Conner299 wrote:...the "outside the strut" spacers are bad to run because of possible breakage and strut failure? ..
Totally. The upper ball joint stud is at risk, especially if the UCAs aren't flipped. Danny, did you flip yours?
navigator wrote:with an inside the strut spacer, the shock limits how much flex you get.
With an outside the strut spacer(like the deadly lift) the the upper ball joint is the limiting factor...
Ball joint AND the inner CV joint. Especially bad on the Cardone replacements compared to OEMs. Rotating the tire while the suspension is at full extension shows instantly that the inner CV joint binds up and is fatally stressed. When the CV binds up on the passenger side, it sends excess stress to the bearings in the splined disconnect and then they fail.
I've issued that warning so many times, and tried to convince the Ebay sellers of Readylift and similar knock-off cheap-ass kits that they are criminally negligent, to no avail, that I've just given up.
If a ball joint fails on a trail, you could die. But buyers of these kits obtain a cheaper purchase price and a cheaper install because they're outside the strut. Says a lot about the marketplace that these things get sold at all.
Glad you weren't hurt. Expensive lesson, though.