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Hey guys, new to the forum. Wanting to get a little more lift and was thinking a rough country 1.25 body lift or adding adjustable bilsteins. Truck is a 2014 with skyjacker 4" suspension lift and 295/70r18 cooper st maxx. Looking for a little direction, thanks.

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I personally think it sets perfect as is, but if you want more lift then you could go either of those routes or upgrade to a 6" and sell me that lift [emoji3] [emoji106]

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6" lift would be your best bet, you can buy the one I just took off and sell your 4" to rdnckhntr94...lol

 

The Skyjacker 4" is a full 4" drop so you could add some longer shocks or a level kit and AAL. Do you have a picture of your CV angles with this lift? I am sure you could stay with good angles by adding 1.5-2", that is the same as putting a level on a stock truck, just don't go over 2".

 

The standard adjustable bilsteins are for trucks with no lift, you would need ones that are larger.

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This kit uses the 4" spacer strut, so would I just use regular bilsteins to replace the factory ranchoes.

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LongrangeLauber Senior Enthusiast

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This is just my opinion, but im not a fan of strut spacer lifts. I'd replace em with bilsteins made for a truck with 4-6" lift. But that's just me. Eliminates one less place to come loose and what not

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Strut spacers are the worst IMO, when i bought my truck it had the basic PRO COMP lift with strut spacers and I sprung for the coilovers right away.

 

Looking at your angles I would actually say don't add anything else to the front end. Your angles are good but they are set as if they already have a 1.5-2" spacer on them so I wouldn't go that route.

 

I personally would go for a 6" that doesn't use spacers but the other option would be a body lift, you can go 1.5-3" and that obviously won't affect your angles at all.

 

The bilsteins will pull your angles up too high, don't go that route.

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Yeah, i think I'll look into the bilsteins. Might be even smoother riding then the ranchos.

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This was my angle with the 6" lift I just took off, still had plenty of room for growth.

 

 


You could use the bilsteins but they would be a waste because you would still have to use the spacer and you wouldn't be able to safely adjust them up much at all.

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Looks good, I don't really want to go the work of swapping out lifts. Hopefully a small body lift won't look too bad as far as showing the frame.

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Yeah eventually I want to get some 35s and new wheels. Probably get something in pvd and go with cooper discoverer stt.

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Do yourself a favor and get a bigger body lift to be safe. These trucks have such sharp lines that you need to get all the lift you can.

 

I was running the 6" lift with 20x10 -24 FUEL wheels with 35" trail graps and I rubbed a good amount in the front at the rear of the tires on most turns. When i got the coil overs I went to 7" up front and it was fine. If you are looking at getting an offset -24 or more, get the 3" body lift for sure. Performance Accessories makes a great one, I am going to add it to my 9" lift in the next few months.

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