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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:50 PM
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Talking lift questions about my truck??

i have a 97 f150 extended cab flareside 4x4, with 3 inch lift blocks on the the back and the torsion bars in the front cranked all the way. and it has a pretty good lift on it as of now. i want to lift it higher with a 6 inch suspension lift, and a body lift but i feel like adding the suspension lift will not give me to much more of a lift then i already have for the price. so i was thinking of just adding a 3 inch body lift with what i already have and maybe adding a add a leaf or mayb there is something eles i dont know about idk somebody let me know please........... thank you
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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a 6'' suspension lift is a true lift, meaning that you can crank the torsion bars after the lift is installed to net you around 8-8.5'' of lift total. for the back, i would go w/ a leaf spring pack, i am not fond of stacking blocks.

a 3'' body lift will net you another 3'' of clearance under the fenders, if that's what you're looking for.
 
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Old Dec 28, 2008 | 08:48 AM
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I agree.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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Ok that sounds good what ekes can I do besides the lifts to add more lift on top of that I want it as big as possible. Like a add a leaf or more blocks?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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You are as tall as you can go without adding a full suspension lift. You could lift the rear easily with a taller block or AAL, but the front is at it's limit.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 06:27 PM
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The biggest you can go with bolt on lifts is 6" + 3" plus 38.5" tires.

Now full throttle and whiplash, make some huger lifts for our trucks but they are really built to be offroaded.

Full throttles 2wd kit is very solid kit that ive seen abused, but their 4x4 kits arent designed quite as well and then the stress on the CVs is alot.
 
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