hey guys i have heard good things about RCD, CST, and FABTECH. i want a 6" lift or maybe 8. has anyone had any problems with their lift at all, as far as messing up the angles and basically just beating on the truck? i have a 2006 scab fx4 with stock 20's and a 2" AS leveling kit ight now. how big of tires could i fit with a 6 and how big with an 8? i was thinking toyo open country muds. i want the 20" mkw m 26 wheels, dont know what backspacing or width, but i want them to stick out about 1.5-2" thanks
nick

 

i havent ever hear a bad thing about any of those lifts and i sit on this site all day every day!!! hahaha you cant go wrong with a CST thats forsure! assuming your a 4x4 you can fit 35x12.5 or even a 13.5" wide tire on a 6", on a 8" lift you can fit 37x13.5... im running 36x15.5 on my CST rubbed alot when i first did put a 1" spacer in and it eliminated my problem. i would get an 8" you will always want to go bigger once you lift it, i already want to put a 3" body lift on and some 38's hahah.... WANDEL should tell you the backspacing you need for what you shoting for he is very smart when it comes to that.

 

Your OEM wheels have 5.5 inches of backspacing, so use that as a guide. The OEM 17's and 18's are 7.5 inches wide but I believe the OEM 20's are 8.5 inches wide. If this is correct, a 10 inch wide wheel with 5.5 inches of backspacing will stick out 1.5 inches farther than your OEM 20's.

 

alright thanks.

BUD--what kind of gas mileage are you getting. also, how long have you had your lift without any problems?

 

i heard that lifts beat up the truck though. is it going to break stuff like driveshafts and just beat the **** out of my truck??? also, with a rize 8 inch lift, do they hae to do cutting to get it on...because i dont think that is good.?

 

i get 14-15 mpg on average.... its much better on the highway since the larger tire diameter, my rpm's are very low.

 

break drive shafts!!!!! wow my truck has been 4ft. in the air and that hasnt happen yet.... hahaha i think your getting an opinion from some one with a procomp!!!! haha no i havent heard of broken drive shfts or anything to serious. just upper control arms gettting worn out and stuff like that.... good thing i got the CST which comes with after market hiem joint control arms!!

 

so bud... do you think your truck will last you 60,000 miles without breaking down? because i am planning on keeping mine for the next 8-10 years...and i need it to last with an 6" rize or 6-8"CST.

 

i know the two lifts your thinking about are two of the best by far!!! imo... im pretty sure i wont have any problems the lift is so solid, every bolt that came with the kit was grade 8... its insane how nice this lift is.... i think it should last longger than the motor!haha i honestly i cant see any future problems with this lift EVER!!! unless i creat a problem by jumping it!!! haha by the way CST only comes in an 8" for the 4x4's and a 7" for the 2wd's. i would get an 8" you will always want to go bigger!

 

by the way i know that the rize and CST require miner cutting.... im not so sure about fabtech or any other company...

 

i have 30k on my 6" lift. started the lift at 150k, got 186k now (yeah my maths incorrect). its a 97 too and the ONLY thing i had go wrong since the lift was wheel bearings up front... i didnt replace them when i bought the truck and then i stuck it in some silt/sandy beach up to the bumper. that was my bad.

aside from that, no big deals after 30k still on an older truck. ford's built the truck tough, fabtech designed the cradle lift right imo.

 

awesome, thanks for the great info. i have bad news though. i only have a 2.55 gear ratio..what would i have to do about that to get bigger tires

 

hey bud,\
i was jus curious on the specs of ur lift and tire size,
im lookin to do sumthin similar n was wonderin wut u think n how u like it...

 

35" tires run good n close to stock ratio with 4.10's

4.56's run a little deeper, more like 3..73s

you dont have to really swap gears unless you do majority of town driving.

 

hmm i see. thanks for the info boys