bonez

So all my new parts are finally on, some of which have been sitting at my house anxiously awaiting me to put them on since last fall. Here's the breakdown of my old and new setup...

Previous parts that were removed...
2.5" HBS Spacer
1" extra block in the rear

And just added all this...
6" RCX Lift
6" Lift Bilsteins (Struts & Shocks)
20x10 MotoMetal 951's (4.79" backspacing w/ -18mm offset)
35x12.50-20 Toyo Open Country M/T's
Bushwhacker Pocket Style Flares

Here's the only completely stock pic that I have...


Here's a couple of it leveled...

madeSICC

where the hell are the new pics??

bonez

And here's the new setup...

bonez

A couple more...

bonez

Someone's a little impatient...they're up now. Just had to give me time!

madeSICC

looks amazing man! haha i was just messing around.

So is it more then a 6in lift with the bilsteins now? looks much taller then my truck. i really like the flares too, i am usually kind of a huge hater on aftermarket flares but those look good.

J0660

so bonez...if you dont mind me asking...how much do you have invested in all those mods? Mine is all stock and am looking to maybe do something similar. Also...could u have gone with a bigger tire with that setup? thanks..truck looks great.

bonez

Thanks man! It is actually 1.5" taller in the front right now. I replaced the 6" spacer that came with the lift, essentially making my own "stage II" kit. I'm thinking that the RCX kit is really only a 5" kit for a couple reasons...

1) It only came with a 5" block for the rear. The stock block was 2" and on a 6" lift, you need 6" in the front and 4" in the rear to make it leveled out, so I would have needed a 6" block to get 4" of lift in the rear.

2) I read on here somewhere that the front drop cross-members were only 5", so that would also be 1" short of a true 6" lift.

So now that the front is 1.5" higher than the rear, I just bought a set of 1.5-2" add-a-leafs for the rear to level it out, so to answer your question, I think it might be a little taller than just putting the RCX 6" lift kit on as it comes out of the box, but I'm not 100% sure since I don't really have anything to compare it too.

J0660

let me be more specific...the lift, shocks, tires and wheels? what did that cost?

bonez

I think all my mods are listed in my sig, and for all of that I think I have slightly over 5k invested in all of it. I got a couple sweet deals on the edge, rims and K&N, so if you bought all that stuff at retail price, it would be a little higher. I also shopped around on everything I bought looking for the best deals. With a narrower tire, you might be able to get 37's to fit, but with a 12.50 on the width, I think it would take a fair amount of trimming or just dealing with the rubbing. I had to trim a small piece off the front valence to make these work.