The Best 5"- 6" Lift Kit and it's true effects?

MikeLadd · December 21, 2014

Okay our resident guru and those with a background installing and using lift kits.

I've googled everywhere including here looking for the best 6" lift kit. Many people have posted up and discussed what kit they used but I don't see a lot about which is the best kit and why.

Here is my problem, I don't want to loose my ride quality nor tear up the mechanical pieces from being cocked at such an angle when installing a lift kit. I've heard rumors and previous owners talk about losing ride quality (rides like a wagon) and about wearing out many pieces prematurely from the rake angle created by installing a lift kit.

I know there are options regarding height, but so far the 6" fits the look that I'm going for. I don't want wide mud tires sticking out and I don't really want to start cutting into the fender well. I realize that limits me, but from what I've gathered so far BDS is the best but you have to cut. I've seen Icon and I've heard about Zone which is supposed to be BDS's little brother.

The look I'm going for is 5"-6" with Toyo 33's or 35's, or possibly Goodyear Authorities or something comparable. I don't want much if any tire sticking out from the truck, which correlates with the offset of the wheels. I pretty much do 80% highway driving to the rig and 20% driving on sucky dirt roads, snow, ice, water, wind and scoria rock once I leave the blacktop.

So if you guys could, list in order the top 5, 5-6" lift kits and why and list their cons as well. Irregardless of price and pieces, who is the best?

A big thank you to everyone who takes the time to post up and help me out.