Who cares if you are "wasting your money" that's like saying wearing Nike instead of walmart shoes is wasting your money, it's your choice

I would go BL honestly, a first of all a 3" suspension is just a key, spacer, or spring and will just level you out, the aal will make your ride horrible

A BL doesn't make you change anything and you can put the suspension's cost of alignment towards raising your exhaust...driveway job and doesn't affect ride

 

unless you plan on rock crawling, there is nothing wrong with using blocks...for rock crawling, a rear coil conversion would be the best choice and not add-a-leaf

 

Body lifts to me are great way to compliment a nice suspension lift they add extra room in engine bay but many people are skeptable about the blocks which if torqued down right will not be any worse than the normal space from stock.

They keep the center of gravity down, on an already high truck, I would recomend it as a second stage part of a lift.

Im a fan of an add-a-leaf yes they may stiffen the ride a little but im for that, it keeps the roll of the truck down and gives you more weight capability before sagging, another thing to think about is coils over spacers, I say coils most aftermarket also stiffen the ride and when you add bigger tires you can usually equal out the ride and roll of the truck

 

That would give me between 5.5" & 6.5" of blocks and a total of 2 blocks because of the factory 3.5" block. This just doesn't sound like it would be safe.

 

I really doubt that you already have 3.5" blocks (judging from your picture), and the factory blocks were 1".
I recommend the suspension lift because they are pretty simple to do and you get the added benefit of tearing down your front end, which means you will be able to see the condition of the parts and just become much more familiar with your truck.

 

It has 3.5" blocks from the factory. I even checked with suspension shop to make sure that was stock and they said that is what my year came with.

 

suspension lift definitely ... like stated before I agree that the body lift would only look good with a good suspension lift.

 

Here is picture of the stock block.

 

body lift, all the way. my truck didnt change the way it rode and it was wayyyy easier to install. if your not going to flex your truck alot you wont have to worry about breaking body mounts, etc. and in the future if the want too take it off, it will be easier. the PA kit comes with front bumper brackets and you can flip your rear bumper brackets to raise your rear bumper to make it look stock or you can do this like me.....



thats your stock block, our trucks came with a 3.50 inch block from the factory...

 

Front springs, rear AAL's, and shocks. What could be easier? No messing with bumper brackets, fan shroud to fan alignment, fuel filler neck extensions, etc.

Suspension lift would be FAR easier, work better, and have fewer 'detail' items that need to be addressed.