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GeorgiaBoy1978 04-19-2010 08:43 PM

What do I do?
 
I was looking to put a body lift on my truck but it seems so hard to find an inexpensive one online. It is a 2WD so I wont be doing a whole lot of off roading in it, I just wanted it lifted for looks more or less and maybe get off road a little. I plan on either putting 285/55/R20 Nitto Terra Grappler or BFG All Terrain A/T KO on the stock 20" rims that came with it. Any suggestions on what to do..and kinda fairly cheap?

northeastFX4 04-19-2010 11:25 PM

Cheapest route is leveling kit in the front with blocks in the back. depends what year your truck is...older than 04 u need torsion keys instead of leveling kit. tires just depend on the cheapest u can find

05FX4- 04-19-2010 11:30 PM

Id say forget a body kit, its a truck not a civic. Especially if you life it its gonna look ridiculous in my opinion to have a lifted truck with a body kit. just my .02 its your truck after all and you should do what you like and not others. oh and I would go with the BFGs

JDMcAnulty 04-19-2010 11:35 PM

I agree, no body kit... EVER! But I don't think he mentioned a body kit.

northeastFX4 04-20-2010 12:31 PM


Originally Posted by 05FX4- (Post 461808)
Id say forget a body kit, its a truck not a civic. Especially if you life it its gonna look ridiculous in my opinion to have a lifted truck with a body kit. just my .02 its your truck after all and you should do what you like and not others. oh and I would go with the BFGs


He didnt say body kit. He said body lift.

GeorgiaBoy1978 04-20-2010 11:27 PM

Does anyone know where I can get a picture of an F150 with a 3" lift kit side x side with an F150 with a leveling kit? I wanna see if I can tell the difference so I can get a better idea of what I want to do.

UnleashedFord 04-21-2010 02:26 AM

this is my setup, 3in hbs spacer, 1in lift in the back while running 285/55/r22 nitto terra grappler

UnleashedFord 04-21-2010 02:27 AM

check out my pictures and albums and tell me if you like my truck, i think its what your looking for

GATORB8 04-21-2010 02:08 PM


Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy1978 (Post 462606)
Does anyone know where I can get a picture of an F150 with a 3" lift kit side x side with an F150 with a leveling kit? I wanna see if I can tell the difference so I can get a better idea of what I want to do.

You're going to have a hard time finding a body lifted 04-08 that doesn't have a suspension/leveling kit on it. You can get the same ~3" for the fraction of the cost with the leveling kit.

Texican 04-21-2010 03:08 PM

I'm running 285/70/R17 on my stock 05 STX...it is a 4x4 though...but I have a ton of tire clearance left to go bigger.

If your just going for looks thats one thing but if those tires fit stock I would just leave it stock. Theres acually no benefit to having a leveling kit/body lift/suspension lift other than tire clearance/looks, some even hurt your performance. Cheapest substitute is cutting a little out of the fenders and putting some fender flares on which can even be custom painted from the factory to match your vehicles paint granted its a stock Ford/GM/dodge/etc color.


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