Lift install price check

[dk_ace]

Got a quote from a local installer for a 6” zone lift. I’m planning to purchase the lift from Nick on here. Will buy tires and spacers from the place doing the lift.

Labor quote was 1620 for the lift install plus 200 for tire mounting and 240 for alignment.

The mounting and alignment seem a little high, but the lift labor is pretty much what I expected although I haven’t been able to find much good recent data to compare to.

How does this sound to you guys?

Thanks,
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[DILLIGAF]

Alignment and Mounting is a little high but not outrageous . Especially if it's road forces balanced.

My alignment last year was 140$ Kenuckistan pesos. And 40$ per tire for mounting

 

[jws123]

try not to use tire spacers they will be nothing but a pain in the **** just order rims that fit if you can afford it. Also yes the install price is not far out of range for a lift that big.

 

[dk_ace]

try not to use tire spacers they will be nothing but a pain in the **** just order rims that fit if you can afford it. Also yes the install price is not far out of range for a lift that big.

Thanks.

What will be a pain about the spacers? I really like the rims I have already, and they are relatively lightweight. So, I’m inclined to keep them and just put a 1.5” spacer in for clearance and stance. Quite a few on here say that good spacers installed correctly will work exactly as well as a rim with more negative offset. What am I missing?

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[rzr6-4]

What will be a pain about the spacers? I really like the rims I have already, and they are relatively lightweight. So, I’m inclined to keep them and just put a 1.5” spacer in for clearance and stance. Quite a few on here say that good spacers installed correctly will work exactly as well as a rim with more negative offset. What am I missing?

Cheap ones can brake and cause a wheel to fall off, just don't by cheap ones.

Increasing the negative offset will increase your scrub radius which in turn adds to wear and tear on steering components, but a standard wheel with a spacer and a wheel with a large offset built in will have the exact same affect. Just have that in mind and stay up on your maintenance.

If you need to work on something and you need to take your brake rotor or wheel bearing off or whatever, it's just an extra step between your wheel and whatever else you are trying to get to, but it just takes a few extra minutes each time. Back when I used to use spacers I always torqued them down in a star pattern and to spec just the same as I do the wheels themselves.

I would agree that they are just a patch for a better set up but if done correctly there's nothing about them that's worse than just running a wheel with those same potential issues. **If you tow heavy and often that's a little different but for normal use my previous sentence stands.**

 

[dk_ace]

Cheap ones can brake and cause a wheel to fall off, just don't by cheap ones.

Increasing the negative offset will increase your scrub radius which in turn adds to wear and tear on steering components, but a standard wheel with a spacer and a wheel with a large offset built in will have the exact same affect. Just have that in mind and stay up on your maintenance.

If you need to work on something and you need to take your brake rotor or wheel bearing off or whatever, it's just an extra step between your wheel and whatever else you are trying to get to, but it just takes a few extra minutes each time. Back when I used to use spacers I always torqued them down in a star pattern and to spec just the same as I do the wheels themselves.

I would agree that they are just a patch for a better set up but if done correctly there's nothing about them that's worse than just running a wheel with those same potential issues. **If you tow heavy and often that's a little different but for normal use my previous sentence stands.**

I definitely wouldn’t buy cheap ones. The ones I looked at that were recommended here were 3-400 as I recall. BORA was the brand I believe.

I’m not going big with the spacer. Probably 1.5” which is enough for a little more aggressive stance and for good clearance of a 35x12.5 tire on the 20x9 rim.

I don’t do heavy towing. Truck gets used mostly on highways, bad hunting roads, pastures with creeks and ditches to cross, etc. When I’m crossing something deep, uneven, etc, I’m never in a hurry.

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[RJL1]

On my 2010 Jeep JKUR I ran 1 1/2" spacers for YEARS with absolutely 0 issues. Like mentioned get good, quality ones.

 

[FishMoore]

Ive run wheel spacers for years. There are no ill effects from the spacer, same force will be applied using wheels with the same offset.

As stated earlier, DO NOT BUY SOME JUNK OFF AMAZON, and you will be fine. FORGED ARE GOOD!