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#61
I am new to this site and am having a bit of trouble navigating through it. But, anyway. I have a 98 blazer 4 door, that I want to lift, but the right way. Any suggestions?
#62
Torsion Bar Crank and 2" shackles. 60 bucks should do it if you install yourself. There are TONS of guides on the forum for it.
#63
As long as you buy a store bought kit, you'll be doing it the right way. You could get a 2 inch body lift that has everything you need including brackets to lift your bumpers for around 200-250. Add in shackles like Captain said and free t-bar crank, you'd be at about 4-4.5 inch of lift. Enough to fit 31x10.50x15 tires fairly easy. Same tires as the ZR2's run. All in all 250 kit+ $60 shackles+ say $60 alignment after the t-bar crank= $370 for the lift if you install or get someone to help you, maybe add in some more for thier help. If you have a shop install it all you might as well double that amount, if not more than that. It'd be much more affordable to do it yourself.
#64
#65
seriously?!!
i think we spent maybe 1 1/2 to 2 hours doing the 3" BL on my friends 2 door '94. and that included cutting & moving the bumper brackets. even installed a roll pan to hide the ends of the frame rails out back.
#66
So if I was to get the 2 in rough country lift would I have to modify my y pipe on my 96 blazer?
#67
Wouldn't waste my money on the RC kit read far too many posts from people about their torsion keys snapping, keep it simple spend $50 on a set of quality shackles crank your tbars 1.5" MAX and call it done.
#68
I heard that cranking the t bars is bad on your suspension...plus the 1.5 in the front wouldnt give enough clearance for 31's
#69
the 2" rc kit isn't enough for 31's either, you need tbar/shackle lift and body lift unless you plan on nothing but pavement pounding then either one will be enough.
#70
No... Only time you need to modify the y pipe is when you drop the front diff down when installing a 5" or 6" lift kit. The 2" RC kit comes with new keys, control arms, and shackles.