i have a 96 F150 5.0 4x2 and am looking for the cheapest possible way to lift it. i mainly want it because i like the look of a lifted truck but ill also be doing moderate trail/sand offroading. i was thinking a sky shackle flip in the rear and lift coils up front. would this be good or would i be better off buying like a tuff country lift kit? btw i only want to lift it 4" go with 33's so i dont really have to regear, i dont wanna dump a whole hell of a lot of money into the truck because it is used and i dont know how well it was taken care of before me.

 

Shackle flip and new coils up front will be your best, least expensive way to go. I won't add any more because it sounds like you already know what you're doing with them.

 

Out here there is a guy with a 2by4 lift. I'm pretty sure the lumber was cheap, haha. its hard to belive what people do.

 

I have lifted 2 of my trucks and helped 4 friends with theirs and I have come to the conclusion that the cheapest way to lift a truck is to buy one that is already lifted. Just my thought.

 

Im still gonna have to get a drop pitman arm and maybe brakelines right?

 

You will need the pitman arm but I don't think you'll need the brake lines. I didn't need them for a 6" lift but I have leaves up front. I'm not sure about the coil spring front suspension and brake lines.

 

I would get the brake lines cause the TTB drop pretty good when going through jumps and stuff, and the brake lines don't really have the extra lenght for that on a 96

 

just move where the brake lines mount to the frame and you'll have no trouble. I did 4" and had to move the lines down about an inch. I went two to be on teh safe side, but YMMV.

Justin

 

If you get a cheap kit, you may as well get the Stage I Dick Cepek for around $475 that comes with the shocks and pitman arm. The othe option would be to go to the graveyard.com and get a Superlift bracket kit ~$250, add-a-leafs for $65 and on the 4" you can do a knuckle under mod and not need a drop pitman. It does require an 8* reamer though. Go over to fullsize Bronco and do a search on it. You would still need shocks and brake lines. There's always Rough Country that includes every thing but the brake lines for ~450. But why do that when you can get the Dick Cepek for about the same. Dick Cepek (now owned by Extreme Suspension) pioneered the lifts for the ttb stuff.

 

you could look at tuff country....they are great kits for a good price. but that d.c. kit sounds good too!