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Where is the best place to buy a lift kit? I want good quality but i dont want to spend a rediculous amount of money on a kit. I'm looking for around 3" or so all the way around. I also might get the "green keys" for the front I have been reading alot about.

 

I've been into modifying cars for a while so I know who are the good vendors and who are not but trucks are a totally different ball game. I'd rather ask here first than find out the hard way. Thanks.

 

Mike

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well.. more money = better quality, personally, i would go with either a fabtech or a cst lift kit, you can crank the tbars if you want the extra 2 inches also. for a 3 inch lift you could get away with doing the new keys but you will need new shocks and no one makes them for a 3 inch lift or 2 inch lift, also a 3inch lift wouuld be too much for the torsion bars and all front end steering/ a arm geometries... another lift option is new spindles, combined with the tbars could give you about 5 inches and put a 3 inch block in the back so everything is level, a 3 inch body lift will also make bigger tires fit better, it hink those run around under 500 bucks, i think that would look nice with some 17 inch weld's and some 33's :D

 

edit: rcd makes some good lifts, also watch out for torsion bar extender mounts, they have to be able to pivot, or else they will break

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Where is the best place to buy a lift kit?  I want good quality but i dont want to spend a rediculous amount of money on a kit.  I'm looking for around 3" or so all the way around.  I also might get the "green keys" for the front I have been reading alot about. 

 

I've been into modifying cars for a while so I know who are the good vendors and who are not but trucks are a totally different ball game.  I'd rather ask here first than find out the hard way.  Thanks.

 

Mike

 

 

 

 

4wheelparts.com or try to find a bds dealer in your area, I used bds for my jeep and its been great

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