Hey pick-up owners help me out here, I've been thinking of having a 3-inch body lift put on, but I'm not sure how it would look with the factory tire diameter. I recently had new wheels and tires put on and don't want to buy new tires again. I did some searches, but I can't find any pictures of trucks that have lifts without also having bigger tires. Will it look dumb if I get a lift without bigger tires, even just 3 inches? Has anyone on here done this and has pictures?

 

it'll look kinda like a stock 4wd? maybe

 

Well my brother used to have an f150 like mine with 33s and a 4-inch body lift, it looked pretty good. It didn't have the towing package though, so I'm not sure how that would look with a lift either.

 

I have the same, but slightly different, concern. I have an 05 Screw FX4 with 3" of stock rake. It feels like I'm always going down hill. All I'd like to do is use a 2" auto spring on the front and worry my wheels (265 60R 18's) will look dumb too. The only way to find out is try it I guess.

 

it wont look to dumb because thats how my truck is set up till I get tires

 

Yeah that looks ok I think, I did that on my truck with the torsion bars to see what it looked like. I put the height back down again because I didn't wanted to have the rake in case I need it for towing/hauling. I remember being impressed with the overall appearance of the truck my brother used to have and didn't even notice the tire size, just thought it looked good.

 

here is my old 97 with a BL and 285's

 

I was looking on e-bay, there are suspension lifts on there for not much more money..are they more expensive to have installed? Please bear with me here I don't know much about lifts. Would a suspension lift change the cv joint angles, would I have to have an alignment after?

 

Body lifts are not hard to install on our trucks. It's just time consuming work, so most shops charge a lot for labor. Suspension lifts should be a lot more expensive. Which kits are you looking at?

 

Well, I don't know what your stock size is, but here is mine with 285-70-17's, my winter wheels and tires.

 

I wasn't looking at any kits specifically..I was looking at some of the other members lift kits, I forgot about adding different gears with bigger tires..that adds up to loads of money, I think I'll just go with a 4 inch body lift and keep the same size tires..it shouldn't look too bad with just 4 inches of lift. Would a lift kit look ok with the factory towing package rake? I'd like to keep it like that in case I need to use it.

 

jump n that looks pretty nice, it's not the same just looking at pictures..trucks with lift kits look much bigger in person. There's something about a 4x4 with a lift, it just looks right.

 

Looks like a twin to mine except mine has no lift.