Alternative cheap lift thoughts.

Just searching around today and noticed you can get a motofab 3" front spacer for 68 bucks and 1" rear spacers from different places for 40 to 50 bucks. Would this not be a cheap way to do a 3/1 lift without pre loading?

Any thoughts, its mainly for looks but that's what 90% of guys are using it for.

 

Yes but you risk doing damage to the front end by running that much lift from a spacer since your wheel is now allowed to droop 3" farther down.

You should also factor in getting extended bump stops since the now spaced out shock will bottom out earlier in the wheel travel, and possibly before the bump stop even engages.

 

Would it be more droop than the wescott 3/1 , the RC 3.5 , or the super lift 3/1¿

 

So let me get this right....you have a $50-80K truck and are going to stick a $60 lift on it?

You asked for thoughts, it's a terrible idea.

 

Not saying that's what I'm doing just curious, but is a superlift 3/1 any different except it comes with a upper control arm?

Lots of people on here are running 40 - 60 dollar 2 inch spacers. It's not crap because it's 40 - 60 dollars it's just not expensive or complicated to make.

 

If the westcott is getting some of its 3" level from the pre-load, then yes, it would. The range of motion in the suspension is defined by the length of the shock at extension. The more spacer you put over the shock the more the suspension can droop. If you get to 3" of lift from just a spacer, then it will allow more droop then if you get 1.5" from a spacer and then another 1.5" from the preload. The preload doesnt change the length of the shock.

I am not saying that any one particular spacer is better. I would be hesitant to run any spacer that is 3 or 3.5"

 

Ok so I get that on the wescott side. If you look at say RC or the superlift they are just spacers with upper control arms. Bumb stop extensions as well but that's just a washer basically in any kit. I'm just saying why pay 700 - 800 if you can do it for way less.

 

Because they are not getting their lift entire from a spacer and would venture to guess that its safer.

But normally $700-800 would get you aftermarket shocks, so I would be hesistant to spend that much. I would rather just wait and run a set of Bilstein 6112's for that much money.

 

So that's a ready lift kit that's just spacers and a uca pretty much for almost a grand.

I'm not arguing getting a full suspension upgrade that's my plan, I also already own the wescott kit. Just curious about what's being done out there.

 

Funny how the ReadyLift and Rough Country kits have a diff drop with them but no one else has a diff drop kit.

 

I have thought the same thing, but damn do those diff drops look flimsy.

 

If the diff drop is anything like the older trucks, it won't help that much with CV angle. It only rotates the pinion up

 

That would make a lot of sense in this case. I kept looking at the RC instructions, trying to understand how it dropped the diff...but it doesn't.

ReadyLift says their kit includes a "diff drop bracket" while Rough Country states it's a "diff relocation bracket." The two designs are nearly identical.

 

ReadyLift and Rough Country, 2 VERY HIGH END off-road suspension manufacturers