I have read many forums on here and have been looking for something that could answer my questions, so instead of searching I decided to make an account, okay so I plan on lifting my 2016 Sierra 1500 (2wd), and I have been trying to decide between the Zone 4.5, Zone 6.5, Rough Country 5in, and the Fabtech 6in. I know that there is bit of a price difference between the RC and Zone compared to the Fabtech. So it would be nice to save the couple hundred bucks and maybe put it towards a color match for the bumpers. I plan on running Toyo AT 2's 305/55 with either 20 or 22 by 12 wheels. I don't want to regret not going bigger, but don't want my tires to look small on the Zone 6.5 or Fabtech 6in. I would consider 35's but would be concerned with the performance after adding the bigger tires as I have 3.42 gears, and I really do not want to re-gear, along with the other benefits of running 33's. I have seen a couple pictures of trucks with 6in lifts and 33's that don't look too bad, but it can be hard to tell as other ones look tiny, and how it would actually look in person. I considered maybe doing the Zone 4.5 and adding Bilstein 5100's (go up 1.5 in) and the Add a leaf, for a little more height, for trying to find that happy in between. She will be a pavement princess because it is a 2wd afterall, I tow very rarely, and occasionally have a load in the back, but otherwise I use it as my daily driver.
I will be installing this lift myself and reading through the installations on the Zone, the installation seems pretty easy, just time consuming, where as the Rough Country requires drilling on the lower control arm and the crossmember.
What are your suggestions as to how the 305/55 tires would look with the Fabtech or Zone 6.5? Is there that much of a noticeable difference between the height of the zone 4.5 and rough country 5in? Because the Zone sometimes appears to look taller in some pictures. Also if I go with the Zone 4.5 with Bilstein's and add a leaf, what would the truck theoretically sit at after adding them? If I am not going to be towing should I even worry about re-gearing if I went with the 35's?
Any pictures would be great as well.