Alright here we go, so i ordered the full dobinson 4 inch lift kit. MRR shocks, springs, castor correction plates/bushings, sway bar drop brackets for front and back, bump stop extensions, steering stabilizer, upper and lower trailing arms, adjustable pan hard rods. So i went with a local off road shop that I’ve used in the past to install the kit. Now here’s the problem I’m having, when mocking the kit up while it was up on the lift the guys noticed the tie rod didn’t clear the radius arm. So we called dobinson and one of their “call centers techs” ASSURED us it would clear once the shocks and everything were mounted and the vehicle was sitting on the ground at normal ride height. And that if i wanted more clearance i could opt to shave an 8th of inch of the radius arms but that it wouldn’t be necessary. So fast forward to install being pretty much done minus the tie rod being hooked up, they lower the vehicle and wouldn’t you know the tie rod is not even close to clearing the radius arms. Can’t even get the thing bolted up. Looks like about 1/2-3/4 of inch would have to be grinded off in order to have the clearance needed. Nowhere did i read when buying the kit that this would be an issue. So im curious Has anyone else ran into this problem? I know i can buy new radius arms, radius arm drop down brackets etc to get the clearance i need but that’s kind of besides the point. I’ve already spent 6k on the kit alone so having to purchase more parts that dobinson never said I’d need to make it work is kind of crazy. Thanks for any input in advance.
