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Old May 20, 2009 | 11:20 PM
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well i have come to you guys for your opinion on if i should get a body lift or not

I have asked many people and i have been debating for a long time now.

I want to get more lift without messing with anymore suspension....

I want bigger tires also but if i go with bigger tires i want to get a body lift...

I have the RC 5 inch lift and i have 35x12.5 and i want to go with bigger tires so if i was to get a 3 inch body lift what size tires would be able to go under the truck????


I need to make up my mind and am hoping you guys will point me in the right direction!
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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As always, remember when upgrading tires sizes, the gears should be considered too. What gears do you have now? With 35's I would hope 4.56's.

Anyway, if you put a 3" body lift on top of the 5" suspension, I would say 37's would be a nice fitting tire. You should have plenty of room in most situations without rubbing, although with some extreme flexing I am sure you could stuff a tire into the rear of the front fender (mainly depends on the tire and wheel width as well as wheel back spacing). I have seen lots of 38's with 8", but its to much tire for my likings.

Again, if you havnt upgraded gearing yet, I would highly consider 4.88's for 37-38" tires. If you already have 4.56's, that would be fairly adaquate.

Also, with heavy wheeling 37's-38's will be fairly rough on your front axle (assuming you have a half ton with stock axles).
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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Do a body lift man...
 
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