Budget Lift
Same reason a person buys a Hummer
Why ANYONE would want to lift a truck for anything but making it better off road is beyond me.
Why ANYONE would want to lift a truck for anything but making it better off road is beyond me.
Grand Champion
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,099
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From: Colorado
Because some people - lots of people actually- just like how a lifted truck looks, regardless of what type of road it goes on.
Why anyone would want to have an orange grill is beyond me too, but some people like it. Same thing. You see now.
Why anyone would want to have an orange grill is beyond me too, but some people like it. Same thing. You see now.
Who ever said anything about "liking" a orange grille? You do not know how much I want that ****ing thing off my truck.
Grand Champion
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,099
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From: Colorado
You are missing my point. Somebody liked it. That's what's great about our trucks, you can make it any way you want it for any reason you want it.
By the way, it is both cheap an easy to get that grill off your truck. You could have it off in under 5 minutes, and back on without the orange in about another 5 minutes or less. Why are you having a hard time with it.
Back on topic though, as far as budget lifts go, it depends on how you plan to use it. Buying/building a lift is a lot like building your motor. You don't need a super charger and a race built motor in a car that is going to be used to take your kids to school and get groceries. Same thing applies to lifts. Everybody doesn't need a custom made race quality lift when all they want to do is drive around with some big tires or do mild off-roading. So budget lifts have their place. The key is to buy what will work on your truck, what was designed for your truck, make sure it is a good lift with quality parts, and make sure it is installed correctly. All that can easily be done on a budget. Can you then tackle Moab with it? Probably not. But not everyone needs/wants to do that.
By the way, it is both cheap an easy to get that grill off your truck. You could have it off in under 5 minutes, and back on without the orange in about another 5 minutes or less. Why are you having a hard time with it.
Back on topic though, as far as budget lifts go, it depends on how you plan to use it. Buying/building a lift is a lot like building your motor. You don't need a super charger and a race built motor in a car that is going to be used to take your kids to school and get groceries. Same thing applies to lifts. Everybody doesn't need a custom made race quality lift when all they want to do is drive around with some big tires or do mild off-roading. So budget lifts have their place. The key is to buy what will work on your truck, what was designed for your truck, make sure it is a good lift with quality parts, and make sure it is installed correctly. All that can easily be done on a budget. Can you then tackle Moab with it? Probably not. But not everyone needs/wants to do that.
You are missing my point. Somebody liked it. That's what's great about our trucks, you can make it any way you want it for any reason you want it.
By the way, it is both cheap an easy to get that grill off your truck. You could have it off in under 5 minutes, and back on without the orange in about another 5 minutes or less. Why are you having a hard time with it.
By the way, it is both cheap an easy to get that grill off your truck. You could have it off in under 5 minutes, and back on without the orange in about another 5 minutes or less. Why are you having a hard time with it.
Record Breaker
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Chesapeake, VA
i personally love "the look" of lifted trucks. my brother has an '05 super duty with 6" on 33/15.50/18R mickey t's and you can bet that thing never sees the mud, but it looks AWESOME... not to mention compound turbos 
Record Breaker
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Texas
oh my truck sees alot of off-road use. especially right now, (its south texas rain season!)
the reason i bought a 3" spacer is because thats all they give you in the skyslacker kits, along with lower control arms and 2" rear block.
so far i spent $60 on the steel spacer and found lower control arms for $150, might even have some made with Heim Joints and DOM tubing for less. and add-a-leafs for $100.
thats a full lift kit pieced togetherfor less than $300, meanwhile a name brand kits gonna run $400-1200
the reason i bought a 3" spacer is because thats all they give you in the skyslacker kits, along with lower control arms and 2" rear block.
so far i spent $60 on the steel spacer and found lower control arms for $150, might even have some made with Heim Joints and DOM tubing for less. and add-a-leafs for $100.
thats a full lift kit pieced togetherfor less than $300, meanwhile a name brand kits gonna run $400-1200
Registered User
Joined: May 2010
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From: The Box
No brand name manufacturer makes a good lift. They don't spend millions of dollars designing, testing and, manufacturing lifts that have to meet a laundry list of safety and reliability requirments. They don't have their lifts on competition rigs in every type of off-road sport. Their lifts aren't found on hundreds of thousands of off-road trucks and jeeps that get used and abused far worse then most people on this forum would ever attempt, and have them outlast the trucks and jeeps they are on.
The guy in the snop over turns his own coils for coilovers, to offer more choices for tension. Do you have a problem with that?
Last edited by TheBigRedOne; Jan 31, 2011 at 06:52 AM.
