match? this is your 7-8" of lift out of the front? I don't think this at all means an SOA front end. In fact, for that lift, i would say SUA. 7-8" total lift out of a SAS is pretty minimal. I would estimate my SOA SAS to be over 13-14" of lift.

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Definitely, heartily agree. Here was my basic setup:

• 2.5" lift Waggy Rancho 44044 leafs in front, SUA
  
• Pure stock leafs rear, 3" Calmini shackles (the only
  thing left from a $800+ Calmini lift, mind you...) SOA
  

I tried using the rear add-a-leafs and SOA and it was like drivin' a dragster. Lengthening the front shackles to something like 4.5" center-on-center, and using 3" lift shackles with stock leafs in the rear and I'm even. It works out very well since with all the weight (ARB bumper, winch) in the front, and wicked soft 10-yr-old leafs in the rear, I've got tons of flexibility that I can control with Rancho 9000x's.

I would estimate my lift over stock of about 7-8". The one thing I cannot emphasize the most? How much it pays to work on your steering "quickness". I thought my rig was almost undriveable until I lengthened the pitman arm. The steering knuckles on a Waggy axle (dunno about Chevy, Toy) jut out farther forward - so you've got a longer moment arm to push side-to-side in order to get steering one way or the other. Lengthen the pitman arm and you equalize that longer moment arm, quicken up your steering, and make a really vague-handling truck much more driveable. That, and keep the drop angle of your drag link to an absolute minimum.

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