I posted this before on the suspension place but got no reply. Anyways, I have a '90 f250 and am lookin for a 4 inch lift. Does anyone know anything about Rough Country lifts? They are a lot cheaper in price but I havnt really found anything bad about them. They are complete kits w/ shocks and dropped pitman arms and everything like that. Any input helps. By the way, I am no serious off-roader mainly 80% street and 20% off road and im not real hard on it. Like before, any suggestions are helpful. Thx.

 

ive got a 4" on my 93 150 and havent had any issues with it.

 

I had one on a 93 F150 but then the truck got hurt, nothing bad to say about them, I had a 4 in and 35s were great, ho big of a tire did you want to go with?

 

I was going to go with just 35's. Not sure where i can find a good deal on some m/t's though.

 

without a doubt, the best MT for the money is a Buckshot mudder. they come in 35x12.50R16.5...

Edit: oops, I posted once more. yes, i did state i wasn't coming back. it's still my homepage -sadly- and therefore i kinda browse FTE when bored.
not

 

Thanks for the input.

 

sounds like a personal problem


but yeah, i had some 32inch buckshots and they worked great, but then i went with a 36 humvee tire just recently.

for the suspension you could do a shackle flip in the back to save a little bit of money and then just get the front part of the kit. plus extended brake lines and all that fun stuff.

 

not to hi-jack but how are you liking them so far? i've been meaning to get down to surplus place around the house here and get a set but havent had a chance

ditto on the buickshots, i LOVED mine! i would go back with them but i can get hummer tires much cheaper!

-cutts-

 

they've been great so far, I'm going up to rausch creek on the 23rd so I'll see how they perform once i go there.

just basing off driving on them back in my woods I would say they don't clean out as well as the buckshots did, but the added clearance and size makes them better overall.

on the street they're ok, the place that mounted them balanced them pretty well, but don't expect to be taking turns with any speed as the tires just kind of lean over and it gets kind of scary.

 

I have the Rough Country Lift for my '93 F-150 and It was easy to install. The shocks that come with the kit are crappy but that's not a big deal.

 

and that doesnt tell ya something about the rest of the kit?

-cutts-

 

The rest of the kit is good. No lie... You can't b*tch untill you own one.
Rough Country FTW

 

Well I guess I can complain then, because my 88 had a 4 inch rough country on it when I got it, and I may be a little hard on stuff but I cracked the drivers side radius drop bracket, shocks were crap and bent the pass side ttb drop bracket. Thank god for sas's.

 

hahaha, been there done that! why do you think i said anything?

for someone who drives 80% street they are decent b/c they sure suck offroad! i found them to be too stiff and the holes for the new drop brackets had to be 'bribed' to line up.

i'd still go with a skyjacker kit. however here is an idea, build your own kit! get some BC coils, skyjacker ttb drop brackets, and dropped radius arms. prolly cost ya about $200-$300

just my experience

-cutts-

 

I had no problems with the instlation of my kit, everything fit up nice. I havn't had any problems with the kit either (Knock on wood I guess.) I'm very hard on my truck, I use it cutting wood, pulling trailers, and pulling my friends Jeeps and Dodges outta mud holes most often. I know the Rough Country YJ kits are harder to install and the leaf springs are weak but I've noticed no give in my coil springs. I wont fight aginst Skyjacker tho. That's what I orginally wanted but as a starving student you cant always have things that you want.

My kit has alot of articulation look in my profile at the picture of The Fusion on the RTI. Show me a Full Size truck with under $500 of suspension work that can pull a 4.5 on an RTI