Trimble, OK I have to ask: how do you climb in that bad boy? SWEET RIDE!

 

1. open door
2. Grab door hand with left hand
3. Grab seat with right hand
4. pull up
5. slide in

 

more like

1. run
2. skip
3. Jump
4. Hope for the best lol

 

 

How tall are you? Truck looks sweet

 

Cecil is around 4'7"

 

Damn so thats only a 6inch lift if hes 4'7 right?

 

hahaha

 

Here's my old truck, a 97 with a 4" Rancho sus lift, 3" body lift and 2 more inches in the front by way of 1-ton Chevy torsion bars. It had 39x15 MT's and 16.5x12 Weld rims, along with a custom shock hoop and a total of 14 shocks. I should never have sold it!







Anyway I now have an 03 2wd Lariat Screw, all stock but I hope to do a 6 inch lift and put some 35's on it around Christmas. I've never lifted a 2wd, can anyone recommend a brand name?

 

Nice looking truck meanstreak. How did the 1 ton torsion bars give you another 2 inches? I haven't heard that one before.

 

hey shut your mouth, im 5'7

 

^^^

 

Hey meanstreak: Yep, you are right about that!

 

Fabtech is about the only good quality for a descent price. Just get the 7.5" crossmember kit, and build from there. The kit will allow 35's with just a smidge of trimming on the valence.

Btw, how did you mount the quad shocks in the back of your truck?

 

Honestly I'm not entirely sure! The guys at 4-wheel parts on 610 South in Houston built it, including the custom one-off shock hoop. After the susp and body lift the 39's would fit but they still rubbed pretty bad when turning all the way. I took it back down and one of the guys suggested the torsion bar switchout, apparently they could be turned further and could take more strain than the stock 1/2 ton trucks. I said whatever makes it quit rubbing is fine!

This was in early 1998 when the trucks were still pretty new and not many lift kits available yet. It rode pretty rough though, so if I had it to do over again now I'd go with a Fabtech 6" sus and the 3" body lift.

I ended up selling the truck 4 years ago when I moved to the United Kingdom. I've just come back home a couple months ago and still getting back on my feet job-wise so I've bought a 2003 2WD screw. I'm definately up for a mild lift on this one and should have about $3500 to spend on it come next Christmas. I gotta start learning about 2WD suspensions now though as I've only ever had 4x4!