Fabtech lift kits
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i have the 3.5 inch performance lift on mine, which is the control arms. it rides alot better now especially on bumpy dirt roads. i am still running stock rims, with 285-75-16's, i think it looks pretty good, check out my gallery.
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TAMU05 - yep your truck looks really nice. Same with Rich's truck. Ok I'm rethinking the suspension lift - that I might do it - since apparently I can keep my stock wheels and tires for a while and upgrade later. Now I just need to decide on the 3.5 performance suspension lift (TAMU05) or the 3.5 spindle kit (Rich). My stock shocks are toast so they need to be replaced to. I've got quotes for $1250 installed out the door for the spindle kit and bilstein shocks on all 4 corners, or $1400 for the performance lift that comes with Fabtech shocks. Humm....
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i spent about 900 on my lift with shocks, installed it myself in about 4-5 hours, pretty easy. my friend has the spindle lift on his truck (which we also installed, real easy) but overall mine seems to ride smoother than his. the fabtech shocks are not all that bad, i changed them out to edelbrock gas shocks. i forgot where i bought the lift from but i think it was summit.
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Did you have to do an alignment afterward? What kinds of tools did you need? What kind of experience do you have working on vehicles/suspensions? Asking cause I'm really handy - but mostly in home improvement stuff, no real experience on autos other than brake pads and oil changes.
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yeah i had to get an alignment afterwards, i didn't do it, i had my local shop do it. i have been working on cars and trucks for awhile. alot of brakes and oil changes, that was my first suspension job i have done, just as long as you have a book ready to look at you would be ok. only thing about that lift is there are 2 little spacers that have to be welded, so if you or you know someone that can weld that would help out alot.
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I didn't install my lift spindles but I watched the guys step by step through my install and it was pretty straightforward for the spindles, a bolt on affair more or less. Only special tool needed was a tie rod end seperator to seperate the stock spindle from the ball joint. My ride didn't change a whole lot except the harsh/stiff rear end, which went away when I swapped the Fabtech 1.5" blocks for Superlift 2.5" rear lift blocks.
I managed to save some bucks by finding a set of Fabtech spindles used in our local online classifeds for $300 in virtually mint condition, they had been on a guy's Supercrew for two months when he decided he wanted his acceleration back.
Since then I've seen several sets for sale on the 'net for around $400.
I managed to save some bucks by finding a set of Fabtech spindles used in our local online classifeds for $300 in virtually mint condition, they had been on a guy's Supercrew for two months when he decided he wanted his acceleration back.
Since then I've seen several sets for sale on the 'net for around $400.
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