I am in the process of looking for a good 3" body lift to put on my truck, but I have a few concerns. the first one is the 4 wheel drive shifter, everyone I've asked says that you have to weld a piece to extended it, seeing how I don't have access to a welder that is out of the question for me. and the 2nd concern is how hard is it to extend the steering linkage?
I really want to do this job my self, but I really don't want to mess my truck up.

also, I want to have the wider off set look once i put the lift on, as it stands now my tires to stick out, so i was considering getting 1.25" or 1.5" wheel spacers to give that nice offset look. good Idea? bad Idea? or doesn't really matter?

I'm riding on 31x10.5, with 15" rims. will this lift look stupid with these size tires?

thanks for the help guy

 

look better if you get 33s for tires i have 31s on my 99 with a 3" body lift and it looks dumb lol

 

well I definitely don't want it to look dumb,I might hold off on the lift till i need new tires, the tires i have now are only 6 months old.

 

dont get spacers if you plan to offroad, just get a rim with a larger backspacing.

 

I don't plan on offroading, its just for looks. everything i want to do to the truck is just for looks, I baby the crud out of it.

 

is your 99 dakota 4 wheel? if so, how did you extend the shifter?

 

i paid the shop to do it, i did the body lift on my 2004 though but it doesnt have stick for the 4x4 its the switch. i dont think he welded it though.. i think its just a link

 

okay blaze. i see 5.5 inches of lift. 3 inch body but how did you get your 2.5 inch of lift? 03 and 04 don't have a suspension lift available. only torsion bar keys. if you did the keys how does it ride

 

i said in other threads i did the keys, i got 2.5 inches out of it, and it rides fine. its 5.5 front and 5" rear. cause i did two inch blocks in the back. i think it rides fine, its a truck.. and now that i have superswampers it hums so im young and its a truck so its whatever i like it.

 

if you wouldnt mind could you provide the tread of your lift experience so i can have a look, trying to do the same exact to my 04 as blaze, thnx