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40 bucks?? holy!! cheap!

I am not sure if that is what they still list for or not, but it was what they were listed for a few years ago in the Downey Catalog.

I made this one for less than $5(including the grade 8 nuts/bolts). [Linked Image]

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BJ spacers...ugh im just not totally sold on em, a nicer ride and a bit more flex would be nice, but is the truck gonna be steer-able after install? Alignment needed? How much abuse can they take?


They do change the geometry a little, but not enough to cause any problems. The change in geometry comes from leveling out the upper A-arm, similar to that of the lower, this leveling out of the upper arm is what improves the amount of travel.

There aren't any alignment issues, other than those associated w/larger than oem tires, should be less than those required to align with the tightened t-bars. You will have to have the truck realigned, if you haven't had the steering relay rod recall work done on your truck, you should swap the BJ spacers than get it aligned for free after the recall is done, that is what I did.

My '91 steers almost the sam as my '90(4"IFS lift), it isn't as tight, butthat has more to do with the MT's(the '90 has AT's), than the spacers, the MT's also have a poor wear pattern on them from the previous owner.

As far as a durability issue, there shouldn't be one, I wheeled both the Rubicon and Fordyce this summer and had no issue, other than a broken tie-rod on Fordyce after losing my rear ARB. The truck did steer a little off after the Rubicon but that was from a bent idler Arm. Others here have been runnig the spacers for several years now w/o any issues. I was a bit leary when I bough them, but after seeing them in person and after seeing them installed, any worries I had are gone. The spacers are made from solid aluminum, and shoudl take all the abuse that the IFS system can handle. If you haven't seen them, check them out here4crawler


More than tread lightly. Leave it like you were never there, nor anyone else.
'90 X-cab 4.88's 33 BFG AT's, rr ARB, Headers, Ignition upgrade, cold air induction.
'91 X-cab 5.29's 315's BFG MT's, rr ARB, custom bumper and flatbed