06 2wd Lift...with Pics

FireMhan · September 7, 2008

Hello All! As a long time member of ChevyTruckWorld.com, I came across this site while searching for a lift to raise my stinkbug 2006 sierra I picked up at auction last week. I had an 04 Sierra HD, which GMC Lemon'd because it was...well a lemon. I honestly thought I would never get another GM Vehicle. My wife drives a 2000 Yukon (NBS) we bought new, and after 120K miles and only replacing normal stuff, fuel pump, and the wacky ABS module, it's been pretty solid. After my HD was bought back by GMC, I went and got a Tundra. Well, it served it's pupose. Got me from A to B, didn't have too many problems with it, but just didn't like it...so last week my lease ended (long term rental, waste of money for my needs) and I picked up ol' stinky here. She had a couple of dings which I had removed for about $200, had a hole in the leather which I had fixed for $50, put the fabtech spindle lift on for $800 with shocks, tires are from Firestone (Destination AT's) 285/70/17's with lifetime alignment about $850 out the door. All in all it's a 2006 with 21K miles, one owner, clean title, and cost me less than 15K. I think I got a good deal, and I don't even care about mileage. I like big cars because as a firefighter in Southern California I have seen my share of big cars versus little cars and we always send the little car people to the hospital..and about 50% of the time the big car people drive away. So here's some pics (in the reply too). I wanted a Z71 but I think I achieved the same look. I never even used the 4 wheel drive in my HD to pull the boat out of the ramp because I had some beefy Nitto's on it, so I opted to save a little cash. Those are factory wheels (17") and the backspacing was perfect. Had to do some mods to the rotor deflector but other than dropping a spindle on my finger it took me about 8 hours going at it solo. A quick note to say thanks to all that post, I rarely post but often "peruse" the forums. I am impressed by all of your trucks and offer this post as a DIY'er to help others trick out their trucks. Fender flares and escelade handles are coming on Monday, I'll post a final pic when I install.