lifting my chevy

[coada73]

 what is the easiest,but cheapest way to get around 8 inches of lift out of my 77 chevy 1 ton

[jeremy]

check out ntwonline.com, have ordered several kits from them lately, bout the cheapest found for name brand springs and parts
Post Merge: May 12, 2010, 11:22:08 PMtheir suspention specials have always been Superlift or Rough Country, just not advertised as name brand

[mudwild]

Anyone have some ideas for him. Cheapest way to get it lifted?

[messy jesse]

customsuspension.com
ntwonline.com is a good one to
if your only looking for 8 inchs the cheapest way to go would be to get 6 in springs for the front 5 1/2 in block for rear and do a 2 or 3 inch body lift in my mind that would be the cheapest and easiest way to do it

[Brett]

I agree with Jesse. 6" suspension and 3" body would be the easiest. unless they make an 8" suspension for that truck. To the best of my memory they do.

[messy jesse]

they do make an 8 in for but the dollars amount goes up every inch and over 6 inchs steering parts start to get high dollar and body lifts are cheap and easy

[Brett]

True Jesse. The rear block, front springs, and body lift would prob be the cheapest. BUT I think the 8" suspension would be easier to install. Since you are already replacing front springs, and some steering parts anyways.

[messy jesse]

i agree brett

[jeremy]

coada, What are your plans, and tire size wanted to run, are you willing to cut some sheetmetal?  We can give you some good advise if you let us know if this is for the street, trail, or a little of both.

[coada73]

i was thinking about flippin the shackles in the rear cause a buddy of mine told me he did that on his and got around 4-5inches out of doing that on his truck and adding blocks then getting arched springs for the front. im wanting around 8 inches of suspension lift and 3 inch of body id like to be able to run 38s with comfort. the truck is mainly gonna see the mudd until it gets nasty up here in the winter. other then that it will probably never see the road. i dont mind cutting on some sheetmetal or doing anykind of fabrication,  any ideas that you might have would be greatfully appriciated

[Brett]

You can clear 38s with a 6" lift on that truck. Do you do ANY towing at all with it? If you pull as much as a lawnmower trailer I would NOT suggest the shackle flip. When you flip your shackle, it moves the axle forward a little also. I would HIGHLY suggest just buying a kit. By buying a kit, EVERYTHING you need is in there and there is not any "rigging". IMO, I would order an 8" skyjacker or superlift kit. Then if you wanted more clearence, add a body lift in.

[messy jesse]

well if you dont care about fabin some stuff all you got to do is lower all your spring hangers prolly wont cost a dime if you have some metal layin around you can prollt get away with only buying steering parts i don't recomend you fab those

[coada73]

i dont mind fabin  cause the only thing the truck is gonna be used for is muddin and drift bustin in the winter but how would you recomend lowering the hangers

[messy jesse]

on that truck its easy people been doing it for years make a boxed in spring hanger for the front of the springs and for the of front spring youll need to make longer shackles on the rear springs i would filp the rear shackles over and add some blocks thats the easy botton

[jeremy]

If you do a block down in the front, make sure to get the front and rear mounts lowered the same amount. If not you will have a bad caster angle and the "Death Wobble" is sure to follow.  You can buy a 4 or 6 inch kit for about 300 and will include steering parts and shocks. then do some fender trimming ( if needed ). I would highly recomend this if running stock driveline and 38's. Is very simple to install and cant go wrong.