Pre-Owned Lift upgrades

If I plan to lift it 3.5in. Would OE Axles be fine? I bought the truck at 105k miles. The rear shocks are Bilstein 5100s, with Timbren Bump Stops, and like I said previous post the front struts are OE with a Spacer and rough country UCAs. What are your thoughts on a 3.5in lift. Should I just do Coilovers and shocks same brand since I don’t know how long they have been on the vehicle, and keep everything else the same. Or should I do a whole new setup?

 

That's how mine is set up. Stock axles. Rough Country suspension. UCAs, shocks are Vertex reservoir, coil overs in the front. Blocked. Running 33s. Gives plenty of lift for tires and clearance for what I'm driving over. Skid plate takes care of the rest.

 

Nice, have you had any problems with your OE axles with that lift? Have you had to replace them at all? I’m not a hard-core off road driver, I need enough lift when I’m working at different sites which are normally off road on uneven terrain. Nothing too crazy though. I’m normally driving a good bit of miles on the highway between different sites.

 

I've not had a single problem. When I offroad, it isn't anything dangerous or crazy. My biggest fear when I'm out 4wheeling is breaking a major part. So I offroad carefully. So far that has worked very well for me. So to answer your question, no, I've not had a single problem out of the OE shafts.