Okay. I drive a 95 blazer, 4DR 4x4, LT tahoe trim. I have stock rims and tires. I want a 2-3" lift,

My first question is, would my car look rediculous with stock tires with that lift, even with it being small?

Second question is, where can i get the kits, and how much. my uncle can pretty much do it all with that kind of stuff, so installation isnt really a problem, but price is. (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EARNING MIN WAGE )

 

I found a body lift kit(2"), 150 bucks. Would that do the trick?

 

Do you have the 235 tires??

Gonna need new tires soon?

body lift gives more clearance for tires, but, shackles on the rear springs (or, add-a-leaf) gives more ground clearance, and you can get an inch or two by doing to torsion bar crank.

I would wait until you were ready to upgrade tires before doing a lift.

 

Body lifts are body lifts. You wont gain any real ground clearance because your frame stays in the same position. A body lift is more for looks and the ability to clear bigger tires. AS for your first question, thats opinion. THIS THREAD Here is kankoon52 explaining how to install the body lift, he's got pics with the body lift and stock tires, and then with bigger tires. Send him a PM for more info. His finished product with more lift is here clearing 31's.

$150 sounds decent on the kit, just make sure it comes with bushings (lift blocks), bumper relocation brackets so your truck doesnt look silly, and all necessary hardware to install. More expensive kits may come with gap guards to cover the gaps left when the body raises 2' up off the frame.

Just remember...use that search feature! LOTS of posts on this topic.


EDIT: Listen to HeyYou. I got new rims on my blazer, and I'm lifting it in the future, but I've got about 3-5k miles left on my tires, so I'm waiting till they need replacing to install the lift with the new tires. Pretty pointless to buy bigger tires with no lift, and no tires with bigger lift IMO.

 

if ur not lookin for a body lift there are suspension lifts that give u more ground clearance. if ur suspension hasnt been replaced or anything and is all original or old and worn out i would suggest this suspension lift. suspension lifts are pretty pricey but this is one of the cheapest i've found and its pretty good. i'm lookin to buy it when i get the money. just savin lil by lil

 

or you can jsut crank your torsion bars (FREE!) and get lift shackles (<$100) to achieve the same thing... rough county 2" comes wiht torsion keys (basically cranking them yourself) and add-a-leaf for the rear. it also comes with new upper control arms which arent all that necessary.

 

blueknight you think with that Rough Country kit you can swap out different shocks? I don't know how I feel about those RC shocks...I like the Bilsteins. But dang 430 for the kit, that looks pretty good to me!

with regards to the new control arms, this kit comes with new ball joints..and I think I'm in need of some new uppers in the future anway...and considering just the lowers cost me 390, that kit looks pretty good just from that stand point if nothing else

 

Okay. Well. Heres one more question since we are already here. If i decide to wait a while, and just do the two inch lift(thats all i want, ground clearance isnt really too big of an issue to me at the moment) could i put bigger tires, on the rims that can fit my stock tires?

also, these are brand new tires i jsut got, lol, as in a week old, almost..

 

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they are necessary if you dont want the front end wear, changing the control arms fix the geometry of the front end to how it should be.

 

yes, you can put bigger wheels on stock rims. im assuming you put 235/75r15's on. with a 2" lift, you should be able to fit 31" tires on...

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