hello guys im thinking about giving my truck a lift and i dont know what o choose from since i never had a truck. should i just go with the leveling kit,or give the truck a whole life,do i need to replace the tires and rims if i give it a whole lift? live in alexandria va is any one familiar to this area if so do any body knows any good shops for truck tires and rims and lift kits?? or a good website? thanks for now im sure il have more questions later on but for now thats all

 

Welcome to FTE really its up to you if wanna do leveling kit or lift... lift will give you more height you dont have to change the tires most do cause it looks better like small tires on a jacked up truck looks weird but your choice

 

First off welcome to the boards. Is your truck a 2WD or a 4WD? Do you offroad any or is the reason behind lifting it for looks only?

I'd say go with the full lift because once you start lifting it you'll always want to go higher. I started with a 2.5" leveling kit on my truck and now have a 6" Fabtech lift with 35's.

 

yeah the lift is more for looks,its a 2 wd ,do you know some web sites for some lift kits and stuff,and do you need to change the wheels once you give it a lift??

 

Mine's also a 2WD and I did my lift strictly for looks. Here's a really good site to get the Fabtech lift from;

http://www.4wheelonline.com/Products...roductID=71900

Cheapest I have seen it online. Since you say you're doing the lift for looks I would just go with the basic kit with the performance shocks, no need ot spend the extra $$$ for the dirt logics. You don't HAVE to change the wheels out if you lift it, but the stock tires are 31's and with a 6" lift they will look rather small. I have 35's on mine and think they look great! I would also recommend that you go wiht a 5" block for the rear since the kit comes wiht a 2" block and that will leave your truck sitting lower in the rear. The 5" block gives you 1" more rear lift, but you can't tell it by looking at it. I have pics in my gallery, take a look at them.