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Originally Posted by Scode67FB
Installing the Explorer 8.8 automatically lowers the rear by about 1/2" due to the differenece in tube diameter.
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It actually lowers it by the difference in the radius of the two axle tubes. I think that the 8" tubes are 2.75" (or is it 2.5"?)and the 8.8 is 3" diameter. The perches I used were some leftovers from a Jeep build and they were a little taller than the 8" axle perches so that added to the lowering as well. The whole car was a bit lower than I was orignally expecting but it still looks good. I need to redo the bumpstops though because they are not hitting anything. The shocks, however, are installed on the u-bolt plates so axle diameter does not play a factor in shock length.
