So for the 6" lift crowd can I get some reviews on your setup? Ride quality? Overall satisfaction? I'm fairly set on running the procomp coil over kit at the moment but I'm always open to opinions. Usually the coil over kits provide better ride/performance generally speaking. Probably buying the lift shortly and install in the spring with new wheels/tires. No sense in running new parts through the Pa winter.

Thanks

 

Ride Quality? = Sucks! haha but that could possibly be because of the harder tires you have to put on... actually that is the reason.

Satisfaction? = Got a big damn smile on my face every time I look at her =)

I have a RC lift with extended Bilsteins (sp?) all around

 

i have a bds suspension 6 inch with added 2 inch zone leveling kit and it rides still better then stock. love it.

 

I never rode in or drove a 3"+ lifted vehicle that handled better than stock. Added wind buffeting on the highway in crosswinds, increased steering forces and vibration, increased stopping distances and nose dip under heavy braking, body roll around corners. I guess if you LIKE those things, it is a better ride!

Oh plus increased noise, bump steer, death wobble, increased drivetrain wear, can't run through most carwashes or fit under standard 7' garage doors, lower fuel economy, decreased towing capacity, and harder bed access. Other than that, the 6" lifts are fantastic!

Wow I've finally become my Dad!! =) I knew it was coming sooner or later!

PS I have a 2010 Wrangler Unlimited lifted 4", so I'm not just talking smoke.

 

Hahah your funny. I like that. Here in northern canada all that is normal to commute lol 10x10 garage doors haha

 

Answers above

 

Ok, body roll and decreased MPG have to happen. But some lifts do tighten the front end up and make it "drive" better. Some make it much worse though.

No one lifting a truck is doing so for practicality though . . .

 

If anything it made it better due to the wider stance .... I thought I would have to take it easy but I don't feel insecure about taking turns at all. Maybe at highway speeds but backroads no problem whats so ever.

And my MPG was 10 - 11 before the lift and 35's and it is 10 - 11 now. Actually just filled up and it was 10.3 and that was doing offroading to get rocks and hauling heavy loads back and forth for the pond.

 

your dad sounds like my dad haha

 

In a few more years, I'll refer to anybody driving a lifted truck as a whipper snapper or hooligan.

Beh! Get off my lawn!

 

haha

 

Stock gears? It doesn't make any sense to get the same mileage though. I'm not saying I don't believe you or anything, you must just be rare lol. I'm one of the very few people that gets 11-12 mpg (gotten low 10s before) in a non-lifted 2wd. But I drive the **** out of my rig. I noticed a good bit more body roll with the front and rear level and block, each added noticeably when they were added at different times.

I think we've had this conversation before . . .

 

While my '99 with 33's and 4" Rancho lift gets 17 mpg through KC...

 

and my '08 SD gets 36 mpg going through my small town...

 

Ever since I added the exhaust it has gone to sh#t .... I was doing allright up until that point haha