hi just got round lifting with some home made shackles my sporty and what a job it was seized solid but after a little thinking i ended up putting a rachet strap round the shackle and then round the leaf spring on the other side and just gave enough pull to help it on its way with the biggest hammer i could find to twat the bolt with but 1.1/4 lift dident think it would handle a lot diffant on the road but supprised how much more boaty its become all good tho you cant have everything suppose just got to wait till autum and get some bigger tyres for it