block lifts FTL.

 

What dont you like about a block lift and way?

And thanks alot for the help man. Yea i know it eats up alot of money but so did my cobra!

 

its the cheapest no doubt, but also the most unsafe/unreliable way to lift it. if the truck actually sees the dirt that is. ive been on trail rides with the local 4x4 club and seen people with block lifts try to climb a rutted hill and they cant because of NO flex with a block lift, but then the same type of vehicle with a spring lift make it no problem.

im just sayin if your doing wheelin, its worth the money to upgrade.

 

Oh ok i got ya. but my truck isn't a 4x4 so i wont be off road or anything. Just dont know if lifting a none 4x4 is worth the money ya know?

 

And I'm sure you've actually seen people with blocks make the same climb and guys without blocks not being able to do it. Some people think a 2WD can't go mudding, but I've seen plenty of 2WD owners take their trucks places that to look at you'd think only a 4WD could get to. Alot of what a truck can and can't do has to do with the driver behind the wheel.

Sure a spring lift is better (and more expensive), but unless I misunderstood the OP has a 2WD and it probably wouldn't be seeing any serious offroading or trying to rock climb (heck most newer trucks don't). A 5" block will do him just fine and it's really when you get into stacking blocks that you run into troubles, a single block will be just fine IMO.

 

I spent over $4k for my lift, tires and wheels (including install costs). Would I do it again? In a heartbeat because I love the way my truck looks! Heck I'd even like to go a little bigger, but Hawaii laws have me kind of stuck right now. IMO looks is the #1 reason why most of us lift our trucks anyways, because we want it to look bad*****!

If you don't want to go the full suspension lift route you could just install a 2" or 2.5" leveling kit up front and throw some 33's on there and that would look tons better over stock.

 

Yea thanks for all the info you have given me. I wont be doing any modding as of right now but i plan on doing it down the road. Now i have been looking at the 3" lift. Are these anygood or look any better than the stock look now?

 

Is that a 3" suspension lift or are you talking about a 3" leveling kit that sits on top of the factory coils? If it's a 3" leveling kit you're talking about I wouldn't do it because it puts all of your front suspension parts at severe angles and will have you replacing them faster then you need to. If you're going to do a leveling kit don't go any higher than a 2.5" kit.

 

Well im talking about the 3" lift kits either the body lift or the suspension lift.After reading on the website you gave me i think the body lift will work for me bc im not going to be going offroad. Just down dirt roads to get to the deer stand

WHat do you think?

 

Body lifts are much cheaper than a suspension lift. From everything I have been told and read install costs aren't cheap though because these newer body style F150's are a PITA to install one on. Make sure if you do a body lift that you get some gap guards to cover up the gaps between the body and the frame.