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It was a night and day difference. The re-designed tubular control arms give you great clearance under the front of your kick, the ride is much better, and the install is easier. After installing the kit, I found that the Calmini lift was only ½ " lower than the Pro-Comp, achieving 2.35" of lift. When installing the Calmini kit, I decided to remove the sway bars to achieve more suspension travel. This led to occasionally destroying the drivers side C.V., so Scott Jeep Crafter Correll at Adventure Off-Road fabricated a spacer to keep the C.V. joint from over extending (I have not replaced a C.V. in the three years sense the spacer was made. My next mod, as most people could guess, was larger and more aggressive tires. I decided to install a set of 29x10.5x15 Interco Thornbirds on my 15X8 rims.
After installing the Thornbirds, I noticed a large decrease in both on and off road
engine performance. The larger and much heavier Intercos were bogging down my motor.
I looked at lowering my axle gears, but the insane price of the gear set and installation
kit made me look elsewhere. I decided to try to get more power out of my 1.6L FI motor.
Once again I looked to Calmini for the solution. Their catalog boasted that their Tri-Y
header would give my Kick a noticeable increase in low-mid range horsepower and torque.
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