Going to have a 6 inch sus lift and gears put in my truck.what is a fair price to have this done?I don't wanna get ripped off.

 

Are you doing the work yourself or having it done for you? cause much can be saved with a DIY attitude. im also currently looking for lifts and have found this site moderatly helpful as it gathers several brands into one place

http://www.4wheelonline.com/Categori...?Categoryid=24

 

You'll probably pay about the same price for the lift as the labor to install.

Most shops charge ~$300 per axle for gear installs.

 

is that including parts? cause thats cheap! hell parts alone cost that! i'd say about $500 per axle with parts/labor (on the cheaper side) and look to pay about $1500 or so for the lifts' parts/labor (on the cheaper side)

i'd say, making an educated guess.... $2500 after all is said and done, however dont feel violated when the bill comes out to be over $3K. but thats just a guess as i have never let a shop touch either of my trucks.

good luck to ya

-cutts-

 

Naw...my quote was not including parts.

A few years ago I paid $400 parts and labor to regear a dana axle.....of course other axles would be cheaper...like 14B.

 

I would agree with cutts 2500 or more.labor isnt cheap.

 

[QUOTE=godblessmud]Are you doing the work yourself or having it done for you? cause much can be saved with a DIY attitude. im also currently looking for lifts and have found this site moderatly helpful as it gathers several brands into one place

http://www.4wheelonline.com/Categories.aspx?Categoryid=24[/QUOTE]

I dont know how to put the lift on.I mean I can see you got to remove the stock springs and add the lift ones but what would hold up the truck?I dont have anything.The gears i dont know how to do at all.500 an axle for gears wow thats just crazy dude.sure wish i know someone that would come here and put the lift on with me and regear the truck for me i woild pay them and drink a few beers with them.2500 or more?wow thats to much for me i might as well sell the lift and tires now.

 

It is cheaper to buy the jackstands to hold the frame up (that's how you pull the springs), and whatever other random tools you may need than to pay for a shop lift.
Dig around in the Connecticut chapter and see if there are any locals that would help you out.
Put a 4" suspension lift on my 79, only thanks to 75F350 from here. Met up, he had the front leaves and U-bolts, drank some beers, had a good ol' time. Took half a day, and I'd never done any suspension work before. Learned a lot.

 

Even the Pizza girl was HOT!
good times liftin trucks and drinkin beer.
Oh yeah truck looked way better after it was done than it did when it showed up! LOL....

 

Hell yeah, on all fronts... Pizza girl, truck and beer...

 

hatchet:
All kidding aside, I get $1200 to 1500 (plus) to re-gear front and rear axles. I provide all of the parts (bearings shims, ARP bolts, etc) and (Yukon) gears.
I also get almost the same just to install a 4,6,or 8 inch lift on a 99-04 super duty, if they buy the kit through my shop.
This kind of work is not cheap.
Hope it does not discourage you, but it is a bunch of work, especially for a first timer.

 

me and my buddy did my gears and put my lift on all in about 4 hours.if you take it to a shop they will rip you off.where in ct are you?

 

Like cutts said, $500 would be cheap for a gear and locker install.

Ring and pinion, install kit, labor, etc... would cost about $600-700 + $200-300 for a cheap locker or limited slip(or $500-700 for a detroit or ARB like).

It will be expensive if done right.

You could be like a lot of people and don't do gears and lockers(save $1500), and have a slug of a truck for acceleration, towing, and off roading.

 

Hatchet, what are the specs on the truck? What year, etc? If you were in SD I'd help ya put the lift in and drink beers with ya!

 

According to his gallery it's a 97 F-350.
So that'd be leafs all around, and large axles(which just mean gears cost more, so a ring and pinion would be a good $250 instead of $140).