IFS lift

[tgreene92]

i want to do a soa axle conversion in my rear and im wondering how i can lift the front to match. i have a 98 xlt with the IFS

 

[Turdle]

You can get superlift knuckles and a front box kit for around 1700.00, or, for about the same total $$ you can get superlift knuckles and a coilover shock conversion kit from off road warehouse to achieve 4" --maybe 4.5" of lift at the sacrifice of droop.

The problem here is a SOA will give about 5.5" lift at the rear.

Some have done a "sloped body lift" with a SOA rear and achieved great results.

Member bt93 comes to mind. Search around the site, look at lifted trucks, read the sticky's in the "wheels and tires " forum, and the "lift kits" forum on this site

You will find all you need to know if you read read read.

When you start seeing the term SAS I recommend you think hard about this option as you might just find a suspension lift to be not quite all it's cracked up to be.

 

[DirtJunky]

can do it alot cheaper then 1700. but the lift lives up to its name, "cheap". can do a TT and spidles but wouldnt recomend unless its a 2wd. buying spindles is the easier way out, all you need after the spindles is new shocks for the front

 

[Keeper0311]

Is it possible to use those superlift spindles with the T-bars for the time being?

 

[AlexSport'00]

As far as I know, the spindles work with the torsion bars and you have to be 2wd to use them. You can't do them on 4wd vehicles.
Also, getting stiffer bars, like B rated bars are the stiffest besides 1 and 2, will help lift some too. So SOA rear plus spindles, stiffer bars, and TT would help. Or, as a cheaper way, do a sloped body lift. Actually, go search "sloped body lift" when you get the chance.

 

[DirtJunky]

Not a fan of body lifts especially sloped bodys. If you have your mind set on a body lift then do the front and back the same. Your ex so do what you please
Like alex said you can only do spindles if your 2wd.

 

[slickemhoundd]

Using superlift spindles may be a moot point if you don't have the cross member drop to lower the lca's. And the cost of the knuckles almost 400 a pop not worth it. BUT Swing over the the for sale section and a member has the superlift front to back for sale

 

[JohnnyO]

A 4wd uses knuckles that the halfshafts connect to. A 2wd uses spindles and a dropped spindle just lowers the wheel mounting point in order to raise the truck. It will not work on a 4wd. The ONLY lift kits for the late-model IFS are Superlift which costs a lot of money and Dixon Brothers which costs a lot more money. I've heard that the Superlift kit is going out of production and they are getting hard to find.

 

[DirtJunky]

If you have $2500 then I'd do Dixon racing