I finally got all of my parts in and found a set of tires so I knocked the lift out Saturday morning. Spindles and springs in front (thanks Brad), blocks in back. I was going to do the body lift too but I like the height of it the way it is, I think any bigger and 35's would have to be replaced with 38's. It rides like a little red wagon right now, these springs are pretty firm, plus I'm on stock shocks that are bottomed out in the rear, I'll address that shortly. Here are the pics.

Before

Waiting for my tire buddy to return with my new shoes on

After


I was unsure how the Arizona Beige would look lifted on stock wheels but I'm happy with the outcome.

 

looks really good. once you get the shocks in i think you will be very satisfied and happy you didnt go with the body lift

 

That looks great man! Those 35s are like the perfect size for how much lift you have. Those coils should settle a little, but they are still pretty new also. Now you need some 4:56s!

 

that looks great!!

 

looks great man. any rubbing up front?

 

what gears do you have and what are you chagning to??

 

Thanks all. I cut the valance up front to keep it from rubbing, but it still does a little under hard breaking so I'm going to cut it some more. I don't know what gears are in it now, I was going to check but haven't cared that much yet, I will likely go with 4:56's but it'll be a bit. I'm a little irritated because I just took it to the alignment shop and the guy (friend of a friend, that's why I'm irritated) told me I need new upper and lower ball joints, new control arms and a caster camber kit for the low price of $880. Then he told me that the shop that did the lift should have told me this. I told him to pull the truck back out because I just checked the ball joints Saturday and they were fine, and he said "You did this lift? You need a job". Almost every time I use a mechanic I am reminded of why I don't use mechanics. What a douche-bag.

Anyway, that's my rant, thanks for the compliments guys!

 

Truck looks really good! love the stance

 

Good looking lifted 2wd

 

Lift looks great man. About those step bars. It appears that the rear of the step hangs lower than the front. Is that by design or can they be adjusted? I was looking at a set on ebay that appears similar to those, but wasn't sure how they would look on the truck. I think I like them.

 

what size lift is that?

 

How many miles are on the truck? My factory balljoints were toast at 96,000 when I put my lift on. New Moog Problem Solver lower balljoints were like $45 each and since I already had everything apart anyway, it took like an extra 15 minutes per side to pop out the old ball joint and put the new one in.

I'm not sure about the uppers since my kit has 1" upper uniballs instead of balljoints, but I think it's in the neighborhood of $90-100 for a Moog upper arm with a replaceable balljoint. Of course, it'd be cheaper to go with store brand and such.

Moog alignment cam bolt kit was like $25 per box (need two boxes total) and at the least you're gonna need that. Otherwise, it's gonna be nearly impossible to precisely align the upper arms without it. One shop I went to refused to align it without the bolts, and the other shop said they'd charge for 3 hours labor on top of the alignment charge since they'd pretty much be wild-butt guessing the position of the upper arm and it'd be nearly impossible to move it in minute increments.

 

Looks good man. The arizona beige is a good color on these trucks too.

 

Looks great!

 

The truck has a little over 138k on it and I will replace the ball joints when they start making noise, it wasn't all that hard to get to them so I'm not worried about doing it, just don't feel that it needs it right now. I did look closely at the camber and the wheels are straight up and down at rest on a level surface so I think I'm ok but will do the camber kit when I do the upper control arms and ball joints. For now I think I got lucky because the wheels look straight, level out vertically and the truck tracks straight. I will take it to another guy in a couple of weeks but for now I'm not going to worry about it.

I see that too but haven't looked for any adjustment, I guess it never really bothered me. I'll check it out and let you know.