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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 01:07 PM
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Lift for 2wd

Finally think I have enough money for a lift, hard being a college student. I'm looking for a 3 or 4 inch suspension lift perferably around $700. Does anyone have any they would like to suggest?

I was thinking about this with the 3 inch rear block. http://performancelifts.com/cgi-bin/...TS97159-7.html . What do you guys think?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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Fabtech makes quality products. But you can probably get the Doestch spindles for less money and they are just as good as the Fabtechs.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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you can get yourself a nice spindle lift, put a set of O.E 4wd blocks under the rear and the 2" lift shackles from springtech , and shocks for less than 700 and if you want more for another 250 you can get a PA BL and get another 3"s
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 10:31 PM
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do what i did, 3.5" lift spindles ($400 Doetsch) 1.5" coil spacer ($40 Daystar) and 3 inch blocks ($30 procomp, 4 wheel parts) for a total of 5 inches in the front and 3 inches in the back
don't get the fabtech kit, it's overpriced
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 97isnotold
do what i did, 3.5" lift spindles ($400 Doetsch) 1.5" coil spacer ($40 Daystar) and 3 inch blocks ($30 procomp, 4 wheel parts) for a total of 5 inches in the front and 3 inches in the back
don't get the fabtech kit, it's overpriced
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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New shocks needed with the 3.5" spindles and the 3 inch blocks? What about the alignment cam kit? Anyone know a promo code for Doetsch? lol
 

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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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from what i've heard the spindles won't mess up your alignment but if you were to throw in a coil spacer you'd need to align it in which you'd have to buy the camber bolts ~$45. it's recommended that you get new shocks for the 3 inch blocks in the back even though i'm still running stock shocks all around and i'm fine. you should be good with the stock shocks in the front if your running just spindles.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Spindles won't require new shocks. Like others said if you're just going with around a 3 inch lift the fabtech just isn't worth it. I would personally go 3.5 spindle, 2 spacer, 3 BL. I ran that setup for a while with 35s.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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yea i did the 3.5" doetsch spindles/daystar 1.5" spacer and an add-a-leaf on my 02 reg cab and im doing the same on the new 02 supercrew but a 3" block this time. next year ill add a 3" body and 35s
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 08:12 PM
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do it, join the spindle lift club! gives you more front end clearance for offroading
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Thanks a lot.
 

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