98 chevy lift

[ryan01]

im looking for a 8'' lift for my 98 chevy 1500 4x4 and all i can seem to find are 6'' lifts? does any one know where u can find a 8'' lift or do u have to buy the six inch lift and add blocks n such? thanks ryan

[TheBigMortboski]

...Or a 6" suspension and 2" body. I haven't found an 8" either.

If you were to do a SAS you could get 8" pretty easily, the sky's the limit with those.

[JohnnyRingo]

6 and crank, 9.5 and not crank, sus. and bl, sas
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc281/d-schnutz/Motivational%20Posters/first-spoon-feedMVT.jpg

[ryan01]

Ya I was trying to not go sas cuz a 6" lift isn't really big enough n body lifts look ugly I think

[ryan01]

U mean like a 6" lift and crank the torsion bars n block the rear?

[Boy&hisDogs]

I'm guessing that since you want 8 inches of lift that you will probably run a 37 or bigger tire, and for that you really should just SAS with a Dana 60. The IFS would be alright on the street but if you catch a tire that big in a bad bind then BOOM goes your front end.
:rules:
And now that I think about it you should get a 14b FF for the rear as well. Both to keep everything 8 lug and for the strength increase over the 10 bolt that is needed with larger tires.

[Snowboi]

Ya I was trying to not go sas cuz a 6" lift isn't really big enough n body lifts look ugly I think


I'm sorry, but that makes no sense, your basically saying a SAS is a 6" lift with a BL lift. If you do SAS I'm sure you dont need to do a BL, but I could be wrong.

A SAS is really the best choice for a complete lift.

[JohnnyRingo]

I'm guessing that since you want 8 inches of lift that you will probably run a 37 or bigger tire, and for that you really should just SAS with a Dana 60. The IFS would be alright on the street but if you catch a tire that big in a bad bind then BOOM goes your front end.
:rules:
And now that I think about it you should get a 14b FF for the rear as well. Both to keep everything 8 lug and for the strength increase over the 10 bolt that is needed with larger tires.

http://cdn.theurbandaily.com/files/2011/01/antoine-dodson-dumb.gif

[Boy&hisDogs]

?????

Is there something wrong with what i said, or is it because I spoon fed the noob?

[tahoe 9955]

full throttle has 6.5, 9.5, 12 and a 15

[Btempy]

Cognito lifts are out there too, show up every once in awhile used. since they discountined the kit.
FTS are nice kits, or you can do like a dick cepek 6.5 and crank the torsion bars.

[krzythekid]

Another option the rear shackle flip by off road design and f-150 torsion bars....

http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/shacklekit.htm
not entirely sure how this works I stuck with the 6" and 35s

[Btempy]

Another option the rear shackle flip by off road design and f-150 torsion bars....

http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/shacklekit.htm
not entirely sure how this works I stuck with the 6" and 35s

Rear shackle flip does just that, flips the rear shackle which results in the 4" lift, f150 bars? Not sure about the bars but the keys may be indexed differntly to allow for my crank further beyond the point the oem chevy keys would be maxed out.

[ryan01]

thanks for all your guys help... i really like the full throttle lifts now just finding a supplier out here in vancouver BC majority of the places only carry fabtech, rough country etc..

[Btempy]

This cognito lift is still for sale if your intrested, 10" lift kit + extras
http://www.gmfullsize.com/forum/showthread.php?t=222094

[tahoe 9955]

check out whiplash also