New to Me Truck with Mystery Lift

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What's up guys! I'm new to the forum. I just bought an 04 Ram 1500 QC 4x4 5.7L Hemi from a man's widow. She obviously didn't know all the details about what her late husband had done to the truck. It was obvious to me that it wasn't sitting on stock suspension, but I'm not sure what it has. I've crawled around underneath and it looks to have a 2"-3" block under the leaf springs and the steering knuckle is definitely larger than stock. There isn't a brand name on any of the suspension components.
I would like to know what size lift it has. Is there a way to measure from the wheel center cap to the wheel well and subtract the stock measurement? What would the stock measurement be? Any other suggestions for finding the lift size?

Thanks for any help?
 
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http://www.ramforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=27746&stc=1&d=1398973994

The first two photos show how the 285/70r17s (32.7") look on it. There is about 27" from the center cap to the rim of the wheel well on both front and rear.
The other photo shows 1.5" blocks under the springs in the rear.
I'm hoping someone can give me an idea of what kind of level/lift is on this truck.

Thanks
 

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They probably used leveling torsion bar keys. Doubt that you'd be able to tell what company it is and also kind of looks like the cranked the torsion bars up by tightening the keys. If the front rides really rough then that would give you an idea if they did or not

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Kinda what I was thinking after looking at it today and doing research. Thanks man.
 

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