ok so i lifted the truck at a professional shop in nj called ok4wd. took 2 days.
paid 1300iish for zone kit 400iish for shocks 500 for traction bars 1300 for install and alignment. and they will spend an additional hour to retoruge things. they said they spend about 3 hours wasted trying to get the stabalizers to work. nj prices are always high but i feel confident the install is done correctly.
everything put on in the install.....
bilstein shocks on all for corners (front struts)
ZONE 6' inch kit which included 4 in rear blocks.
BDS traction bars
fuel hostages 20x10 -24 offset
35x12.5x20 nitto grapps
BDS dual stabalizers ( was refunded for this since the stablizers would not fit on the zone kit, even tho zone stated they would fit. according to the installer the shock bodys were rubbing the tierods) they said they tried a few things to make them work and they just flat out wont. so im running no stabalizers
I decdied on the zone kit soley because of money and because i have zero intentions to offroad it.. i was a little bummed that the stabalizers didnt work with the zone kit and the installers kinda made it seem like i shoulda went with the bds kit. but honestly i didnt want to spend 700 more for some stainless brakelines and a tie rod end that comes with the bds kit.
anyways the installers said the zone kit went on eazy. no issues.
the truck rides better then stock.. smooth and soft. the bumps i used to hit hard now glide right over.. thanks to those bilsteins.
truck has a slight rear rake.
when starting from a stop and coming to a stop 1-3mph i feel a vibration shuuder pulsing feeling.. not sure if its the brakes or some sort of driveline binding. it goes away as soon as im rolling. im going back in a week to have them retorque it all ill point that out. the truck handles very well. i got up to 95 mph on the way home no steering wheel wander or anything crazy. feels and turns like stock. gotta get used to turning tho, feels like i need extra space to make a tight turn.
i have 3.93 stock gears. at 70 mph on the tack i was really going 73-74 on the gps. it has a drop in power for sure but nothing horrible. it didnt like steep hills to much tho.
mpg dropped from 14.6 to 13.6
anyway so far so good only have 75 miles on it. the nitto trail grapplers feel good too no issues on my first ride. not very noisey, but i drive a 18 wheeler so im half deaf anyways from those loud peices of sh.it everyday.
one pic below is stock
