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Thought this might be of use to some newbies on this site just to get an idea of different options and what effects various lifts have. I tried to keep the truck in similar positions when taking the photos but keep in mind that it is parked on a slope and I have 31's on the rear and 267/70's on the front but you can easily see the differences!
Firstly, how it was before I did anything to it.
Side steps removed....much better in my opinion.
+2" springs from Roughtrax. These springs are really stiff and improved my on road handling no end. My only criticism would be that did not actually give +2 lift, more like 1-1.5 over stock height, looks more on mine as my springs were sagging before.
LC Springs. This is probably the cheapest way to gain a decent amount of lift. I was happy with the lift but unhappy with my truck wallowing around corners. People say the LC springs are real stiff but they compressed easier than the Roughtrax +2 ones even though there were the 'uprated' Milners ones.
+2" Coils & 2" spacers. This combination gives the same amount of lift as the LC springs (slightly more in my case) but I preferred this stiffer set up.
When moving into anything over +2 rear lift there are plenty of other things that can 'pull' your vehicle back down so I have Panhard drop bracket and ARB link drop plates provided by Bushwhacker and +2 Desert Fox shocks from Roughtrax. These shocks are ok, look the part with their large bore piston casing but compress too easily in my opinion. They ride like the soft setting on the original electronic shocks so ok for off road.
All that has been done to the front is an inch of crank on the torsion bars.
Hope some people will find this a useful visual reference!
Firstly, how it was before I did anything to it.
Side steps removed....much better in my opinion.
+2" springs from Roughtrax. These springs are really stiff and improved my on road handling no end. My only criticism would be that did not actually give +2 lift, more like 1-1.5 over stock height, looks more on mine as my springs were sagging before.
LC Springs. This is probably the cheapest way to gain a decent amount of lift. I was happy with the lift but unhappy with my truck wallowing around corners. People say the LC springs are real stiff but they compressed easier than the Roughtrax +2 ones even though there were the 'uprated' Milners ones.
+2" Coils & 2" spacers. This combination gives the same amount of lift as the LC springs (slightly more in my case) but I preferred this stiffer set up.
When moving into anything over +2 rear lift there are plenty of other things that can 'pull' your vehicle back down so I have Panhard drop bracket and ARB link drop plates provided by Bushwhacker and +2 Desert Fox shocks from Roughtrax. These shocks are ok, look the part with their large bore piston casing but compress too easily in my opinion. They ride like the soft setting on the original electronic shocks so ok for off road.
All that has been done to the front is an inch of crank on the torsion bars.
Hope some people will find this a useful visual reference!
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