Lift Recommendations?

You have a real nice drop bracket lift. Turning radius is a little wider and cheap drop bracket lifts can bend. Dont think I have ever seen a Fabtech lift bend. Safe wheeling Brother.

 

Old man emu, Billstein 5100's and dobson are some really popular budget friendly lift kits. Fox, king and ads are great brands but if your budget is 2200 for lift, tires and install then 2000 on front coilovers might not be what you want. As for tires I'm running 32inch Wrangler dura tracs, they do great in snow and rain. People also seem to really like nitto ridge grapplers and falken wildpeaks.

 

Lets take a look at cost:
Inexpensive 3" lift.
-Bilsteins 5100 all around will run about $350-400 ball park.
-AAL's for the rear? (Toytec?) $90
-UCA??? $600+ (Could go without it but it is recommended)
-Diff Drop? or replace CV Boots ?? $$?
You're already up to $1k+ and this is on the low side of a 3" lift. It can get up there in price.

Now a Budget 6" lift kit.
-Rough Country? $999
-Procomp $$1,200 (60.000 mile drive train warranty)

Both fairly comparable in cost.

So you just need to decide what you want? What your needs are?

Cost wise it would be about the same. The reason it seems cheaper to do a 3" lift is that most people buy the components in stages and not all at once.

Don't just look at the initial cost. Look at the bigger picture.


Good Luck!

 

Check out some youtube videos from Filthy Motorsports regarding suspension. He explains how suspension works and how to build a system that works for you and your rig. Take some time to educate yourself before spending $$. All depends on your needs and how much $$ you want to spend.