4" or 6" lift???
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4" or 6" lift???
Hey guies,
was wondering peoples take on which lift i should do?? Pros and cons for both? I am undecided. I do know that i would like to run a 35 or 36" tire. I have a 1997 f250hd extended cab.
was wondering peoples take on which lift i should do?? Pros and cons for both? I am undecided. I do know that i would like to run a 35 or 36" tire. I have a 1997 f250hd extended cab.
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for a 250 you need the 6 inch, you will be happy umless you have 3.55's on the 35 inch tires, i am very pleased with the ride in mine, power is great, got a 17.0 in the 1\4 spinning really bad and letting off the throttle. still tows 10k with ease
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The motor will turn em no problem, the tranny should do pretty good. I would re-gear just to take some strain off the drivetrain tho, and also so if you want to still be able to tow a good load. Plus if you do mods that will help out too.
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I'd say go with the 6" lift if you can - you can get bigger tires under it than the 4" lift. If you have the 3.55's, upgrading to the 4.10's are a good idea if you go with bigger tires.
I wish I could put a lift on my F250 to get some bigger tires since I already have 4.10's, but it barely makes it into my garage or the local parking garages as it is - the stock antenna hits my garage door and the low-hanging pipes and beams in the parking garages at stock height! As much as I'd like to lift it, I still want to be able to park it in my garage and take it into downtown without any clearance issues.
Now if I only cleared my "project car" out of the middle of my garage, I could actually park my truck inside and not have to scrape ice off it or fight the cold starts in the mornings.
I'm beginning to think 2 cars, 2 trucks, and 2 trailers are a little much for one person...
I wish I could put a lift on my F250 to get some bigger tires since I already have 4.10's, but it barely makes it into my garage or the local parking garages as it is - the stock antenna hits my garage door and the low-hanging pipes and beams in the parking garages at stock height! As much as I'd like to lift it, I still want to be able to park it in my garage and take it into downtown without any clearance issues.
Now if I only cleared my "project car" out of the middle of my garage, I could actually park my truck inside and not have to scrape ice off it or fight the cold starts in the mornings.
I'm beginning to think 2 cars, 2 trucks, and 2 trailers are a little much for one person...
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Now with the 6" lift am i going to have to relocate or reposition anything with my drive axles or anything? Just curious cause i really dont know what i want yet. I only want to run 36" tires cause of fuel mileage. I hear if you run bigger than that then fuel milage goes down a lot. i dont know how true it is. Thanks for the feed back guys it really helps
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Yea if you run bigger tires you will loose fuel economy. Also you were askin if you will need to do anything to the axles and yes you will have pinion angle shims needed, which more than likely will come with your lift kit.. If it were me IMO i would run the 4" lift with a set of 33" tires, that way your not to top heavy, you have a VERY agressive looking truck, still can haul with it, and can afford to put tires on it when they go bald lol....
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Thats the other thing that i was thinking was do like a 4" suspension and like a 2 or 3 inch body lift and 35's. Any recomendations of lift kits? I was looking at superlift, fabtech and skyjacker? With a 4" lift i will not have to shim anything i believe and witht the 3" body lift my center of gravity stays lower cause the fram isnt lifted? Do you guies agree?
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wel it raises the center of gravity some with a body lift... but not as much as the suspention lift... and with a three in. body lift you have to a. straighten the shaft that comes out of the tranny and b. straighten the fourwheel drive shift linkage... and and the steering linkage has enough of a slip yoke to allow a 3in.. body lift... and nothing else has to be worked the fuel tank filler necks are long enough and every thing... and if you get a suspention lift go with sky jacker...
