Real lift #s please..

[Jwithing]

About 25.75 inches to the bottom of the hitch receiver.

 

[Ramitiner]

Thank you! I'll go out and measure in a bit.

 

[Ramitiner]

About 25.75 inches to the bottom of the hitch receiver.

19.5" is what I need to clear. Need about an inch to clear the bottom of the exhaust tips but I'd like an additional inch+ to be 100% sure. This is just for extra space for parking. If I have a ton of crap on the bed i just wouldn't go back that far... That would rarely happen.

 

[WiSH2oo0]

My post is for ground clearance at the lowest part of the truck. This would be your axles and the only way to gain ground clearance at the axles, is bigger tires.

 

[Ramitiner]

My post is for ground clearance at the lowest part of the truck. This would be your axles and the only way to gain ground clearance at the axles, is bigger tires.

I covered this before brother... I'm not going back that far and I'm not lifting my axles 20"s lol.

 

[Ramitiner]

Will a 4" lift on stock 20s give me a min of 2" on the back end of the bed?

 

[yortnodnarb]

Wouldn't a 4" lift raise everything 4"??? If it doesn't then why would they call it a 4" lift??

 

[RamRoy]

A lot of times a 4" lift raises the front 4" and the rear just enough to level it. Check on the kit you are getting

 

[JB1]

Will a 4" lift on stock 20s give me a min of 2" on the back end of the bed?

If you bought a Zone 4” kit with 3” rear coils it will raise you 3” in rear, add the 35’s and you should go up another 1”. That lift in stock form only eliminates 1” of rake, if you want to eliminate more buy a set of Bilsteins and adjust them to what you need to eliminate more (most do around 1.4” setting).

If you didn’t want to add the Bilsteins, you could buy the 6/3 kit and leave out the 1/2” preload strut spacer (comes with 6” kit only) this would be a 5.5” front and 3” rear lift, this will raise your truck 3” in rear (not including tire height) and eliminate 2.5” of rake yet retain your OEM struts 100%.

For tires you could look at 325/60R20, they cost little more than a 35 but these are about 3/4” taller and 1/2” wider than a standard 35/12.50 that the leveling kit members run.

The nice thing about the 6/3 setup is that if you ever wanted to go bigger with 37’s you could just add the front Bilsteins and rear 5” coils. That’s the benefit of the Zone or BDS....adjustability up or down.

 

[Ramitiner]

I thought 60r20 is my stock size

 

[Ramitiner]

A lot of times a 4" lift raises the front 4" and the rear just enough to level it. Check on the kit you are getting

That's why I'm asking for the real specs. I don't mind the stock rake

 

[JB1]

I thought 60r20 is my stock size

20 is wheel diameter, the 60 is the aspect ratio meaning the sidewall is 60% of the tires width
In other words....wider tread = taller tire if aspect ratio and wheel diameter are kept constant.

325/60R20

325/25.4= 12.79 (tire width)

12.79 x 60% = 7.67 (sidewall height)

7.67 x 2= 15.34 (two sidewalls)

15.34 + 20 = 35.34 total tire height

This is just how it converts from metric, as always refer to manufacturer specifications for advertised dimensions.

 

[Ramitiner]

.... I understand that... I'm telling you that my stock 20s come with the "60" sidewall... So the tire you suggested would keep me at stock height but they would be wider

 

[Ramitiner]

Oh wait, why are you doubling the sidewalls in your last calculation?

 

[yortnodnarb]

Cause a tire has 2 sidewalls that dictate the overall height. The distance between the rim and the ground (sidewall 1) and the distance between the rim and the top of the tire (sidewall 2). Add in the rim diameter and you get the overall diameter.

 

[JB1]

.... I understand that... I'm telling you that my stock 20s come with the "60" sidewall... So the tire you suggested would keep me at stock height but they would be wider

Obviously you don’t understand, it’s simple mathematics

 

[Ramitiner]

... So my stock 60 r 20 tire will be somehow a different height than the 60r 20 tire you're talking about? Teach me this common core math of yours

 

[Solid State]

It seems to me, that everyone is making this way to complicated for the OP. His first post states that he just needs the rear bumper to come up 2" to clear the retaining wall. Simply put, a 4" lift kit with a 3" rear spring option will get you there. That would raise the rear end 3"!!!. IF you wantes to run larger tires, say 35's. You would then raise the rear end another inch. There is your answer.

 

[Ramitiner]

It seems to me, that everyone is making this way to complicated for the OP. His first post states that he just needs the rear bumper to come up 2" to clear the retaining wall. Simply put, a 4" lift kit with a 3" rear spring option will get you there. That would raise the rear end 3"!!!. IF you wantes to run larger tires, say 35's. You would then raise the rear end another inch. There is your answer.

Thank you! Now is there a kit like this or do I need to piece everything together?

 

[yortnodnarb]

The second number equals the sidewall height and is a percentage of the wheels width. So yes a 325/60/20 is taller than a 275/60/20 because 60% of 325mm is greater than 60% of 275mm. So the sidewall of the 325 is larger than the sidewall of the 275 thus making the overall height taller.