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OK i know there are lifts for our trucks but i need to be sure which one to buy i have a 03 zr5 crew cab Sonoma 4x4 4.3 i don't want a body lift i want a suspension lift i know everyone asks but i would feel better if i know for sure what to buy THAX A BUNCH !!!!!! :D
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ok i guess i am asking what fits my 03 zr5 Sonoma 4x4
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What do you plan to do with your truck?
F9K9 and I both ask as it is a deciding factor on how we answer your question.
You really only have four choices.
2" PA body lift (my preference)
5" TM / BDS Suspension lift
6" FIT Superlift
Custom SFA
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Don't Forget The 5" BDS Suspension Lift Also
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Sorry. Edited my post. I probably should have said 2" BL , 5" SL, 6" SL or SFA , but that would have made his search a little harder.

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well i do a bit of trail riding nothing hardcore but i dont like the the truck to be as low as it is but everywhere i look i find lifts for zr2 and not zr5's
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Just do a search for Superlift. The FIT kit was prototyped on a crew cab.
Any Non-ZR2 s-series truck lift works on ours.
A search for the "Marvelous Mystery Lift" will reveal my choice.

How much do you have to spend?

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about 2 thousand bucks and thax alot for the help guys
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I think the body lift is the only option for that budget. Check out the "Mystery Lift."

Each of the suspension lifts start out at that or more. You have nothing left to buy tires and wheels.

Do you plan to do all the work yourself, or have it professionally installed?

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right now i was just going to get the kit and then in a bit have it installed
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BodyLift:
Performance Accessories PA192 2" body lift $225
Bilstein heavy duty shock absorbers $240 ORW
Torsion Bar adjustment and subsequent alignment $50
Springs $200
Front 1.25" and rear 3" spacers $170
Tires $560
Mount and balance $50
That leaves you $500 for installation of the lift , if you don't think we can talk you through it.

SL6 with Bilsteins and 4 15x7 AR Outlaw II's $2424+ freight Add $800 for tires + $2000 for the installation and you are good to go.

Double that number for a custom SFA

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hmm well i guess i need to look over this a bit THAX a ton for the info guys
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HenryJ knows what he's talking about! Follow his lead and you can't go wrong. :D
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Steve2003 wrote:HenryJ knows what he's talking about! Follow his lead and you can't go wrong. :D
If you are going to follow in the foot steps of an IFS suspension lift. This is the guy to follow. Others have come and gone. His is the cleanest and longest lasting of the lifted trucks here.

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HenryJ wrote:If you are going to follow in the foot steps of an IFS suspension lift. This is the guy to follow. Others have come and gone. His is the cleanest and longest lasting of the lifted trucks here.
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you've got to call around on prices, i got my BDS 5" kit for around $1400 i believe and the garage only charged me seems like $500 or so to put it on. but that leaves you short on tire money.

my brother says he see's my truck running around campus still, so it's good to know it hasn't fallen apart yet. lol :lol:

anyways, good kit, never had any problems with it at all in the year or so that i owned it lifted. biggest tire i would reccomend going with is a 31X10.50 anything bigger is going to rub.
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well i think i am going to go for the 6 in

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if i didnt have my mustang torn apart right now i would do Mystery Lift with luck i can buy a waag grill guard off a fellow member and get a hard top bed cover take off those bed rails and get a Exhaust all in time i am sure sooner or later ill learn how to post pics o and i just got my after market hood on after a run in with a deer looks sweet