whats up, new to site. Does anybody get some serious 4x4 action with their suspension lifts? What brand gives good articulation....looking to go with KORE or Fabtech. possible to keep highway ride?

 

Welcome Colorado brother.

The user on here named Aubrey (also from Colorado) wheels his Ram pretty good. I believe it is a Skyjacker suspension. I've only wheeled mine a handfull of times, and really nothing majorly extreme. With the cost of gas these days, i'm lucky if I drive it at all.

 

I have fabtech 5.5" dual shock lift with skyjacker rear leaf springs. The suspension has been through a lot, it gets great flex and a soft ride. My buddy has skyjackers 5" lift and it rides like crap real stiff offroading. He said that he could not beileve how soft of a ride it was. His beats the hell out of him.

 

I don't get to play much anymore due to some family health issues, but I get home (south Ga.) to hunt at least a few times during the season. Besides deer hunting, I love to hog hunt, and if you've never hog hunted the south Ga. lowlands and swamps, it'll test your trucks off-roading ability as much as anything.
Expand your search of suspension kits to include the Dick Cepek kit. The Kore and Fabtech are good kits, and if it was a 1500 series I'd go with one of the two brands. But the best kit I've ever seen for a 2500, at any cost, is that Cepek kit.
I helped a hunting buddy install one on a '99 2500 about five or six years ago and it kicks a$$. The wheel travel on this kit is massive and I swear the pavement ride is even better than stock. I think you gotta spec whether it's for a 94-00 or an 01-02, because the older trucks use a centerlink and the newer ones use a pitman arm.

Update: I just found a link to that kit.
http://performancelifts.com/cgi-bin/cart/20-2005.html

 

Yeah. It depends on how high you want to go. If you're going to go with a 5" or higher, I'd say go with a long arm kit. RockKrawler also has a kit.

 

5" would be great but I am concerned about axle wrap and driveline vibration. You guys run into any of that? I think 3" would give good travel with 35's maybe trim it up for 37's.

 

You'll be trimming to run 35's with 3" of lift off road. 5" is best for 35's if you plan to wheel it.

 

I have not heard of a quality 5" kit giving you vibration and wrap issues. A quality kit should make the proper angle adjustments to prevent any of that.
And yes, you'll need to trim the front to fit 35s under a 3".

 

I believe the 8 lugs sit 2" higher stock than the 1/2 tons which would put a 3" comparable to a 5"??? Because if i'm wrong, i'll focus on the D.C. 6" (Thanks for the link!)
Nice rigs fellas, and good shot of the peak!

 

That's not quite right. The lift hights for 2500 and 3500s are slightly different and end up putting you at the same level as the equivelant 1500 lift. Even though they are listed as the same number. I think SkyJacker has a 3 inch 1500 lift and a 2.5 inch 2500/3500 lift. And a 5 inch and 4.5 inch. The end result is the same height.
I've heard the D.C. links have a thinner wall on them. I've never seen them myself, just what I've heard. Also, when going to a 6 inch kit, part of the front yoke has to be ground because of the angle.
Here's a couple of other things to keep in mind. The long arm kit requires you to cut off the lower link frame mount. Not sure if that's an issue for you or not. A dual shock setup in the front will put additional strain on the top spring bucket. If you wheel and use that setup, reinforce the bucket! Check for availability of link bushings. You'll need to replace them eventually. Just be sure they are available for purchase by themselves.