So I'm getting a lift kit, and I keep hearing "oh with a lift kit you will blow through ball joints and ti-rod ends like no tomorrow". I know that modifying the height of my truck will put stuff in different angles, but I was always under the impression that the (oversize) tires killed the ball joints and stuff because they are a lot heavier than what was meant for the truck.

So my question to you is how bad of an effect is a 5" suspension lift kit going to have on my front end components (ball joints etc)?

If you have a truck that has around 5" of lift with about the same tires as me (35x12.5x17), about how long (how many miles) does it take before you have to replace the ball joints and the ti-rod ends and such?

I am getting the lift regardless, I just want to know what to expect.

 

A full suspension lift will put your angles back near stock, so parts won't wear out extremely fast. And with greasable parts, you can keep the life span of them close (within like 10k miles) of them at factory height. Just takes maintenance to keep them greased and a proper alignment, a bad alignment will eat them faster than larger tires will.

 

Also, you will notice, it will be somewhat higher...........lol

 

Hopefully you'll notice this part haha