Hey Everyone,

I'm new to the board. I searched the sticky's and the forum, and couldn't come up with a good answer.

I have a 2005 Ram 1500 QC 2WD Daytona (wing and graphics removed). Had it for the last 2 years and it has 55k miles on it. It's my daily driver but I'm starting to go out to the desert a little and would like to do some light offroading.

I purchased a set of Dick Cepek 17" rims with 285/70/17 tires. Figured out I need to do a minimum 3" lift per Dick Cepek's site.

After searching around, I have settled on:

CST 4" spindle lift
Rough Country 6" lift w/ nitro 9000 shocks.

I can get both shipped for the same the same price.

My question is-

which type of lift puts less stress on the suspension components and how about ride quality?

Also, most of the pics I see of 4-6" lifts have 35" tires. Will I be able to notice the 1.7" difference in diamater with running 33" instead?

Anyone have a pic of a dodge with a 4-6" lift running 33"?


Thanks,

Richard

 

you are going to need BIGGER tires with 6'' lift... and i dont think you need to lift to fit 33's the stock tires are 33's (maybe not on a daytona...) maybe they told you to lift because of the offset of the wheels??
otherwise i dont think you NEED to lift to fit those tires, maybe level it...
one of the lift gurus will chime in

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but with 17's and 285/70/17's you won't need to do anything. Mine are stock 17's with 265/70/17's and they of course have no problem. The 285 simply means the tire is wider which if anything only mean's you'll need to mess with your back spacing. So you don't even need a lift of any sort to fit these tires and wheels, unless you want to level it for more front end clearance. If you do decide on the lift I personally would go with a 4" spindle lift with blocks in the rear. I don't like the idea of raising my center of gravity since I already drive like a freakin cop and take corners at 30 or more all the time.

 

dont need a lift for the 33" tires and a 4-6" lift will look to high for 33's so get 35's and the rancho 4" quick lift is what hammer is running on 35's and no problems

 

Sorry guys, forgot to mention-

the Dick Cepek DC-1's (wheels) have an offset that will not fit without a lift.

My buddy said the RC lift, although a bigger lift, would be better because it replaces more stock parts (something about center of gravity). Whereas the CST is just spindles.

???

 

Ive got a 6" lift with 36s. You can look in my sig for a link to my gallery if you wanna see some pics.

 

Both are good choices. I personally have the Rough Country kit, and its a great kit for what it costs.

 

Thanks! Do you have any other pics of your truck from the side?

I'm really hung up on 33 vrs. 35. Technically, the difference is 1.7". Is that really noticeable?

 

I would say so because I had 32s and went to 36s. Now I know thats 4" total but thats only 2" on the top and another 2" on the bottom. I get people all the time telling me how huge they are but they areny that big to me. I think Im just used to them.