I've never had a regret lifting any of my trucks. Maybe the only regret is the mileage goes down down but shit that's just the nature of the beast. I say go for.

 

the only reason i could think that someone would regret lifting thier truck would be if that said person is a Pussy.

 

I just put a 5" RCX on with Bilstiens on my 2011 GMC Sierra CC and it rides better than before. I had a 2003 with a Fabtech didn't think the ride was to bad but regreted it from a gas mileage stand point. I Love the new truck it is the perfect hieght and hoping the MPG's don't get effect to bad just going to 33's instead of 35's like I had on my 03.

Good Luck

 

^ A fat Pussy. lol

 

If you are carting around baby seats I could see it getting old fast, depends on your lifestyle. Mine has been lifted for years and I never got tired of it.

 

If you are carting around baby seats I could see it getting old fast

This is what was the issue with my truck after I lifted it...it wasn't a huge deal, but it just got old and I got tired of the axle wrap from the lift blocks and just little shit. I loved how it looked and rode other than that, but it isn't like I keep a vehicle for long anyways...

I love driving lifted trucks, but for me I just got tired of the lifted DD...I think between the worse mpg, jumping in and out, and the lack of power (even with gears my Tahoe was a pig...prolly from the system and sound deadening weighting it down) I don't think I would want another lifted DD unless it was a diesel.

 

Horrible investment, old people can't get in, ifs lifts for the most part isn't going to to make your truck that much more capable off-road, parking garages are a no go in some cases...


I want another lifted vehicle but will wait until it's a weekend ride :imo

 

I regret ever modifying the vehicle I drove everyday.

 

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I want another lifted vehicle but will wait until it's a weekend ride :imo

I agree with this, I hated the way my 07 NNBS 1500 rode after my 7.5 RCX, loved the way it looked but hated DDing it... traded it in on my leveled DMAX, I will not lift another DD but I will lift my 82K20, it will be a weekend toy

 

I have mine lifted ~6" on 35s which makes it about the same height as a stock F250, it rides great, and still fits everywhere. The only regret I have is it makes it somewhat slow, but that can be fixed...

 

Regret being cheap and doing the body lift. Espcially since my full replacement and winch are built around it.

 

No regrets.

A lifted truck should ride no different than a stock truck (with the exception of wider tires grabbing cracks/holes in the road), since similar to stock suspension geometry is maintained in most cases, it is just moved downward 6+ inches. The problem arises when you try to squeeze that extra couple of inches out of your lift by cranking or adding spacers which increases the preload on the suspension and changes the angle of the control arms, making the ride rougher.

My 01 with 8" and 38s rides better than it did when it was leveled and 285s, and better than my 03 when it was leveled.

With that said, I would not want to DD a truck as big as mine, most I would want to DD is 6" and 35s maybe. The only real reason I do not want to DD my truck, is because it is much too hard to keep clean with the wide tires.

 

Only when i tried to load up a grizzly into the back.

hit gas -> start up ramps -> wheelie into the bed -> hit brakes -> check boxers...

 

Only when i tried to load up a grizzly into the back.

hit gas -> start up ramps -> wheelie into the bed -> hit brakes -> check boxers...

Sounds like you need longer ramps. No problems getting my 450 into my truck, or just find a ditch to back the back tires into, instantly dropping it the depth of the ditch.

 

Only thing I regret is buying my leveling kit, should of just bought a full suspension lift the first time around !!!!

 

Sounds like you need longer ramps. No problems getting my 450 into my truck, or just find a ditch to back the back tires into, instantly dropping it the depth of the ditch.

Ya, i was using someone elses ramps, no ditches that i could back into either. Believe me, i tried to figure something out!

 

Love my truck and don't regret lifting it. Yet. I still have my daily driving stuff, but I live in the country and when I go to town, nothing's too crowded. I still fit in most parking garages.

But I'm going off to school later this year. Possibly in LA. I know it's either A) Have it be a pain in the ass. B) Sell it.

Option B is where I find myself regretting everything. You don't see a return when you turn around and sell it with everything on it. It's a major waste. I'll never get half of what I've put into it. That's why I'm still weary about colormatching. I just dropped some major cash on subwoofer's and my deck, but at least I can take that stuff out and throw the stock stereo back in.

 

Love my truck and don't regret lifting it. Yet. I still have my daily driving stuff, but I live in the country and when I go to town, nothing's too crowded. I still fit in most parking garages.

But I'm going off to school later this year. Possibly in LA. I know it's either A) Have it be a pain in the ass. B) Sell it.

Option B is where I find myself regretting everything. You don't see a return when you turn around and sell it with everything on it. It's a major waste. I'll never get half of what I've put into it. That's why I'm still weary about colormatching. I just dropped some major cash on subwoofer's and my deck, but at least I can take that stuff out and throw the stock stereo back in.

Do like most kids freshman year, live in a dorm, with no car. Work, and save up for a DD, just store the truck at home.

 

The only thing I regret is not lifting it sooner.

 

The only thing I regret is not lifting it sooner.

This

 

Surprisingly yes. I loved how it looked when it was just a 2 inch BL on 305's. I wish I would have never gotten the $ and said to myself "Well I've always wanted a lifted Tahoe."

It's not that it doesn't look good, or that it's the gas, it just gets old jumping all the time. Looked clean as fuck before.


But I wouldn't change anything on mine now, just wish I would have thought twice and put the money used to lift to other things like savings.

 

Look at how many guys lift their trucks, then take them back to stock. Seems to be fairly common on this forum. I had a lifted Powerstroke on 37's and it got old.

Poor ride, poor fuel mileage, expensive tires, decreased power, added stress to suspension components from said huge tires....It just isn't practical.

As a compromise I leveled my truck with 33's now and I intend to leave it at that.

 

no.

 

This is what was the issue with my truck after I lifted it...it wasn't a huge deal, but it just got old and I got tired of the axle wrap from the lift blocks and ......

false statement. you must use the throttle to encounter axle wrap.

 

the only reason i could think that someone would regret lifting thier truck would be if that said person is a Pussy.

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