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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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6" or 8" lift plus 3" body and 2.5" spacer???

I have the 6" procomp and 2.5" spacer already. Is anyone out there running this with a body lift also or a 8" Rize with a 3" body lift. I'm not a big fan of body lift's b/c of how they show your chassis so was wondering if anyone had pics so I can see how much it shows. I know the higher you go the more you'll be able to see.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 09:54 AM
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I am not running this setup but they will tell you that its not the best idea to run a body lift with a spacer already ontop of the lift. If you ran the rize with a body lift that would be sweet. How high are you wanting it because you could get the rize and crank it up to 10" of lift with the coilovers.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by supachargd2k5
I am not running this setup but they will tell you that its not the best idea to run a body lift with a spacer already ontop of the lift. If you ran the rize with a body lift that would be sweet. How high are you wanting it because you could get the rize and crank it up to 10" of lift with the coilovers.

I wouldn't run a BL with a spacer and a lift. But you may want to like he said, look into the Rize.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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running a spacer on top of your suspension really doesnt affect a body lift or not. its a whole different style of lift.

You running a procomp, so your stacking spacers ( unless you have the Stage II) First things first, get some coilovers or take the spacer out and get some bilsteins.

Then if you want a BL get one.

Mhockey has a skyjacker 6" i wanna say and a body lift. but he only has it on 35's right now so i kind of looks goofy but its bad *** none the less.

theres a guy on here that has a 8" rize cranked to 10" with a 3" BL running 40's on 22's. it looks amazing. i wish i went with an 8" rize from the get go.

Ill look for the picture and post it back.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:08 AM
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tonka's old truck had that setup if i remember
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:08 AM
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Well i'm getting 37's put on today and not to sure how much room I will have to turn. It would be pointless for me to spend 3k on a 8" Rize when I have 8.5" right now unless I added the coileovers, 2" Bilsteins or a body lift to the Rize. Was just wondering if I could do a body lift with what I had now.

What if I were to get rid of the spacers and switch to the coilovers cranked all the way up with a body lift. 6" lift + 2" coilovers + 3" bl ????

Guess what I'm getting at is why spend another 3K for 1.5"-2" more of lift by using the Rize with Bilstiens????

Also does anyone know if the Rough Country and CST 8" lifts for the Chevys are true 8" lifts???? There are 2 trucks around here with them and each added either a bl or 2.5 spacer to fit 37's. I'm trying to get higher then them.. lol
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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you will clear 37's with just cranked coilovers.... you dont need a body lift.

if i ran a body lift i would stuff 40's on my truck. are you aiming for the to small of a tire look?

and you dont wanna crank the coilovers all the way up. im cranked 8 threads and there is about 30 of them.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:18 AM
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I was running that setup for a few months, but i got rid of the stacked spacers and got some coilovers
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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No not the small tire look, that's what I have now. I just want to make sure that when I turn I don't rip off my fender flares. I look at it as if I don't have to cut anything then they're not big enough.

I know the coilover's aren't the cheapest so I'd have to weight until the summer to get them, but maybe i'll do the Bilsteins for now.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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i think i have some old pictures in my album if u want to look at them
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:28 AM
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okay well doing a 3" BL ontop of an 8" lifted truck with 37's would look just goofy. you need some 38's to make it look decent. thats all in my opinion though
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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After seeing IORf150's truck I think a 6" susp + cranked coilovers + bl would be perfect. Anything higher and I would have to move up to 40's.

The Rize with the BL is deffinatly up there. There's no way it would look right with 37's.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Eff One Fifty
okay well doing a 3" BL ontop of an 8" lifted truck with 37's would look just goofy. you need some 38's to make it look decent. thats all in my opinion though
I def agree. Your saying you already have a 6 inch suspension plus spacer which in my opinion gives you the perfect about of height to pull off 37s..You will not rub or rip out your fenders and It will not give you a small tire look.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 11:38 AM
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Only thing that worries me is the 11" wide wheel with a -25 offset. I had to cut a little to fit 35's with just the 6" suspension.
 
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