Got the lift bug Eh, this can be a very costly sickness. If you do have this problem stop all plans for a leveling kit, and save coin and just do a 5" lift and be done with it.

Once you get to 3" lift there are more parts needed, go look at some of the good 3" kit's and see what's included in that kit.

 

Lifting your truck can get expensive fast. If you do it on the cheap you risk breaking things that are going to be at steeper angles and under more stress. I understand that you have no intention of wheeling your truck, but you can do it right once, or cobble together a franken-lift that you build as you break parts and find limitations.

Being patient and saving for the 5" lift is probably the way to go, but it will probably be the hardest for you to do. Instant gratification is a cruel mistress. If you go with the body lift I would imagine you would need to either modify your fan shroud or lift your engine as well.

 

 

If you were closer I'd trade you wheels. Mine stick out way too far....

 

Fourteen posts and already a gem. Color me impressed.

 

I would love to get a 5 inch lift but that's too expensive plus ill have to pay someone a lot of money to put it on. Plus my small tires wouldn't look right on the truck with a big lift.

Could I just get one of those +3 in the front and +2 leveling kits off eBay?

I'll be ordering them +2 spacers tomorrow so when I get them on I'll tell you all what I think of them.

 

No... Anything over 3 inches requires more parts. Either do it right or dont do it at all.. If you want a leveling kit you are limited to 2 or 2.5 inches... 2 inch wheel spacers are going to eat your front end up like thats its job.... I had 1.5 inch spacers on my truck for only 2 weeks.. My brand new wheel bearings were complete junk after those 2 weeks....

 

What about any of these? And has anyone else had problems with wheel spacers? I wanna know of the problems before I order them tomorrow.








Spacers I was planning on getting:

 

Never seen or heard of the first one but it doesnt look to be of any kind of good quality. The second one looks to be like a regular leveling kit but like stated before with 3 inches your pushing the limits off your steering components. The AAL will look good until the springs settle and go back to the way they were before.. Happend to someone on here before.. Cant remember who though.. The wheel spacers.. Well those are just like the ones I had. They destroyed my wheel bearings and I kept having all the lugs coming loose. I wouldnt recommend them.. Its all on what you want to do but I personally wouldnt buy any of those products but thats just my opinion..

Wait and see what others have to say. If you really want a leveling kit I have 2 that you can choose from. Front springs and shocks.. They wont require any additional steering component parts..

 

I have one of those "frankin-lift" set ups, 3500 diesel coils-$40 from junk yard, add a leafs $40 ebay, and blocks out of a 72 power wagon which were 1.5" higher than the stock ones. The add a leafs i got were like the ones the op posted, they only did like an inch and a half, if that. Overall i got 2.5-3" of total lift. I have to agree with the general consensus that the wheel spacer are bad, havent heard any good things about em