body lift or suspension lift????
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i honestly dont think the suspension lift is "a lot more functional for off-road use"...if u do a suspension lift ur just dropping every thing any way...front diff, LCA, front cross member, and ur rear diff is always gonna have the same clearance depending on what size tire u run....so the only place u gain clearance from a suspension lift compared to a BL is in the middle of the truck....but unless u do the coil over swap after u do the SL you dont even really gain clearance there either.....and they dont change any of the suspension components unless u do a COS so the suspension doesnt ever work better.....
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so i just want some ground clearance and space to run some 31s should i just go with a body lift? I never liked them because you can see the frame at the bottle of the truck. Is a leveling kit basically just a body lift for the front end?? Can I fit a 31/10.5 r 15 bf goodrich A/T or rugged trail tire on a stock 2008 wheel.
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i honestly dont think the suspension lift is "a lot more functional for off-road use"...if u do a suspension lift ur just dropping every thing any way...front diff, LCA, front cross member, and ur rear diff is always gonna have the same clearance depending on what size tire u run....so the only place u gain clearance from a suspension lift compared to a BL is in the middle of the truck....but unless u do the coil over swap after u do the SL you dont even really gain clearance there either.....and they dont change any of the suspension components unless u do a COS so the suspension doesnt ever work better.....
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a suspension lift on a 1998+ truck doesnt improve ur travel at all...it just lowers everything....and ya getting high centered is a huge problem for me....but after looking at a SL truck and a BL truck the SL only gives u 2 or 3 inches more clearance...is that worth $1800....also for lots of kinds of offroading getting high centered is not a problem...a SL will not help u in the mud, or sand...unless ur going over a really steep hill, the SL may help a lot on trails where ur going over stuff all the time and in and out of holes but iv found that if ut hammer it hard enough u can get over most stuff with out that extra 3 inches...there has only been one hill my buddy with a SL'd truck could go over that i couldnt no mater how hard a tried....but that hill led to nowhere...so ya it does help but its not (WAY more functional)
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when done right a SL can improve travel but mainly in the rear and not the front. IFS is IFS so there is not much difference. A huge part of offroad is clearance and if your doing stuff other than puddle jumping that frame clearance is huge. Trust me I have followed SL'd trucks when I just had a BL and I was scraping all over the place. So that 2-3 inches is huge.
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when done right a SL can improve travel but mainly in the rear and not the front. IFS is IFS so there is not much difference. A huge part of offroad is clearance and if your doing stuff other than puddle jumping that frame clearance is huge. Trust me I have followed SL'd trucks when I just had a BL and I was scraping all over the place. So that 2-3 inches is huge.
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I was scraping all over the place.