Hey so a 2005 mazda B4000 that had a 3 inch suspension lift done with a different owner. Ive no experience with this and no info on the kit.

when doing suspension lifts are the stock control arms changed? If i want to do ball joints how am i going to do it if they ate differdnt?

some lift kits have different control arms and others dont...

thanks in advance

 

A picture of the front suspension of your truck would help us to figure out what you have. We need to know if you're 4x4 or 4x2 and coil spring or torsion front suspension.

 

4x4

 

The lift you have is a "torsion key" lift. This is one of the cheapest lifts available, and for bad reasons. No, it does not require new control arms, and the ones on your truck are stock so no worries there. Just buy replacements from the parts store.

The problem with torsion keys is that they allow you to adjust the suspension too far out of spec, which will cause premature wear of front suspension components, especially ball joints. You may find that the truck seems to wear out ball joints and CV axles prematurely, and the aftermarket torsion keys will be the culprit. Your ball joint angles don't look too terrible so you may be okay, but I definitely would not suggest adjusting the torsion bars any further.

 

Crap! Well ive no intention of messing with it but good to know whats going on

thanks! Appreciate it