lift for $300!?

[Rose2300]

I found a guy selling his 6 month old procomp 5 in lift kit on CL for 300. He said I'll have to get the bolts for it cuz he's using the ones it came with. also i dont think he will include the brake line kit that it originally came with.

Q 1: i know I need grade 8 bolts, but how many and how long do they need to be?

Q 2: how do I go about finding the brake line extension kit for cheap?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm sure the item will go fast

 

[Heavyfire14]

with a 2.3l you really dont need a lift that big but, if you insist. do you have beams? just get 2 inch coils and a 2 inch spacer to lift the front and 2-3.5 inch blocks in the rear. and boom about 3.5 inchis of lift all the way around for less than 300.

 

[Rose2300]

right now my fron susp. is 3 in lower than the rear so Itll end up being 3.5 in total lift because most of the 5 in front lift will be used to level out the truck. it comes with 3.5 in lift blocks so even after that it will still have a slight 1.5 in rake. What do you suggest for the brakeline extension kit?

 

[Heavyfire14]

if you like rake. i like my front to be higher then my rear so i would just do the front (like i did on my truck). also why is your nose 3 inches lower? usually its only two? for the brake line i would check ebay, it has plenty of cheap parts.

 

[Heavyfire14]

you should post pics!

 

[GraySkull]

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[85_Ranger4x4]

if you like rake. i like my front to be higher then my rear so i would just do the front (like i did on my truck). also why is your nose 3 inches lower? usually its only two? for the brake line i would check ebay, it has plenty of cheap parts.

As the front coils wear the front end sags.

And since the front end is sagged, it will be more like a 6" lift in the front (5" over stock plus the inch lost from spring sag)

Make sure it is from a 2wd pickup.

I like a little rake, I don't like my truck looking like it has worms with a load in the back let alone empty.

 

[Rose2300]

this is my truck as it sits now

this is a picture of the guy's truck when it had the lift

this is the lift

 

[RangerBoy94]

Talk him down to 250 then go for it.

 

[Bennybooster]

yea, that looks like a good deal

 

[Heavyfire14]

everything looks straight. you should get some 15inch rims before you put it on your truck though.

 

[Rose2300]

ill get him down to 250. i've got a set of 235/75r15's with rims lined up, ive been discussing them here on another thread (Is this a good deal). Does it look like all of the components are there? He has the lift blocks theyre just not pictured.

 

[Heavyfire14]

with a 5 inch lift i would go at least 31's on the tires.

 

[Rose2300]

Yeah heavy fire, I can't afford new tires with the lift so I'm going to buy the lift and run the used 235/75's until I can buy new tires.

Also, Does anyone know If a tire shop like les scwhab or Big-O tires recalibrate my speedometer?

 

[Rose2300]

Also, On the procomp lift section of the james oaks enterprise page there is an '89-'96 kit and then a separate '97 kit. Does this matter or will it still fit?