I bought a 2.5" teraflex coil lift which on this forum I have read should give me 3" up front and 2" in the rear. I was planning on adding a 1" body lift so my total gains would be 4" and 3". With me so far?

But now with the teraflex leveling kit out for 119.95 at Northridge4x4. It is spec to give the rear a 1" lift with its spacers. I have 3/4" front spacers from skyjacker that I never used. The total gaines their would be 3.75" and 3"

What do you guys think would be better? they are both around the same price. Is there any reason I should do one of the other?

BTW I have a 4dr 6sp with stock bumpers and dont plan to ungraded them for about 2 years or unitl the wife lets me.

 

Body lift = no mods to the 2.5 kit

spacers on your coils will = more mods to your suspension & drivetrain, not just the cost of the kit.

 

so in a nutshell adding the spacers I would also have to add control arms and drive shafts just like i would if i have bought the 3" lift kit

 

If you want it done right and to handle well, yes.

 

If you don't have the funds for all that, I'd go body lift cause its a ticking time bomb w/ the drive shaft issue. You could probably get by without having control arms for a while though.

 

I am by no means an expert, but I just replaced my driveshafts and found that for the driveshafts to meet the diffs properly I had to get rear upper control arms to adjust my pinion angle. I imagine you will be less likely to get this problem with a 4dr as the driveshaft angle in the rear is not as steep, but it's something to think about.

In my experience, once you gove to far over 3" in suspension lift you need to start thinking about a lot more than just the cost of the lift components themselves and need to think bigger picture about the entire suspension.

I totally agree with ben about the ticking time bomb driveshafts. It was about a month and two hard trails before i was spitting grease out of the top of my front driveshaft. That was a quick $500 to repair.

Aaron

 

If you want more lift (to clear bigger tires) without spend extra money on driveshafts and control arms, there are two things that will help you out.

#1. A body lft

#2. Fenders.

It doesn't matter if you're going with plastic flat fenders, tube fenders, or just trimming your factory ones, the net effect is the same.

Anything that moves your axles further away from your frame (which is what suspension lifts do) will have side effects on your suspension geometry and drivetrain angles.