So I been thinking about getting a 6 inch lift so I can safely equip 35 inch tires and not have them eat my finders offroad. My main draw back is that I don't exactly what my truck to be that tall all the time.

So I got to thinking...

If I could install a 6 inch lift and put air bags on all 4 corners of the truck. When on road have it lowered for better center of gravity and fuel economy. When I go offroad lift it up for clearance.
But
I never seen air bags on a IDFS 4x4 before. Only on a 2wd or straight axel.

I need a little feed back from you all. What could be a deal breaker that I might not be thinking of.

Thanks!

 

With IDFS you won't be able to pull this off. To gain that lift you have to drop the cross member and install a taller knuckle. Regardless of what you install, you're limited by the amount of travel of the control arms and the driveline angles (halfshafts).

 

I gotcha. I was thinking of getting it to work like a spacer lift works on our trucks. Put in the spacer and it gets 3 inches taller by pushing the arms down. Figure if I can get it to work both ways I can make a total movement of 6 inches.

 

I see your thought process. The truck would have to ride near full compression (kind of like a trophy truck) so that your travel would be nearly all droop. It might work, but it's going to need fender work, etc so that you can stuff the tires...or at least I would think it would.

 

I think some newer dodges do this, but not 6".

 

Not worth the time. You will have as much as the truck is worth in parts and labor. Just put a 4 inch lift on it and run 35s.

 

My buddy has one of the 7 lug f150s with a 4 inch and 35s on 17inch factory's. When we go hill climbing I hear his wheels hit his finders. He's the one that got me thinking. He wants a 6inch but already spent too much on his 4 inch pro comp.

The real hard part is fininding room for the bags on the front springs. I'd have to shorten the factory coil overs or find shorter ones that are already made.