I have a friend who is a mechanic and is installing my pro comp 6" stage 1 kit - trying to find anyone on here who did it themselves or by a friend and trying to see what the actual time it took them with having all the proper tools and all in place.

 

im curiuos of this too. Ive got a procomp stage II ready to install. the shop in KC told me it was going to cost me 900 in labor!!! because i didnt buy from them and 100 bucks for alignment.

 

damn! yeah the guy doing it bought my GSX-R 600 race bike and he owes me $600 left so instead of paying me he is going to install the lift and regear the truck also for me

 

Thats about right. I had 2 - ProComp 6" lifts installed and both builders charged me about $1000.00 plus $100.00 for the alignment. The front and rear gear labor was $1000.00 on top of that. These prices are about the same for my new build. My new build is a 12" Rize, however parts are more expensive.

 

Damn dude that's ridiculous. I was quoted 600 then 100 alignment before I sold you the lift

 

wow I am getting a good deal then

 

I believe I paid about $650 for my 6" fabtech to be installed...

 

took me about 9-10 hrs but ive installed over 20 lift kits!

 

i would agree. i have done 2 lowering kits and 1 lift kit. i think that sounds about right. but if you have never done one your self i think it might take about 10-12 hours. the front end is the pain in the A$$. the rear is easy. that should only take an hour. if you have air tools that would make a world of diffrence. good luck if you are going to do it your self. if you were in the area. i wouldnt mind giving you a hand.

Erik

 

yeah the guy said he has done about 10 but not on a ford truck - but everything is available for him at the auto shop on post, we have a lift, air tools ...ect so hopefully with 3 or 4 people we can knock it out

also I see people with AAL with the pro comp 6" kit stage one - is that necessary even if the kit comes with a block?

 

I just had a Procomp 6" lift installed, it was $650 and the shop had never done a lift before. I have a skyjacker 1.5" AAL in the rear and my rear sits exactly 1/2" higher than the front. Without the AAL you will have the saggy rear, that I absolutely hate, some people seem to like it though. It reminds me of a dog dragging it's *** around the yard.

Posting pics on this site is a pain, if you want a couple to see with the AAL, email me ogarajef@luther.edu and I will send a few.

 

It took me and a friend 10 hours to install mine on my 150. The front wasn't hard just very time consuming. The rear took at most an hour. If you have patience and can read and follow directions well you'll be fine trying to do it yourself. For the rear I would order a 6" block that Procomp sells to replace the factory 2"+ pro comp 3" that the lift requires to use. It'll put it close to level. I wouldn't recommend having 4-5 guys install the lift. With that many people something may get left off thinking someone else done it already. Make sure to retighten everything after you have a few miles.

 

Took me about 12-14 hours doing it by myself. Dropping and installing the front differential by yourself is no fun

 

yeah most likely only 3 guys myself a mechanic and another guy who has installed lifts before is helping out figure we can knock out two sides at a time

 

I was quoted 450 Canadian to do mine, would take about 8 hrs. I ended up doing it with my buddy for 200 (for his time and use of his shop) took us 12 hours but I can say it was worth the experience, and the confusion