I need reasons to convince my dad

I was in the same seat as you one time young grass hopper. Convinced my dad to lemme get front 5100's to level (i knew it would have bro rake tho) and then he didnt like bro rake so I then bought a 2" rear lift so it sits nice and level with a little lift, and now we're both happy with how it sits.

 

That is another option up to me too!

 

If your Dad is having to pay for part of the install or part of the repairs if something has a problem then I say he gets say in what gets installed on the truck. Install for those parts is going to be in the range of $300-$500, possibly more. If he doesn't pay part of the install or repairs make sure you don't bitch to him when something does happen or that you don't have money after the install.

 

yeah it actually is bc it gave me time to research good lifts for the rear while i was saving up. plus its cool to watch the truck progress over time instead of buying everything at once, dropping it off at a shop, and badda bing badda boom its totally different.

 

Yeah I am thinking i am going to talk to my dad's friend who works on cars and works with suspension all the time. He would make a deal with us.

 

Hmmmmmm......somethings should be kept to yourself.

Any a who....the OP didn't state his age. If you're say 45 and living at home, he may want you to take that cash and put it towards a U-Haul.

 

Ahah i am not 45 , I am still in highschool man!

 

I say get some nice tires like some 265/75s and then work your way up to a lift. It will look better with big tires and no lift than with a 3in lift and crappy looking stock tires. Blow your wad on some MTR Kevlars!

 

I was thinking of saving my money so i can purchase and put it on at the same time but putting bigger tires and rims will raise my car up a tad bit

 

i was in the same place a few weeks back. take him for a ride with a load in the bed and make it bottom out. thats what i did and my dad was like holy shit, you need an AAL. so i said well dad how bout you just let me lift the front end so it stays level... longer parts but to make it short, he let me lift it but i had to pay for EVERYTHING

 

currently went through the same situation ride was shitty and what not so we went to get a quote on new shocks. $726 installed. I found tw researched alittle raised some money and now im only paying about a hundred more for an ome lift installed. if its your money do what you want

 

even though my truck is in my dads name...he says its mine n he doesnt care what i do with it...all he said is that what i want done to it i have to pay for it except for new tires b/c me n him already made a deal!!! btw he gets on my ass all the time for bein to paranoid bout my truck n washin it more than i wash his or my moms explorer...haha

 

lifting a truck DOES change everything about the truck, and if you do the wrong set up, it CAN ruin it...

its a new truck... give the dust some time to settle before stirrin shit up at home...

you may win this battle, but will lose the war should anything ever happen to the truck within the next year... if you ever lose control of the truck or something breaks on the truck, your folks will likely put the blame on you "messing with the truck."

 

tell him better to have a Bro TRUCK, than a PREGNANT Bro HO...

 

instead of telling him your lifting the truck tell him your upgrading the suspension. don't give him inches of lift. instead tell him the increase in travel and ride comfort from coilovers and UCAs. tell him with those and the TSB or AAL in the back it will ride better and perform better offroad. unless he's afraid you'll take it mudding or trash it offroad. if he thinks your gonna drive it harder if you lift it he won't go for it.

 

For me it took a few months to convince my dad for lifting the front. I told him I wanted it more level. Then after the front lift I took it to the desert and the back was bottoming out all the time, I told him that about the bottoming out part. But of course he thought it as just because I was offroading. So I was driving him around and went over some bumps and he felt it and bought me the wheeler's 3-leaf. I ofcourse paid for the front lift. I recently got my 33's, and how I did that was I told him the rugged trail tires suced and I need better ones for snow, since I'm going to colorado for college in 2 weeks (from today), and I told him which ones and he didn't know I was getting the larger ones but he knows I go offroading and the bigger tires will help with ground clearance.

 

keep that in the UG you pervert

 

it took me a couple months to convince my dad to get me my 6 inch lift. i just kept showing him pictures and sucked up and did whatever he wanted me to. so just stay on his happy side and goodluck!

 

tell him you can see the chicks better when they roll up beside you