Inspired by RockCrawlerDude’s truck, I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a 2” lift all the way around. The kit will include a 2” front leveler and 2” rear lift shackles. The kit should arrive within a week. I have a set of rear shocks from the wife’s suburban that I will use until I can afford some Fox shox like RockCrawlerDude.
I will be keeping my OEM wheels because I like how it looked. A guy from NC in another forum was able to put 275/55r20 Wrangler DuraTrac on the his OEM wheels with minor frame rub at full lock. He only have 1” front leveler on his truck. So I figured it will be fine with my 2” kit.
I have some body lift spacers from my Jeeping days that I plan to use to drop my front dif. I am also looking into making a set of spacer to drop the the sway bar as well. Sure I can buy those kit too, but the fun is in being able to make as much of it as you can from scratch. That should be it for now, until more slush fund is available.
Side note, there is no lift shackles made for the diesel. I am trying to fit the gas version. The reason is the spare tire is very tight on the driver side and the exhaust pipe is up agains the passenger side. Apparently the gas version have more room near the rear shackles. I have very little room to play with. But if the shackles don’t work, i’ll Just have to do 2” lift blocks.
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