So I'm looking at giving my truck an "attitude change" by lifting it 2" - 3", looking at the lift kits, they are around $200 - $300 for my truck. I was looking on youtube, and there are videos of people just tightening the torsion bars to get a couple inches of lift. I figure if they didnt come tightened that much, they probably arent supposed to be, but I wanted to run the idea past a few people, do what do you think I should do? buy the kit, or tighten the torsion bar?

 

Yes you can crank your T-bars to get 2-2.5" of lift. its safe if you don't go any higher than that, just make sure to get an alignment and get your caster and camber readjusted.

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What he said^. You'll be fine cranking the factory ones to get you around 2" of lift. What you wouldn't be okay doing is getting a leveling kit that comes with aftermarket torsion keys, they'll allow you to crank way to far and they'll wreck your front end components. Otherwise your only other option to get 2-3" would be a body lift and you'll be left with the factory rake. Of course this is all assuming your 4x4.