How much lift can I get away with?

[Peanut_butter_mj]

I have an 86 Comanche 4x4 automatic  4 cylinder.  I was wondering how much lift I could do without cutting or anything crazy.  My pickup is my daily driver I don’t drive on the highway much roads around me are fairly hilly.  Just looking for an idea of how much lift to do.  Was thinking 3” or under?  I don’t take my truck wheelin or anything just trying to keep it looking nice and “cool”.  Thanks.

[DirtyComanche]

Any amount of lift has ramifications to how the suspension and the rest of the truck works.  3" is going to require a bunch of new parts in order to be made to drive decently.

 

Perhaps you just want to replace worn stock components to restore the original ride height and quality?

[jpnjake]

Here’s my truck with sagged 3” lift springs and a 3/4” lift puck to equal out to about 3” in the front and metric ton springs that are about 5-6” in the back now 

This is all with 31” tires And on a SWB where yours is a LWB

[Armyvet25]

53 minutes ago, jpnjake said:

Here’s my truck with sagged 3” lift springs and a 3/4” lift puck to equal out to about 3” in the front and metric ton springs that are about 5-6” in the back now 

This is all with 31” tires And on a SWB where yours is a LWB

wow, what a beautiful truck

[jpnjake]

16 minutes ago, armyvet25 said:

wow, what a beautiful truck

 Thank you very much 

[jpnjake]

Also to the OP, I went with adjustable lower control arms that are slightly lengthened, and I still have to do my tracbar, either drill new hole, or adjustable one.

[Pete M]

you can do a 2" puck up front, chevy drop shackles in the rear and not have to replace any other parts.   an alignment is recommended after any changes in height.   

[Armyvet25]

1 minute ago, Pete M said:

you can do a 2" puck up front, chevy drop shackles in the rear and not have to replace any other parts.   an alignment is recommended after any changes in height.   

how much will that pull the front axle left without getting an adjustable trac bar?

[Pete M]

11 minutes ago, Armyvet25 said:

how much will that pull the front axle left without getting an adjustable trac bar?

 

almost no lateral movement from 0-2" of lift.   

[Armyvet25]

Just now, Pete M said:

 

almost no lateral movement from 0-2" of lift.   

[jpnjake]

6 hours ago, Armyvet25 said:

how much will that pull the front axle left without getting an adjustable trac bar?

Here’s 3” on my black truck with no trac bar, it’s less noticeable because I have wheels that don’t stick out. 

And I know, it’s extremely dirty…

[Armyvet25]

33 minutes ago, jpnjake said:

Here’s 3” on my black truck with no trac bar, it’s less noticeable because I have wheels that don’t stick out. 

And I know, it’s extremely dirty…

[Peanut_butter_mj]

10 hours ago, Pete M said:

you can do a 2" puck up front, chevy drop shackles in the rear and not have to replace any other parts.   an alignment is recommended after any changes in height.   

I was thinking of doing a Rusty’s 2 inch they don’t have a kit directly but the rear I found shackles and shock for the rear so it’s fairly easy.  At least it should be.

[Peanut_butter_mj]

Thanks for the help everyone!

[Peanut_butter_mj]

10 hours ago, Pete M said:

you can do a 2" puck up front, chevy drop shackles in the rear and not have to replace any other parts.   an alignment is recommended after any changes in height.   

Would these work? https://www.roughcountry.com/lowering-shackles-rc0501.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpcs&utm_campaign=18887230045|&utm_content=&utm_term=||m||fit_first_RC0501-a&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6LyfBhC3ARIsAG4gkF-g5oXeGRCWwrzNnMO47Xi1XSD77_hmg6Uj8r4nyYuV1ki5vCv1HsUaAknQEALw_wcB

[Pete M]

yup, that should work.  

[Peanut_butter_mj]

1 minute ago, Pete M said:

yup, that should work.  

Thank you!