Lift or Lower

gearhart4 · 10-20-2009, 11:09 PM

What should i do for now?

2 inch shackle drop in rear
or
2 inch leveling kit in front

I cant decide

RedEye aka 808Glad8R · 10-20-2009, 11:23 PM

The 2'' drop shackles will not level you. It will only drop you about an inch. I would save my money up for the 6'' or mod something else.

RckyMtnTitan · 10-20-2009, 11:58 PM

Lift it............it's a truck.

**Nismo4life** · 10-21-2009, 05:59 AM

lift it dude! it will look cooler with your dirtbike in the back haha

Doola36 · 10-21-2009, 07:15 AM

I have to go with the LIFT!!!!!!!!! I love my mini lift and I would love to lift it higher.....LOL

**DeadRiver** · 10-21-2009, 07:50 AM

i went up with the leveling kit.

hopefully in the near future that will turn into a 4" performance lift

Pops · 10-21-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadRiver

... hopefully in the near future that will turn into a 4" performance lift

Do you mean a 7" lift ??? Or is there a 4" that will work on a 4x4 ?

619-TITAN · 10-21-2009, 11:38 PM

didn't greg offer some coilover/uca pakage that would yield 4 inch of lift for the 4wd.

Pops · 10-22-2009, 08:16 AM

Not that I've seen. The only 4" package I've seen from him is for 2WD.

gearhart4 · 10-22-2009, 08:19 AM

What i was thinking:

Buy the shackles now and get rid of those ****ty stock ones and when i buy my lift i can still use them.
If I buy a leveling kit I cant use it when i get my lift

**DeadRiver** · 10-22-2009, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pops

Do you mean a 7" lift ??? Or is there a 4" that will work on a 4x4 ?

if it turns into that i'm not complaining

Quote:

Originally Posted by 619-TITAN

didn't greg offer some coilover/uca pakage that would yield 4 inch of lift for the 4wd.

that's what i thought too, i haven't looked in a while as the budgeting phase has been complete and i have a number in my head but now i'll look again.

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Originally Posted by Pops

Not that I've seen. The only 4" package I've seen from him is for 2WD.

I'm pretty sure BlackBeauty did a 4" perfomance on his with new UCA's SAW's a block in the rear and new rear shocks....

I'd also like to get a little something to help with the towing efforts. This truck loves to pull.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love this truck?????

**DeadRiver** · 10-22-2009, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gearhart4

What i was thinking:

Buy the shackles now and get rid of those ****ty stock ones and when i buy my lift i can still use them.
If I buy a leveling kit I cant use it when i get my lift

I see you think modularly, great idea.

I didn't really care for the rake of the truck, sure i get the reasoning that if you load the bed to capacity the truck will be level BUT how often does that happen on your DD?

I had considered lowering my 4wd truck until i kept reading threads on here and realized there was no real merrit in lowering a truck that was meant to be used as such and i'm glad i went up and scored a set of terragrapplers.

**vipzach** · 10-22-2009, 09:17 AM

Ultimately this is a decision only you can make. All we can do is give you our opinion. Make the decision based on your needs and wants.

My choice is to level it. I have no desire or need for a lowered truck.

If you go with the leveling kit and decide to lift it higher later, the leveling kits always seem to sale pretty well, especially the PRG kits.

Pops · 10-22-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadRiver

I'm pretty sure BlackBeauty did a 4" perfomance on his with new UCA's SAW's a block in the rear and new rear shocks....

I'd also like to get a little something to help with the towing efforts. This truck loves to pull.

Have I mentioned lately how much I love this truck?????

Ahhh, I see where you guys are going with this...

PRG Products

That'll be around a $1500 package when you're done with it. I dunno about you, but for $1500 I'd rather have a bracket lift and build more onto it later. I would think you might be able to pickup a CST 7" for close to that price then change out the shocks later maybe??

**DeadRiver** · 10-22-2009, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Pops

Ahhh, I see where you guys are going with this...

PRG Products

That'll be around a $1500 package when you're done with it. I dunno about you, but for $1500 I'd rather have a bracket lift and build more onto it later. I would think you might be able to pickup a CST 7" for close to that price then change out the shocks later maybe??

sorry for jacking your thread dude but this will help you down the road too!!

Right Pops... that's about where my brain is with everything, by the time I spend cash on 4" i could have 7" with crappier shocks.

for now as the DD the T sees minimal off roading, mostly when opportunity presents itself. I also haven't spent any real wheel time in a lifted T which makes me wonder if i'll be happy with everything once lifted.

I figured the "performance lift" would give me a taste... the way I'm approaching this is when the shocks finally go i'll upgrade them in lieu of a stock replacement.

I'll most likely talk to Greg once I'm ready to pull the trigger and figure out the best bang for the buck then.