I want more lift! ugh

[03EXPO4x4]

Is it just me? Should I be satisfied? Haha I have 3/2 and 35x12.5s but I hate seeing all these tahoe's and Yukon's rolling around with cheap 6" lifts. And the only option is $3500 Rize. Ugh... lol

 

[Gruz7]

Is it just me? Should I be satisfied? Haha I have 3/2 and 35x12.5s but I hate seeing all these tahoe's and Yukon's rolling around with cheap 6" lifts. And the only option is $3500 Rize. Ugh... lol

I feel your pain


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[Skauber]

I guess that's the tradeoff with independent coilover suspension. It's easier to lift the old school stiff rear axle and leaf spring suspension than it is to lift fully independent suspension, due to the CV joints.

 

[darmahsd]

I guess that's the tradeoff with independent coilover suspension. It's easier to lift the old school stiff rear axle and leaf spring suspension than it is to lift fully independent suspension, due to the CV joints.

That's it. Even on my son's 2500 GMC Duramax, the 6" lift kit it came with
what was a $4500 kit because of the front IRS. It needs subframe components
to bring the front differential with CV's and the whole torsion assembly down.
Now with the second gen, they did away with the torsion bar system,
but it would be the same thing with the subframe for the IRS, only multiplied by two. Extremely cost prohibitive unless you are a fabricator and DIY.
Stephen

 

[03EXPO4x4]

Who is gonna fab it to fit? http://www.sdtrucksprings.com/index...F9sNpA&zenid=4180c42ba60fa6f1ac5cc824b8cabc04

 

[darmahsd]

A guy with the right welding and macine shop skills, and access to the right
materials, can fab anything. But that link is only half the equation.
An F150 has a cart sprung rear axle, so that part's a piece of cake.
And is the front 2004-8 IFS the same as second gen + IFS?
Did they do away with that model F150 torsion suspension?

 

[Lostneye]

A guy with the right welding and macine shop skills, and access to the right
materials, can fab anything. But that link is only half the equation.
An F150 has a cart sprung rear axle, so that part's a piece of cake.
And is the front 2004-8 IFS the same as second gen + IFS?
Did they do away with that model F150 torsion suspension?

The 04-08 F150 front suspension is similar but is NOT the same as the 03-06 Exp/Navi. The whole suspension/brakes may bolt on I don't know but the control arms, knuckles, springs/shocks, brakes are all different so I doubt any one part will bolt on.