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    BOTH of my outer boots are split! I have the boot kits I need (with grease) but I need time to do the job... SOON!!!!
    Sold the VX 11-21-07. It was fun while I had it!
    Thanks for all the help.

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    Once again I am left with the feeling that lifting my VX is something I should not do....

    Sorry Clint, let us Reno boys know if you need a hand mending your VX.

    Bart

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    Quote Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
    Once again I am left with the feeling that lifting my VX is something I should not do....

    Sorry Clint, let us Reno boys know if you need a hand mending your VX.

    Bart
    Yeah I am thinking about lowering my nose back down and saying the heck with it. I know the lift is just the 2 inches or so of clearance but the places we’ve been around here don’t require a lift really. Maybe I'll make it about a 1 inch lift like your thinking.

    Maybe I will buy one of those scooters you see around and just drive the VX on occasion from now on. I really need to start walking to work anyway, it’s only a 20 minute walk. Yes that is about a 5 minute drive and yes I am that lazy. This month I get the Employee of the month spot but that really isn’t worth ruining my engine.

    Normally I am the type of guy who takes all the bad stuff that piles up and says ok lets work on it and move on, there is nothing that can change what’s happened but man when it rains it pours….

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    I have a question. Do you do any serious off-roading or did your boot tear just from normal driving? I can see where having it lifted plus doing serious off-roading will put a lot of extra stress on the boot but not just from normal driving?
    Peace.
    Tom

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomdietrying
    I have a question. Do you do any serious off-roading or did your boot tear just from normal driving? I can see where having it lifted plus doing serious off-roading will put a lot of extra stress on the boot but not just from normal driving?
    Peace.
    Tom
    Well, I do off road but not crazy like Moab or anything. Just go in the mountains and drive around and mostly on dirt roads, but there are occasions where I will take an old road that is really rough or rutted. I am sure that the off roading didn’t help as well as I am sure these are original. I am not making a case against the lift but it just seems like most of the noises and now problems generated after I lifted it and now wondering how much I “need” it. If I decide to go back to semi-normal it will be tough cause VX’s look great lifted.

    Quote Originally Posted by tomdietrying
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    I always think Randy is in for a tough one but that’s the way he likes people to think about him, cause it gives him that much more fire. I really want him to win, he schooled Tim Silvia but I really never thought Tim was the greatest fighter to begin with. Gonzaga poses an intersting chalange with Randy that he has had a hard time with in the past, big guy who is great at BJJ.

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    I look at it this way...if my front CVs fail due to my lift it will just speed up my SAS process. I will not replace axle shafts!
    The boots are relatively easy to replace. I am not much of a mechanic and can do both sides in a weekend. Takes about 4 hours per side. With an extra set of hands and more knowledge I'm sure it would be down to 2-3 hours per side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete
    I look at it this way...if my front CVs fail due to my lift it will just speed up my SAS process. I will not replace axle shafts!
    The boots are relatively easy to replace. I am not much of a mechanic and can do both sides in a weekend. Takes about 4 hours per side. With an extra set of hands and more knowledge I'm sure it would be down to 2-3 hours per side.
    You've never replaced your CV's? Do you get the noise at around 60 mph?

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