Nissan Titan Forum - View Single Post - Need advice- to lift or not to lift

TTN4x4 · 05-03-2008, 06:28 AM

I work away from home a week or two at a time putting an average of 500 highway miles per week on my '04 KC 4x4 (40k right now). I have been debating a 6" lift and new wheels and tires. I occasionally have to travel down rough dirt / muddy roads and its my hunting truck so i would like more clearance and I like the lifted look. I also want to be able to put bigger tires on, I won't go insanely big because of gas mileage. Anyway, I have the extended warranty, and ofcourse the dealer is giving me the "if you lift it, most shops don't know how to do it right and you could blow your rear end due to bad angle on the drive shaft, and you will loose your warranty on any suspension related things and drive line blah blah" I know they would have to prove the lift caused the failure but I really dont want to have to fight every time I take my truck in. Seems to me that the lift would beef up some components (my shocks need to be replaced anyway). I need my truck to be as reliable as possible. I can't afford for my truck to brake something out in the boonies, but are there really any reliability issues with a good lift installed at a good shop?

05-03-2008, 06:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
TTN4x4 Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: N Houston, TX Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Need advice- to lift or not to lift I work away from home a week or two at a time putting an average of 500 highway miles per week on my '04 KC 4x4 (40k right now). I have been debating a 6" lift and new wheels and tires. I occasionally have to travel down rough dirt / muddy roads and its my hunting truck so i would like more clearance and I like the lifted look. I also want to be able to put bigger tires on, I won't go insanely big because of gas mileage. Anyway, I have the extended warranty, and ofcourse the dealer is giving me the "if you lift it, most shops don't know how to do it right and you could blow your rear end due to bad angle on the drive shaft, and you will loose your warranty on any suspension related things and drive line blah blah" I know they would have to prove the lift caused the failure but I really dont want to have to fight every time I take my truck in. Seems to me that the lift would beef up some components (my shocks need to be replaced anyway). I need my truck to be as reliable as possible. I can't afford for my truck to brake something out in the boonies, but are there really any reliability issues with a good lift installed at a good shop?