Cheap lifts are BAD IDEAS.
to properly lift any vehicle, it is thousands of dollars, because it is not as simple as it sounds. You dont just put bigger shocks on, there are dozens of parts that rely on the height of the suspention from the rest of the truck (Drive shaft, control arms, steering stablizer, etc).
A good lift will have a hundred parts, and will take more than a few afternoons. Spring spacers are a terrible idea, they are for people to spend 30 bucks and pretend they have a lift.
As an old XJ (Jeep Cherokee from the 90s) guy, I have seen my fair share of bad lifts. They can do as much as completely separate your suspention from the body, tear apart the drive shaft (most common problem). If you take a look at the prices of XJs, you will see the lifted ones sell for around half the price of non lifted - because of the fact that lifts KILL the vehicle.
These Expys are really not made to lift. The height alone will make you very roll prone offroad.
I cannot stress this enough, there is no such thing as a cheap lift - it will LOOK like a lift, but it will fail if asked to be a lift. Just fine if you never take it off pavement, and do less than 3".
For the same $$ it would cost you to properly lift an expy, you could build an old XJ(or a TJ) out, and tow it behind you.
