To swap out UCA’s or to replace bushings and move on?

All,
Thanks for stopping by..
Wanted to bounce something off of you and get your opinions.

I’m getting ready to start sourcing parts for a lift/level and I’m a little stuck at the moment.
I want to do a 2.5-3” lift. 17” wheels and tires,UCA’s(if I do go to the3”) to round it all out.

But while I’m doing the lift, I want to take care of the god awful squeak while I’m down there in the shocks/springs.

Should I just settle for 5100s, set at a level and change out the bushings on the upper and lower control arms?

or just bite the bullet, spend the $4k and do everything while I’m in there?

just torn on what to do..Has anyone come to this crossroads yet?

thanks!!

 

My truck squeaks like a bat out of hell but I have found that in my experience the squeaks have never come from the UCA or LCA bushings. Squeaks that you can hear from inside the cab are usually metal on metal - all it takes is a very slight movement. I used to think bushings were the culprit until I bought this squeak finder.

$104 STEELMAN 06600 ChassisEAR Electronic Squeak and Rattle Finder

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IHIAES/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So far it's helped me find:
- a bent crossmember rubbing against the LCA (drove me nuts so I replaced the crossmember)
- found a crack in a different crossmember that's currently driving me nuts (waiting to replace)
- my LCA skids started squeaking (go figure, the LCA skid and the LCA are supposed to move as one so I never thought it would be the source)