hi so I just recently got a 1998 1500 4x4 Laramie and I want to put a 3 in lift in front and 2 in the back but would that be able to clear 35s I'm willing to trim stuff depending on how much is needed to be trimmed and I'm young and on a budget so would wheel spacers be ok instead of having to by expensive wheels with offset and with the lift would I need to buy a longer drive line

 

Welcome to DF!

3" and 35's is gonna be VERY close. If you off road at all, tires will meet body parts. 33's would clear fairly well though.

I am not a fan of wheel spacers on a truck that will see off road duty. It introduces a weak point, and having wheels fall off while you are driving is never a pleasant experience.

2" spacers in front, would let you run 33's, without doing anything in the rear. It'll level the truck up fairly well too.

Something else to consider.... Is gearing. You likely have the typical 3.55 gears in your diffs, and 35's with 3.55s will make your truck a dog, and dramatically shorten the life of the transmission. Re-gearing is an option, but, not cheap. 1500 bucks, plus or minus, to do both axles. (assuming you are paying for parts and labor) Gears are finicky, expensive, and even MORE expensive if you don't know what you are doing with the installation. Not a job I recommend for someone that hasn't done it before. Not without expert assistance on scene at any rate.

 

ok 33s with a level kit was my back up plan so that will probably be what I go with but will I need longer shocks with the 2in spacers

 

Nope. Things don't start getting weird till you go more than 3" of lift.

 

You shouldn't have any issues with your stock shocks with just 2inch spacers. Although if they look to be in rough shape or older, it would be a good time to replace them

 

ok cool so one more question, I heard the 2500 has a higher lift from the factory and I saw one that was leveled that had 33s on it and it looked Reilly good but what lift would I have to put on my 1500 to be the same as a leveld 2500

 

33/ 12.50s would look good and are cheaper to and the wheel spacers will get the tires out of the fenders some like a -8 offset rim but I just would like say when you start spreading the tires out all that does is put stress on the front end like ball joints bearings hubs and when those go your tires will wear bad fast

 

[QUOTE=K_wilhoyte99;3324332]ok cool so one more question, I heard the 2500 has a higher lift from the factory and I saw one that was leveled that had 33s on it and it looked Reilly good but what lift would I have to put on my 1500 to be the same as a leveld 2500[/ just to level a 1500 do 2 more inches in the front then in the back but 2500 has bigger leafsprings for towing to get that height do 4 in the front and 2 in the back

 

The heavier trucks also have taller blocks between the springs, and rear axle......

 

[QUOTE=Skipp;3324356]If you go 4" in the front then you need new control arms to correct the front end geometry. If you don't it would ride terrible, handle terrible and just be unsafe in general. Like heyyou said earlier. Anything under 3" is fine.