Which body lift?????

[19-Silverado-98]

I've been trying to decide on which body lift to get. 3" or 2". I have a 98 chevy 1500. With 2" blocks in the rear. And suspensionmaxx torsion keys in the front. I want to clear a 285 on a 16x10. Or possibly a 295. I think 3" may be to much. But I'm not sure. Just want a little more height and tire clearance. Suggestions and reasons why you suggest it. Thanks.

 

[Vortec Lover]

4x4 truck I will assume? You can clear 285's with just a crank.

That is, of course unless you have aftermarket rims with high offset.

BUT- I would suggest a 3" Body Lift, because cranking hurts your front end and makes it ride rough. (2-3") can't really go wrong either way. With a 3" you can actually run 315 tires if that helps you.



EDIT: just saw that you said 16X10, so I would most certainly suggest the 3" Body Lift. I have a 3" and I had to trim a smidge off of my valence (1/8" inch, haha) to fit my 285 on 16X10 rims because they stick out a bit.

 

[19-Silverado-98]

Well I have after market keys. I just want a little more height. And I'm looking at dc1 16x10 rims.

 

[Vortec Lover]

After market keys don't matter, they're just as good as stock.

As I said in my edited post above ^^^ I'd go 3", save your front end and give you an ability to go bigger if you wanted to. The picture in my sig is my truck on 285/75/16. The rims are 16X10. Stance would be like that.

 

[19-Silverado-98]

So unless I want 315s 3" body lift is to much. A 2" will be fine.

 

[Vortec Lover]

So unless I want 315s 3" body lift is to much. A 2" will be fine.

315's only fit with a block and crank on top of the BL, but it looks really good.

I had to edit what I said because I did not realize that you had such wide rims. 10" in reality is too wide a rim for 285 (coming from a guy who does it himself ) Because the tread width is narrower than the rim itself, therefore the sidewall is much more exposed to rocks/gravel/rubbing. Not good.

If you haven't gotten the rims yet, I would suggest either 8" or get 315/305 tires to pair up with the 10" wide. And keep in mind that as long as you get the 10" you will need a body lift.

 

[96k1500]

2" would be fine until you decide you wanna go bigger and for the difference in price you might as well go 3"

 

[96k1500]

315's only fit with a block and crank on top of the BL, but it looks really good.

Incorrect sir, i had 35s on my 96 with just 3" bl after i decranked it

 

[Vortec Lover]

Incorrect sir, i had 35s on my 96 with just 3" bl after i decranked it

Not with 10" wide rims! haha

no valence = trimming with one

No cranking = more trimming, so it's whichever you prefer haha

 

[dirtridinz71]

Both will clear easily, you may have to trim the corner of the bumper a little with the 2" lift, that would be the worst case though.
Here is a 3" on the two tone ext cab and 2" on the ext cab, both with 285's on stock rims

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