The truck now with a 3 inch body lift and 35 inch mudders.




My car beside my buddies truck, this is what I want




Now thing is there are 2 sets of 6 inch suspension lifts on e-bay I can find, one if $500 and the other $800,bit the same thing really as we have easy trucks to lift. and I Am not a hardcore offroader, just like mud as you can see.

So is there any companies that you can link me to that are not super expensive for a 6 inch suspension lift.


Thanks for your help

If you want to e-mail, probably faster, my e-mail is Jeffsch@mts.net

 

Welcome to the site!

Sweet looking truck and IMO I wouldn't lift it b/c it looks so damn good the way it is.

 

Easy trucks to lift??? If you have the twin traction beam axle deal in the front (aka TTB) you are screwed. That is the hardest, most time consuming, most expensive type of suspension to lift. Your truck does look good the way it is but it could look better with a lift, all depending on your own opinion. I wouldn't go for more than a 4" lift or else it will look ridiculous because your tires wont even reach the bottom of the truck body. I have a 3" body lift and a 4" susp. lift (actually blocks ) with 35's so that will give you an idea of how it will look.

 

e-bay, Rough Rider suspension lift for 1994 F150 XLT 4x4, comes with everything, $459 plus $90 frieght. Next step up which replaces most ofr the front, gets ridd of the rear leafs and coils go in, is $1500. Time to change a front over on an IFS, is not that hard, we did my buddies bronco in an afternoon with hand tools, only hard part was grinding off the rivited nuts, some had them, some do not. When you have to the tools to do the job it is not that hard.

All the front is , is some brackets to drop the front, new shocks, and new coils, and a new pitman arm, back is just blocks etc.


BUt I have already decided to go with the upscale pro setup for $1500. Buddy has the same set up, bought it though summit, lifted his 8 inches in fact and has a 3 inch body lift and has 35's on now. Looks a little silly with the 35's but he is moving up next year. But for now a 6 inch is all I need.

 

Why would you want IFS in the front and blocks in the back if you off road? That is the exact opposite of what you need for wheeling. Staight axle is much easier to do anything to and is the best for off roading.

 

Who says I was doing blocks in the back, second, I know for some it is hard to understand but IFS in the front keeps both tires properly seated for wheeling, Plus it all depends on how you wheel, sand, mud, gravel, trail, rock climbing, etc. All have different set ups. Go look at all the pro set ups, like the Baja ones etc, all IFS front and back. There is a reason for that, same as Quads, they all have gone to IFS front and back. I see guys with solid front axles sittign there with one wheel off the ground and the other on it, just like my back end ends up, with IFS I rarly have this issue if ever.

Also you will see as noted I moved up to the premium set up, not the regular one.

 

In the long run what would be the largest tire you could see yourself runing?

 

Definatly in the 40's ther were at set of 54'shere in town up for grabs, but then I'd really have to drop the gear ratio down, I am alaready running 4:11's as it is. But this time around I would be going a wider tire aswell, tight now those are only 12.5 's on a stock rim, makes them look taller then normal, but also makes the tread a lttile odd, I need at least a 10 inch wide rim for the 35's on it. Not going to fo analy wide though, just a tad more. And new rims for the offset. But will be sticking with ZERO bling and with 15's as I like steal rims, preferably black and more tire and less rim. I cannot stand people running around with 24's with ruber bands on them and then caling them off road trucks. Because the minute they see mud, those tires are going to be ski's instead.

This is all long run stuff aswell. I am only doing this because I love the style of these trucks, the truck itself is in mint shape except for the minor rust on the rear wheel wells, which will be cut out and replaced when it is painted all Black. And the truck is loaded with all the toys.

But in my car, the bluw one, I bought new back in 98, it only has 45000 miles on it, never has seen snow, very little rain, and it is on its 8th motor and 3rd transmission. I have dumped over 12K into the motor alone, this doesn't include all the other crap it has. The car is still streetable, but it is not a a car you want to drive all the time, it is load, it is a stiff ride, and you always want to go fast in it. It is still the 3.8 with everthing done to is imaginable. And running a T70 Turbo and 15 psi normal driving and 27 psi at the track. All in a car that used to run 16's in the 1/4 lol. It should run low 11's now.

So that car is done now, thus the truck is the next project on the list, then a Bike, I already did the same thing to my Sled and it is now a race sled aswell. Canot keep from tinkering on things. As for all the motors I went through, well end of the year I pump up the Boost and see what breaks, then over winter I take it apart and replace what broke, this right now I have a very solid engine. And tearing stuff down yourself, you save a lot of cash.

 

If you are going to run that large of a tire i would never swap IFS, those large tires would wear the parts down quickly....Solid axle would be much more logical.

 

What he said.