my honest opinion, is to start small, then work your way up. thats wat i did. my first lift was the fabtech 3in. 3 inch spacer in the front, 3 in block in the back. and then crappy fabtech shocks. only like 400 bucks give or take. that should fit ur 35's too. barely. then when u wanna go bigger. throw some 2500/3500 coil springs under the spacer, and an add-a-leaf to ur leaf springs. you can get up to 7 inches doin that. (of course you will need some other stuff, drop pitman arm, long arms or control arms ect.)

just slowly build it up. and as you do build it, you will learn ALOT.
JMO, but its ur truck. but i suggest reading alot of stuff before you lift ur truck, ALOT of pros, and ALOT of cons.
and in the long run, you will be dropping more money on the same lift, then what you originally paid for it. true fact. 90% of the guys with lifted trucks on here will most likely agree.

 

so if i get a 3 inch and add a leaf in the back with 2500 springs, what size pitman arm and what long arm and control arm? anything else to get?

 

Now you're talking about piecing parts together and you run the potential to end up with very mixed results.

A 3" spacer and diesel coils up front will get you around 5" up front. At that point, just go with a 5" coil. Unless you are gonna put a big heavy bumper on the front. Then go with a 3" diesel coil.

An add-a-leaf will get you a few inches but, it's one leaf working against your entire original spring pack. It is going to sag quicker than any other setup. By the time you need to replace it with something decent you should just start with something decent. Either replace the springs in the rear with lifted springs or do a shackle flip.

When you go to a 5" lift you're gonna need new arms up front. If you stay with short arms you need upper arm extension brackets on the axles. So, at that point you might look into a long-arm kit. You'll also need a drop pitman arm. You'll also need drop mounts for your sway bar. You may also need to drop your frame side mount on your track bar.

You ought to just dump the cash down on a full 5" kit and not try to piece all this stuff together. That way you know it works right together. And since you're running a 20" wheel I'm guessing you don't want to do any fender 'adjustments' so you're gonna need a 5" lift to clear 35"s in the front.

Keeping costs in check... decide now if you're gonna keep her on the road and polished or take her wheeling and get her dirty. You can get by with a cheaper kit for on-road use only.

 

ya man, you gotta know what your doin when u start puttin stuff together. it seems to me your fairly new to the idea of lifting ur truck. like i said start reading up..

and if i were you, just get a lift kit specific to your truck and get someone certified to install. it will save you alot of confusion and problems. believe me.

theres alot of suspension parts made for different purposes, and very good reasons why there made that way too. you dont wanna cut corners.

please take what we say into consideration. it will save you SO many problems. be smart.

also whats ur budget?? i can probly find something for u.

and DONT get a used lift. its gonna be beat to hell. and you WILL get ripped off.... unless u trust the guy with ur super hott girlfriend alone naked together in bed...

 

8 inch grade 8 bolts and 6 inches of high psi pvc piping will make a great body lift

 

ur f**kin crazy yak lol

 

lmao better than cooked solid oak 5inch blocks we used on my dads old cj7 that'd pucker your *** up

 

ive done a lot of reading, and ive lifted trucks before, but they were old trucks that didnt have coil springs. im not gonna be going offroading, just lookin to lift it about 5 inches like i said before at the begining of the thread it wont be going wheeling at all.

 

Check out topgunz and go with the cheapest 5" kit they have. That should be enough for what you're wanting to do.

 

The sport models can fit 35's wthout any lift. I'm running 35x12.50x17 BFG CORR tires on my truck with no issues.