I am getting ready to put on a 3" front end leveling kit on my truck. do you think it will look funny with stock wheels?

 

No but you may wan to look at the 2.5" kit, it will be better for the ball joints and CVs.

 

x2 ^^^

Everything I've read on here says the 3" is too much. If I ever do it it'll be the 2" or 2.5".

It may look a little funny with the stock tires but when the time to get new ones comes around, just put some larger AT's on.

 

I would steer clear of the 3". I Put a 2.5" and kept my stock wheels and tires. It looks good. You will be surprised how much of a difference 2.5" makes.

 

I have a 3" - no issues here.... but just FYI, you would be putting less stress on your joints, etc. with a smaller level kit. The 3" kit could be compared to tobacco... which is bad for you too.... if you and your teammate are dippin, its like no other bond on earth, lol... and nothing like the feeling of getting a new guy on the team to do it,

*I am in no way advocating you start tobacco though... its not a good road to start down...

 

interesting analogy

 

hey wingman when you installed your 3'' on the front did you have to do anything to the back?? as in add a leaf or blocks?

 

lol... ya, except i was the the "new guy" to the team two years ago, lol... I never got into it too much, but it was still hard to stop.

BustEmNow, I didn't do anything to the back, and I still have stockers - both rims and tires. The front is 1 1/4" higher that the back. So a 3" block (which is what I will probly wind up doing) would replace the 1 5/8" block and give me 1 3/8" lift in the back, which will make it ~ 1/8" higher in the back - basically level.

 

i mean, if your like me, and you really think you're going to wind up using your 4wd a lot then you're probly fine. I offroad as much as I can (which isnt that much, nor that serious most of the time), and always try to find an excuse to put it in 4wd. I have done some major stuff with mine, including climbing a hill that was really steep -trail on it was meant for a jeep i think, judging by the trac width. And got stuck coming down. I turned onto the pathway and my running board stuck in the side, bending it some (but it was worth it to bend the board and save my truck!). My front suspension was all the way out, bearly toching, with the upper control arm resting on the coil springs. bottom line, I got unstuck by digging out the running boar and using 4wd - even w/ the suspension dropped all the way. My truck was fine, mechanic said the CV joint angle looked good, and that the 4wd should have no trouble... which it hasnt.

 

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!! I love sittin in the locker room with the boys and throwin a dip in before we hit the ice!

 

I did read don't go further than 2.5"

 

ye son! lol... I feel ya. I still give in sometimes and have to do it... Skoal Mint and Peach are my favs... never did anything other than skoal

 

He really is right though if you just want to be safe. I may be putting on a Rancho quick lift or Bilstein shocks set at 2"... Here is a pic of my CV axle with the 3" level kit (sorry for the size):

 

This is why I went with a 4" Rancho in the end. Thought I had a 2.5" but looking at the angles on the shafts I learned I had a 3". TOO much for me. The 3" will put the truck up there but you do it at the cost of the ball joints and the rubber sleeves which get eaten up due to the angle. If you don't 4wheel much then all you have to worry about is the ball joint angle since the front shafts don't spin until you engage the 4wd. I use mine a lot so I went ahead and lifted since the kit gets you up and still keeps the shafts paralell.

 

yeah, i would go w/ the 4" rancho, but I just can't find it anywhere for a price I could pay for. I think I will downsize mine - probably - and go with a body lift and 35's and keep my stock 20's.

The body lift might be another option for the OP if he's interested in getting up 3" all around w/o hurting the ball joints. And I hear with the level kits + a BL you sit about as high as 6" suspension lift.