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I'm buying a 6" lift for my truck. I've been looking at every company and can't see any big differences other than price. I was hoping to get some feedback from those who know. What's the deal weather it's a bds, rough country, fab tech, pro comp, cst, zone offroad... I could go on for a while.

 

Shocks don't matter to me, cause once they blow, they'll be replaced. I eventually want dual fox ones up front anyways. Rear lift will be taken care of by custom bent leafs and ladder bars so I don't have to use a huge block and worry about axle wrap. Those are the only differences I can make sense of, shocks and rear lift. The rest is all CNC machined steel brackets. Am I missing something? Some lifts are thousands more than others..

 

What would you go with? And why?

 

Thanks guys.

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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BDS makes the highest quality lift and looks the best IMO, because the torsion bars dont drop. looks much cleaner.

 

fabtech and pro comp are okay too from my own experience. never been up close to a zone or cst.

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Good to hear, I have a buddy out west with a bds and he likes it. I hear a lot of people shit talking rough country from time to time, whats their deal? Is it really junk? It's certainly cheap. Gotta be a reason.

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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That's what on my truck...over 100k Kms on it not an issue...I don't know why people do. Maybe the brackets aren't as thick...maybe the welds aren't as good I dunno. Mine seems to be just fine...

blackout07 Senior Enthusiast

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RC cut some serious corners with their lifts for the 900 trucks, and as a result there have been numerous problems over the last 5 years. RCs customer service, at one time at least, left a lot to be desired. I for one after my experience will never buy anything from RC again. With that said I've never seen anything particularly bad about their 800 Lifts.

 

As far as differences, they're there. Cheaper kits don't invest as much R&D and use less and cheaper material. Diff drops may not be adequate, spindles might be too short or poorly designed, shocks, etc. e higher quality kits better correct suspension geometry, offer a smoother ride, and therefor a more durable kit that won't be breaking front end parts as often. Your truck was expensive and you shouldn't cheap out on such an important and critical part of it.

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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RC cut some serious corners with their lifts for the 900 trucks, and as a result there have been numerous problems over the last 5 years. RCs customer service, at one time at least, left a lot to be desired. I for one after my experience will never buy anything from RC again. With that said I've never seen anything particularly bad about their 800 Lifts.

 

As far as differences, they're there. Cheaper kits don't invest as much R&D and use less and cheaper material. Diff drops may not be adequate, spindles might be too short or poorly designed, shocks, etc. e higher quality kits better correct suspension geometry, offer a smoother ride, and therefor a more durable kit that won't be breaking front end parts as often. Your truck was expensive and you shouldn't cheap out on such an important and critical part of it.

 

Blackout I hear what you're saying but I think of if from my point of view as a machinist with some fabrication background. A lift is a lift. They are all designed the same, except bds and the shocks you decide to use. It's some mild steel welded together and some casted spindles with machined surfaces. I'm actually interested to hear which ones are hand built and which ones come out of china.

 

But really the only things that could actually be controlled in manufacturing is cosmetic design (no function) and thickness of material. And of course if its hand welded. As far as the spindles they are all just casted pieces, non of them offer billet stuff. Spindle quality would be the same IMO...

RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Wrong forum

 

Moving to suspension area

 

 

Ryan

wilsonz71 Enthusiast

wilsonz71

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RCX NTD 6" for the NBS trucks is a good lift

 

 

Good to hear, figured it cant be much different from the others. I don't want to cheap out and later regret it, but if they're all basically the same and the rcx is a good quality lift, I'd be stupid to waste money and not to go with that. $999 isn't bad....

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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Well we all know the best quality is BDS, pretty much gotta sell yourself on te street for a week to afford one...I checked out rcx looks half decent to me...looks like a lift kit LOL

blackout07 Senior Enthusiast

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I'll repeat what I said above. R&D and design differences are common. It's not like the lifts are massed produced and stamped. Not all lifts accomplish the same things. Some 6" lifts may only drop the diff 4" where another drops it 6". The spindles on one may be shorter and require cutting off the droop stops and thus create harsh BJ angles on the UCA. Some use higher quality TRE setups. Where's the confusion? Then there's the rear setup to consider. RCs 7.5" kit is a prime example of a poorly designed lift that was pushed out to the market to compete with the higher kits. It's cheap and it's crap.

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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I see what your saying man, I know obviously some will be a little better than the next but I mean we're not building rocket ships. Most of the problems that come along with a lifted truck is more from the bigger wheels out on that the lift itself... Just my opinion.

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