i want to lift my truck specs are on the sig below but i want it like 10 inches and lots of wheel travel like a jeep for rock climbing i know your gonna say buy a jeep and your truck is to big for that but besides that i want a soft ride max travel and 36 @ the most for a dec price no custom fab **** wheres it like 15000 dollars , i just want real good travel and i see alot of ford f250 with the coil overs where do i go to find that conversion @.instead of leafsprung. mainy a tight looking and and a real trail truck no show 15 inch roll over mag stuff



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If you want to convert your SD to a 4-link coilover suspension, you are talking custom $$$. Unless you have the know how on how to do it. A lot of the 4-links you see on SDs and Xs are designed using CAD programs.

You can get pretty good wheel travel and a soft ride out of some good leaf packs though.

 

whats a good leaf system then 10 inches at the most 8 maybe but no lower

 

The EDGE systems by donahoe racing are very good. They have an 8" lift system, 8.5" can be made, and a 10.5" lift. The 8" lift uses 8" front springs and the options of 8" rear springs or a smaller spring and block combo, it gives a soft ride and good wheel travel. The 10.5" lift uses 6" springs and 4.5" hangers. The smaller the spring, the softer the ride, and the better wheel travel you get. For the softest riding lift with 8.5" of height, you can get their 4.5" hangers and 4" springs. The spring design was done by Donahoe racing and Deaver Spring Co. They use all american steel and have a lifetime warranty which includes the springs. If the springs sag they are replaced no questions asked. In three years selling the lifts, that warranty on the springs has never had to be honored. Donahoe Racing normally builds trophy winning baja race trucks so they know about quality suspensions and their EDGE systems are bulletproof.

You can also look into National Spring packs which can be made very soft but are also very expensive. Lately though quality control has gone down over at National. Springs are coming in the wrong height, and after a while some have been sagging. But, when the nationals are made correctly they are great.

There are also Atlas springs which are a little stiffer but are cheaper in price.


Hope this helps.

 

if there are any pics or anymore sugg post them please i plan to spend about 5k @ the most with rims and tires hopefully if not less wolud be nice .
what is the travel like in the lift kits pretty good axle arc for like rock climbing a lot of droop also

 

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If you want to stay below 5k. I would say look into the 8" lift with 36" tires and Weld Wheels. You can get either Bilstein 5100s or more expensive Bilstein 7100s or Fox Shox. Once you go above 8" lift you start adding expensive things like cross-over steering.

In terms of wheel travel, not sure on how much but I wouldn't expect more than around 10" on a 8" lift (they use 12" travel shocks). You can always call Donahoe Racing to see what they say in terms of wheel travel though.
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Hope this helps.

 

is there any way for semi cheap and no major fab to get like 12 16 in of travel maybe more

 

I don't know of a way to get that much travel cheaply. I have talked to guys who have spent $5K on coilovers alone.
Unless you want to do some competion rockrawling, I think you'll be fine. With 10" or so of wheel travel you can still get some pretty good flex about to the point where your tailgate will start to wrinkle.

If you look at This Truck that is at the bottom of the page, it only has 5.5" lift and has been bumpstopped to limit travel and it has some pretty good rock climbing ability.


Hope this helps.

 

Hi- anything for offroading sake is cool with me but you really should get some kind of lockers before you worry about all kinds of wheel travel. Nothing else besides converting to full tracks or monster truck tires is gonna make a bigger difference in wheeling ability.

 

Good point, get some lockers too. More $$$

 

where could i found the article in that truck @ thats in that true trac ad or dyantrac ad and how did they get those big tires to stuff under the fenders of that truck or how did they get any travel

 

They fit those tires by doing a lot of sheet metal trimming. Then they had to lower the bumpstops and limit upward travel so as not to tear up what was left of the fenders. Down travel was aided by a wheel and tire combination that weighed in at 300+ lbs.