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Thinking about a 4" Rancho lift or a 3" body lift.  Been looking around for pics of a truck with just the 4" lift.  Are there some here I'm just not seeing?

 

Is there someone out there besides Rancho that does a 4" lift.  Can't go higher cause the little woman likes to drive it too and she has to work to get in already. (she's a petite 5'3")

 

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chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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I've got a bodylift on my truck.  If you look around the picture post forum you'll find tons of pics of it, or just go to my site for some pics http://www.chevy4x4trucks.com

 

I think trailmaster makes a 4" lift as well, but if you want to go 4" rancho is the lift to get IMO.

 

With my bodylift I can jump in and out no problem (I'm 6'4")  However my little sister who's 10 has some problems getting in since I got the lift, especially if she's trying to get in the back seat.

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Big Boy

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Saw your truck pics - Very nice!  

 

Just curious about the suspension lift.  I guess looks would be very similar although I heard that someone who put on the 4" from Rancho actually got 5.5" from it.

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

chevy4x4trucks

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Yeah, you actually get close to 6" from the rancho lift at the factory T-Bar settings from what I've heard.  IMO a suspension lift is going to be more lift than you'd want and would keep the wife out of your truck (unless that's your goal :thumbs: )

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body lifts are cheap, but if youve got the cash, put on the rancho 4".  it does indeed come out to about a 5.5".  and looks and rides great.  my neighbor has one on his 2000 ext cab z71.  i can take some pics of it and post them on here if you'd like to see what his looks like, he has 33s w/ 16x10 welds on it.  looks so good!

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Just my opinion, but I would go with the TrailMaster 4" lift.  TrailMaster generally tends to use better materials in their applications and their springs rates are usually a little higher.  The body lift is fine so long as your not going to be doing a lot of off roading.

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You can  check out my pics, I have both the body lift AND the Rancho 4".  I love the Rancho.  I HATE the body lift.  It looks good, but there are so many things that I feel limited by it, for example the amount of weight you can put in your bed.  Since the bed is no longer sitting directly on the frame, if the load is too heavy, it could bend the bed (not likely, but a possibility).  Also, if you want a grille guard, that is a grille GUARD, not just for looks, then you have to have custom brackets made to attach the guard, which means you lose a lot of the strength of the grille guard.  Also, your tow hooks have to come off, unless you want to drill 2 more holes and mount you tow hooks to those.  Then, there's the whole seeing of the frame from the side view.  I have some nerf bars that block that view, but still it bothers some people.  

 

Well, feel free to take a look at my pics, and good luck to ya.

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I have been told by several people that Rancho is the way to go if you want a suspension lift.  Rancho welds the main frame together for strength.  On the other hand, I have also been told that you can't reverse a Rancho lift on GM trucks.  When my p/u comes in, I plan to put a Rancho lift on it to reach the 5th wheel.  I convinced the wife that it is much better to lift the truck than lower the camper.

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