Alright, i'm this close to ordering a 4 inch rancho for my '05. I currently have a 2.5" leveling kit on my truck and i've already had to replace my ball joints once up front. What convinced me on the rancho kit is that it keeps all the angles close to stock angles. And the $500 rebate ain't too shabby either

But before I pulled the trigger, I wanted to know if there were any other suspension lifts close in price that I should be looking at that keep your stock angles?

I'm going to pay about 1500 shipped for the rancho kit after rebate.

 

I belived all of the kits will keep the OEM CV and ball joint angles. I think you can buy the Pro Comp Stage 1 six inch kit for about the same price or slightly less.

 

All kits should have stock geometry, I know on my old 05 my cvs were parallel

 

That was with a stage 1 pro comp

 

I thought the stage one kit used a strut spacer?

 

It does, as does the Fabtech and a lot of other lifts. But it contains drop down brackets that keep the geometry of the ball joints and CV joints the same as stock.

 

Don't worry, the Rancho kit will keep your front end at stock geometry...or pretty darn close. Below is a pic of the front soon after lifting (and before the 1" level kit was installed). It shows CVs at a slight angle but the they were pretty close to being parallel to the ground if looking at them with the naked eye. Its a great kit, I think you'll be happy.

 

yeah rancho is a great kit from what everyone say and ive seen a couple in person and they look like top quality

here is my old 05s cv angles when at 6"

 

I have a 2" leveling kit and my angles are perfect. And I've got over 60,000 miles out of my tires.

I want to go to 35", so I'm just going to add a 3" body lift. $365 for the body lift, another $80 for gap guards. $50 worth of pizza and beer for a couple of friends to help me....

 

Well, I looked into the Pro Comp Stage One but I didn't like how the kit stacked blocks in the rear and that 6 inch strut spacer looked wierd.

Everyone has nothing but good stuff to say about the rancho lift. So i went ahead and pulled the trigger on it. And if anyone was wondering, I got the kit from Street Side Auto for about 1400 shipped using the coupon code "Save5" and counting the rancho rebate, of course.