how far can i go without ruining driveability

[jesse100]

I have a 96 xlt with v8 and stock everything. I want to put a 4in suspension lift and probobly 32s. I want to know if this lift and tire choice will destroy my milage and driveability of my truck. I drive fast and get terible milage about 10 to 14mpg depending on how/where i am driving. Can anyone estimate what my milage will be after i lift my truck and put on the new tires. Also how is my truck going to do on the dunes of the oregon coast once i am done with it. Does anyone have any better ideas on my lift and tire sizes than what i have said. Also i plan on having the local les shwab instal the lift kit which is their own brand of suspension lift, is that the best idea, the price they said was about $2400 for the whole thing (aproxamatley $100 per wheel, $150 per tire, $300 for instalation of the $1000 lift)

and so i dont need to start another thread my explorer has a white pait job in very good condition and i want to know how much it would cost to have it professionally painted black. and i want a pretty good quality paint job.

 

[Blee1099]

I have a 96 xlt with v8 and stock everything. I want to put a 4in suspension lift and probobly 32s. I want to know if this lift and tire choice will destroy my milage and driveability of my truck. I drive fast and get terible milage about 10 to 14mpg depending on how/where i am driving. Can anyone estimate what my milage will be after i lift my truck and put on the new tires. Also how is my truck going to do on the dunes of the oregon coast once i am done with it. Does anyone have any better ideas on my lift and tire sizes than what i have said. Also i plan on having the local les shwab instal the lift kit which is their own brand of suspension lift, is that the best idea, the price they said was about $2400 for the whole thing (aproxamatley $100 per wheel, $150 per tire, $300 for instalation of the $1000 lift)

and so i dont need to start another thread my explorer has a white pait job in very good condition and i want to know how much it would cost to have it professionally painted black. and i want a pretty good quality paint job.

It'll drive fine if you change your habits.. Lighten off the skinny pedal, avoid taking off fast. Put it this way, since I put 33s on my truck, I've been getting 15-17 MPG however I did change my driving style. I no longer floor it on take off unless I want to play around. I used to get 14-16 so it really hasn't gone down. Actually having a bigger tire will improve your mileage since the tires isn't doing rotating as fast.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

Changing your gear ratio will also improve your gas mileage after the lift. The price you were quoted at seems reasonable for a suspension lift, install and 4 wheels and tires. I would recommend regearing though. And for the paint job, You can get a crappy job done at Maaco for like 300 bucks, but a quality paint job will run in the 1000-2000 range. Good luck.

-Drew

 

[snowburns]

blee - what are you geared at?

 

[Blee1099]

Right now I have 3.73 and its slow as balls.. I will eventually go to 4.10 or 4.56 once I get 35s.

 

[410Fortune]

4.10 + 35's = no bueno. Go 4.56

my trucks driveability has been seriously increased with my mods, no BII ever built from the factory handles like this..

 

[TheRookie]

Yeah 410 is right. I ran 35's on 4.10's could tolerate it on the street but definately WAYYYYY too high for wheeling