Lifted 1st gens let's see em

Here's a better side shot. Half inch higher in the rear. Probly take out the overloads regardless. Eventually. Kinda Like the little bit of rake. But I think without the overloads it'll ride even smoother out back.

 

I took my overloads out so it'd sit level. Yours looks higher than mine though lol

 

Yep this setup kinda sucks. I'm really surprised they even allow eibachs to go on our trucks. I know they're supposed to be for 4x4 with armor, skids, winch, and all that. But I don't see how that would even help. Still seems like itd be rough because there's even more pressure on the coils. Idk. My driver side does seem to be a little smoother than the passenger side. With ~full gas tank, tool box on that side, battery (also have the 1/4" top plate spacer too) and myself weighing that side down a bit more, I guess that's helping a lil. Tested each side on speed bumps coming home just now. Passenger side really slams back down. Ha. Don't even think of goin fast over em tho. Lol. It almost seems like these shocks are too short for the coils too. Because like I said, it really SLAMS back down going like 10mph or faster over speed bumps. Or any kinda drop. At first I liked it cus it does ride pretty smooth on flat-ish terrain. But it only felt like it due to the fact all my old shocks were done. Now it's just, annoying. My 2" spacer setup on old stock components rode better than this. I can't hardly tell how the rear is doing because the front is so rough. Seems like it's a lot smoother tho. Smooth over speed bumps compared to the front. Also took my sway bar off, but didn't help because it's so stiff anyways. Ha. Haven't had a chance to take it off road yet. Kinda anxious to...

Idk we'll see. Maybe they'll settle a lil more and ride better with the plate. But if not, my plan is to swap to some ome coils down to about 2.25/2.5". Go the cheaper route first. Then if I'm still not happy, I'll just pull the trigger on some extended droop non resi kings and be done with it. Ha. And keep my 5100s for the down time when I gotta send the co's in for service. But yeah at first when I was debating on what to go with, I was actually considering kings, but couldn't justify the cost. And despite what others had said, I was enticed with the 3" of lift with eibachs (and thought kings would be just as stiff at that height, but now I truly believe it all depends on ride height/preload, not just the shock)and was like, meh, can't be THAT bad......
WRONNNNG.

 

It's taller than stock I assumed my is a lifted truck hehe

 

Here is mine with 31x10.5.

 

How much lift?

 

flip back 1 page, just answered that

 

Oh so thats the same truck, just different tires. But, how do you like the bigger tires in comparison to the smaller ones? If looks weren't involved?

 

I like the bigger tires, but currently I miss my old set up. Only because I am rubbing BAD now . I have already done the BFH mod to the weld seam, that didn't help much. I think I will have to eventually either put a 2 inch BL or get different rims (current rims are MT classic 15x10 with 4.5 BS).

To answer your question, I like the bigger tires. I have no loss in acceleration or mpg with 33 vs 31. It handles much better what little I have taken it off road. So with that, why not go bigger?

 

Uploading pictures on this site is proving difficult. Normal upload option doesn't work on my phone, it looks like it's trying but it never successfully adds a photo. User error or what?

 

Pre bumper:



Post bumper:




As you can tell, a bumper makes even 265's look meaty.

These being M/T's help too. Aggressive tread makes tires look meatier.

 

FTFY

 

Haha thanks again!

 

On your phone, go to media, add media, pick album, add media. That's what I do

 

WOW

 

Truck is now sold, just FYI

 

Honestly? Buy once, cry once. I'm so glad I just finished my lift and don't have to redo any of it. I just need to do some more gusseting and maybe change out my leafs later once these start to sag. I only have the all pro standards with an RTT on all time. I'm going camping this weekend and will see how much I drop with the extra weight. Besides that, going 12" in the rear that were revalved and 2.5" foxs in the front has been a dream.

What do you do mostly? I do quite a bit of everything. I wanted to make sure I was tall enough for crawling and had the travel for both crawling and faster stuff. I had the rear revalved to make it better for the faster stuff too.

 

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