What's my lift Height

[Dietrich777P]

Hello Peoples, I recently bought this truck which came lifted and the shocks are all but one separated from their mounts and riding on the leafs. it has 35x12.5 15 tires and the top of the wheel well are 40.5'' off the ground in the front and 38.5 in the rear with no shock and 39.5 for the one with which looks like its leaking. If someone knows approximately how large the lift is and what it takes to remove it that would be great. $900 for a set of tires is insane, especially when the big ones wear like terrible and are louder than the stereo on the highway. The shocks on it say rancho.

 

[JPOutfitters]

Hello Peoples, I recently bought this truck which came lifted and the shocks are all but one separated from their mounts and riding on the leafs. it has 35x12.5 15 tires and the top of the wheel well are 40.5'' off the ground in the front and 38.5 in the rear with no shock and 39.5 for the one with which looks like its leaking. If someone knows approximately how large the lift is and what it takes to remove it that would be great. $900 for a set of tires is insane, especially when the big ones wear like terrible and are louder than the stereo on the highway. The shocks on it say rancho.

What truck is it? What year/model/etc? Which Motor?

 

[xenomarine]

A decent set of metric tires for my dad's stock truck was $1100. That's if you buy new. I got a brand new set of boggers for 600, and an almost new set of tsl's for the same. Check craigslist for deals.

If you really don't want the lift, why buy a lifted truck? I bet you could get someone to trade stock parts with you PLUS cash, if that's really what you want to do, though. Take a couple pictures, and measure from the axle to the frame or bumpstop, but note where you measured from with some accuracy. It'll give you a better approximation while not being affected by tire size

 

[JPOutfitters]

measure from a flat ground to the frame below the driver's door also........

In Utah, you can't have more than 26" for a 1/2 ton vehicle or 28" for a 3/4 ton or larger vehicle from flat ground to the bottom of the frame below the driver's door.......which also converts to 8" of total lift from stock.

My Suburban currently has 26". It has 6" of Lift with 35" tires putting it at a total of 8" over stock height. Which would suggest that my suburban with stock tires and suspension should have been somewhere around 18" from flat ground to the bottom of the frame below the driver's door.

Measuring from the wheel well doesn't always give accurate readings.......

 

[Dietrich777P]

Sorry it is a 86 K5 Blazer with a 6.2

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

Measure from the top of the axle tube to the bottom of the bump stop bracket on the front. A stock truck will measure 8.5-9".

 

[blazer74]

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11016&highlight=lift+height+axle+tube

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