Need to vent/need lift advice

Got my taxes back and sold my camper shell with hopes of pulling the trigger on an OME lift kit that I've been eyeballing for months and months. But what was about $1,100 maybe $1,200 is now nearly $1,500 with shipping. Headstrong is around $1,300 but still

Anyway, anyone have suggestions on a quality kit I could get instead? Hoping for around 2.5" and need new leaf since mine are frowning. I've searched for hrs on here and interweb and can't grasp lifts yet. I'd love to stay around $1000.

Bout ready to just say forget it and buy cheapo shocks and such from advance or napa. I know I'm but I'm just tired of saving and had all hopes of getting what I wanted finally and a couple more hundred shouldn't be a big deal but I work hard for every penny.

 

Any aftermarket bumpers, sliders, skids anything like that?

 

Nope... it's on the list for one of these years but not soon

 

Sent ya a PM

 

Thanks!

 

No problem
Hopefully that price works and one of those two OME kits is what you were looking for. If you have any questions let me know, I'll be at work for another 17 minutes lol

 

My problem is I'm thinking I should go ahead and get shackles and u-bolts too ... pay once cry once .... so by time I get a kit then still buy rest of stuff I'm back up there out of price range I wanted

 

Buy once, cry once..

 

Yeah I know ... just aggravated and discouraged about it all tonight

 

I totally understand that. Though I've moved on to putting an order in on Kings tomorrow, I know how the research process goes. You think you know all that you need, just to find out there's now more. I'd suggest trying to swallow the whole OME cost, it'll pay off in the long run. I know how you feel though, I work really hard for everything I have.

I started 1.5yrs ago looking at a Rough Country spacer lift, to a 5100 setup, to OME, to low end Fox, to full Kings. The longer I waited the more I saved up and the more I realized what I really wanted in the end to leave me happy. You'll be better off spending the extra couple hundred than regretting purchasing some cheap suspension.

 

Also, I'd definitely recommend going through @HeadStrong Off-Road

 

I've been in contact with them ...

Probably just gonna give up awhile and put the money to other stuff

 

I ordered everythong seperate and put it together myself. Got all OME coils and leaf packs and bistien 5100s for about 800$ with free shipping.

 

I've looked at that some ... seems I get more confused as to what I need

Prob need to go this route if I decide to try again

 

I can help you out whenever man. Im super happy with my lift and 32s. Just PM me if you need any advice!

 

Appreciate it!!

 

Can you share where exactly you got all this?

 

Got 90% from LowRange Offroad and then a few odds and ins from Wheelers Offroad and AutoAnything. It took me about 3 months to slowly piece it together as i waited for deals and sales to pop up. My rear leafs were only 300$ to my door. 450$ for the front coil overs assembled. Then a few things like drivers side spacer and longer top hat studs from wheelers for like 30$

 

I went with a toytec kit including 3" coils both front and rear bilstein 5100 and toytec aal. That package with shipping was just under $700. Bought arb bullbar with free shipping $866.00. All under general grabber 265-70-r16, $135 a piece with free shipping. It helps if you know exactly what you want and need in a lift, and then you just have to search for the best prices. You can find free shipping deals and package deals all over the place. I knew I would need heavier coils to support the arb, and wanted an additional2" lift. That helped me decide the route I went. I wouldn't buy cheap parts just to have a lifted truck, bad investment plan. You saved all that money which is plenty for a quality bilstein, ome, or toytec lift. Don't waste it on some shit block lift or $70 shocks. Hope this helps!

 

I aint going with cheap parts... I put a level kit on when I first got the truck a few years ago but didn't know anything about trucks and lifts back then. But now I've learned so much from TW and thus the reason I was planning to go with OME