4'' lift questions

southerndmax05 · February 3, 2015

Hey Guys, I am about to order a 4'' lift for my 2014 and am stuck on which one to get, like many others. I was set to buy the McGaughy's 4'' kit. Then I noticed the Skyjacker 4'' kit for only a few hundred more. The skyjacker kit drops the LCA also making it more of an "actual" lift kit. But am wondering if it widens the front end like the BDS kit. Then I noticed that Fabtech gives the 5/60 warranty which neither of the other two don't. This makes the fabtech 4'' seem better in my eyes until I get to reading the install and see that it requires more cutting than either of the other 2 kits almost combined. So if anyone has either of these 3 kits please let me know how you like them, hows the angles, and is the LCA being dropped actually necessary with a 4'' lift. The McGaughy rep I talked to said it isn't really needed because once a proper alignment is done with new UCA, the LCA will fall back into specs.

blackout07 · February 3, 2015

Well that's a cool gimmick Fabtech has going I suppose, but good luck convincing them that your water pump went out due to their kit. Plus your factory warranty will cover any non suspension related warranty issues regardless.

BDS has the best kit warranty out there and any kit with new knuckles will widen the front track width, which is perfectly acceptable and hardly noticeable IMO. As far as a subframe goes, don't expect a company offering a budget kit to tell you that it's better to lower the LCAs. Honesty and sales don't mix. If you don't correct the LCA amd TRE angle then you have 4" of undue stress added to them. Period. If you're looking for a better deal, consider Rancho (they run great deals) or Zone.

southerndmax05 · February 4, 2015

I understand, I wonder why there aren't more Skyjacker kits out there. They seem to drop LCA, drop diff, CV spacers and new knuckles. I'm just not big on the wider front end and then having to add spacers to the back if I want the wheels the same. Not a fan of spacers.