LT install, how high must car be?

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Jun 13, 2005 | 08:16 PM

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LT install, how high must car be?

ya, i got my pacestters in today and i read somewhere a while back, cant remember where, but it said an approximate height the car must be lifted to in order to install Lt's. i thought it might be in the sticky up top, but didnt see it. can someone chime me in please? thanks

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Jun 13, 2005 | 08:35 PM

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I had the floor jack almost maxed out to get the pacesetters on the car. I did not have any blocks of wood to get it higher or anything like that, just the jack was enough for me.

Jun 13, 2005 | 08:59 PM

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I had to use some wood, but there is no exact number..just get under there and keep jacking untill its high enough. simple

Jun 13, 2005 | 09:06 PM

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I had the bottom of my tires 14"s off the ground, gave me enough clearance to get the LT's under the car and in to position so that they would slide easily in to the engine bay. The back tires were on 2 X 4's.

Jun 13, 2005 | 09:15 PM

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so basically just take the jack up til it goes no further? sounds easy enough, i was thinking about just getting 4x4 blocks and just set all 4 wheels on em and if need be jack higher. thanks for the input

Jun 13, 2005 | 09:21 PM

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easist way on the ground is put 4-5 2x12's under each rear tire then jack the front as high as the jack will go shouldnt be to bad after that

Jun 13, 2005 | 09:26 PM

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I had to use some wood, but there is no exact number..just get under there and keep jacking untill its high enough. simple

just get it however high you need to to get the header it.

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Jun 13, 2005 | 11:25 PM

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I think the height is more for comfort, than clearance. I had my wheels about 8-10 inches off the ground.

Jun 14, 2005 | 05:27 AM

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The highest you will need to go is the height of the header standing on end. It will need to be 3-4 inches shy of that height.

Jun 14, 2005 | 07:28 AM

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put it as high as u need to just make sure the car is safely held up and that someone can bolt up the headers when they go in. it should make life easier that way, although the pacesetter install i did was a breeze

Jun 14, 2005 | 08:40 AM

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When I did mine I backed the car onto the Rhino's, then I jacked the font of the car up to about 19" (Jack Stands, were set at 19") and put 'em right there on the frame behind the front wheels. Pacesetters slid in like a hot knife thru butta' I took off the front tires....................makes gettin underneath on yer back much easier.

Jun 14, 2005 | 08:56 AM

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I think you can get it done with around a foot, but to make it easy, to not scratch you and your headers up, maybe two feet off the ground. We had my car jacked up max with a big floor jack then heavy duty jackstands, and have PLENTY of room to work with.

Jun 14, 2005 | 09:46 AM

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that's it?

man i had to grind off the little casting off the back side of the block on the driver's side, and remove the oil filter WITH the car up really high to get my flowtech's in. passenger side was just thrown in... it was a breeze. but the driver's side was hell

Jun 14, 2005 | 05:52 PM

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It has to be at least 14" to 18" off the ground. The higher you can get it the easier it is to work on.

Jun 15, 2005 | 09:20 AM

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I had mine at 14 1/2 inches at the passenger side tire. That and I took the heat-shield off. Slid right in after that. This was with the rear tires on the ground, BTW.