budget 4" lift

[travishale84]

so everytime someone asks about going with a 4" lift i suggest an 1.5 BL and a 2.5" leveling kit. so my buddy wanted some lift without breaking the bank. i talked him into spending $210 on 4" of lift. the body lift and leveling kit took all day. despite the front bumper being a bear, and a stripped body mount bolt, the install went well.

here is a before picture



here is a couple of after pictures




He is shopping for some wheels now, and is buying my 285 70 17's.
I will post updated pictures when its finished

[cparks555]

Looks good, and economical too!

[blackout07]

Not bad at all.

[Silverado4x4]

Tell him to wash the damn thing.

[zach1990]

Looks good. I did the same 2.5" + 1.5" combo and love it. Also... wash the **** thing

 

Sent from my SGH-I927 using Tapatalk 2

[travishale84]

Yea I would have washed it if it was mine. It was also a rainy day in VT yesterday and my shop is on a dirt road. Going to do my 3" bodylift next weekend pictures to come.

[TimmyG]

I am going the budget 5in or 5.5 lift. I already have the 3in bl and need to level it next

 

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

[travishale84]

definately go for the 2.5" lift, we also installed the leveling kit without removing the ball joint, or sway bar end link. we just use some long bars, and a bottle jack while the truck was jacked up on jack stands. couldnt believe it worked. the spacer went on top of the strut

[karlmg]

It turned out really nice. I know some people who have this body + leveling lift kit setup also and it works well.

[scz71864]

which BL did you go with?

[travishale84]

that is the zone BL, we still have to relocate the rear bumper, but im going to do it the way the RC directions say instead of new bumper brackets

[TimmyG]

that is the zone BL, we still have to relocate the rear bumper, but im going to do it the way the RC directions say instead of new bumper brackets

I used zone brackets but followed performance acc write up for the mod to use the spare tire winch

 

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

[STINSAN3]

Definitely needs bigger tires now!

[travishale84]

about the spare tire mod, when i did my 3" BL, with 285 70 17's soon to be 305 70 17's i removed my spare tire, and i also removed the plastic tube for the spare. my buddy will probably do the same, and with only 1.5" of BL, i dont think there is anything that needs to be done (there wasnt with my 1.25" BL. he is going to get his tires on this weekend, more pictures to come

[Rocket_Man]

Any updated pictures with 285/70-17? I am looking to do exactly this but am hung up on 1.5" body or 3".

 

My concern is the larger tires will fill out the wheel well too much with the 1.5". But I will be running stock tires for a while (245s) and that may look too goofy (your pictures in original post shows stock tires with 2.5+1.5 which imo doesn't look too bad)

 

Also I'm worried about spare tire with 3" ....