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6" Zone lift with bils @ 2.1, 35x12.5 Toyo Mt's

Yeah this is a great look. I'll be doing the exact same to mine in a few months. What rear springs did you go with, nitro or hydro? And how do you like it?
 
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Yes solid state that looks awesome! And stock wheels too! I love my stock wheels and was wondering how it would look to keep them after the lift. That gave me a great idea of what I want. Thank you. Be awesome if you'd email me or somethin so I could ask further questions.
 

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Yeah this is a great look. I'll be doing the exact same to mine in a few months. What rear springs did you go with, nitro or hydro? And how do you like it?

5" rear springs, and just the cheapo white shocks as I knew I was gonna be swapping them out for fox's after a while. And I'm very happy with the lift. Truck drives/rides great.
 

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Wanting to keep everything 3k and under. (Lift,wheels,tires) not sure about the gearing honestly

Honestly, you're going to be very hard pressed to get a lift wheels and tires for under $3k. For a Zone lift you'll be look at +/- $1600 depending on what height/options you want to go with. For wheels/tires the price range is huge depending on what you want but I'd be budgeting at least $2200 for those as that's an average cost. Then install of everything would obviously be on top of that if you can't do the work yourself.

Sorry for my lack of knowledge. But I see everyone talking about these bilsteins 1.4 1.8 or whatever. What exactly is that? The shock adjustment? I appreciate yalls help and these trucks look great! Even the 4in look dang good! If someone could post a 6in that'd be great! Thanks guys.

As the other guys stated, Bilstein 5100's are adjustable front struts that can be put on the front of the truck for extra lift height to level the truck out. The need for these depends on the exact setup you want to go with. Some kits don't require them to be level (a 6" kit with 3" rear coils for example).

If I ran 35s with a 6in lift would that leave me with TOO much space in the wheel wells? I don't want it to look like I've got too small of tires on it. But I do drive hwy a lot so don't want to go higher than 35s. I've got 33s on it now

It's really up to personal opinion. I ran 35's on a 6" lift with Bilsteins at 1.4" on my old 1500. The tires were definitely borderline small but it still worked. Going with a wider wheel helps make the tire look a bit larger as well.

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4in zone lift 1325 shipped. 400 lift installed. 2000 for wheels and tires. 35s btw. It can be done for a decent price if you look around a bit instead of taking the first price you get.


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I responded to your pm, and would be happy to answer any questions.
 

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Honestly, you're going to be very hard pressed to get a lift wheels and tires for under $3k. For a Zone lift you'll be look at +/- $1600 depending on what height/options you want to go with. For wheels/tires the price range is huge depending on what you want but I'd be budgeting at least $2200 for those as that's an average cost. Then install of everything would obviously be on top of that if you can't do the work yourself.



As the other guys stated, Bilstein 5100's are adjustable front struts that can be put on the front of the truck for extra lift height to level the truck out. The need for these depends on the exact setup you want to go with. Some kits don't require them to be level (a 6" kit with 3" rear coils for example).



It's really up to personal opinion. I ran 35's on a 6" lift with Bilsteins at 1.4" on my old 1500. The tires were definitely borderline small but it still worked. Going with a wider wheel helps make the tire look a bit larger as well.

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What 6" lift did you have
 

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What 6" lift did you have

It was the old style RCX kit. When they still provided full rear coil springs and didn't use preload spacers. So the total lift height was about 7"; equivalent to a Zone 6" kit with Bilsteins at 2.1".
 

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Yes I got the zone upper control arms.
I got them to, I hear the uni ball ones squeak so I stuck with ball joints. They sure look cool and are American built.

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