how do you know what control arms to get? I got a sport off road edition that I wanted to do a 4 inch front lift with spacers and then a 2 in rear with shackles

 

4 inch spacers? I think the tallest I have seen is 3".

Ever consider just doing a body lift?

 

He would just need a 2 in spacer right? Unless he wanted 4 in on top of the off road 2in plus from factory

 

I found those as replacements for ones that come in a Tuff Country 4.5" lift

 

2", 4.5" and yes even 6" are out there. I guess they are just a cheap way of doing lifts, so wrong.

 

yes its cheaper way, don't really have 1000+ to do a 6 inch lift, more for looks anyways, im not climbing rocks, mudding or anything, truck is needing some body work, got the usual dodge rust on wheels wells, rocker panels and such

 

I want to do the 4inch spacers in front, 2 inch shackles in rear(right now the front measures 40 and the rear is 42) then a 3 inch body lift, im looking to see what gears I need to run 35's or so, right now it has 4:10's

 

4.56 or 4.88. Depends on your usage. If it's just for looks, body lift will get you what you want, for less than four digits.

In all reality, two inches in front should give you room to clear 35's. Not sure if that would push you past the 'need for additional parts' on an ORE.

 

See above for recommended gear ratio.

At one point I had put together a list of parts that would make up a 7" suspension lift for about a grand, I won't have long arms, it won't have spring spacers, it won't have shackles.

Shop around for parts like 7" coil springs approx $200, upper and lower control arms approx $400, rear adda leaf approx $150, drop pitman arm approx $60+, some type of track bar drop bracket or an adjustable kit approx $140+, shocks approx $200. You will have to make things like brake line drop brackets and stuff like that yourself.

As far as I know anything over 3" ore or not and parts have to be changed out.

 

thanks merc225, I think your truck looks awesome, mine is just like it, except I have black mirrors, other than that its same and different rims