'99 OBS Tahoe - lift choice

[Saiyan66]

The 6" lift was alright, but most of the newer style lifts use a lift knuckle instead of dropping the upper arms. This usually increases your track width in the front a bunch and looks really weird. A lot of IFS lifts have alignment issues if you use them at all off road, although my RCD was ok in this respect. I just wished that I had saved my money a little more and either bought a different truck or done a SAS with it. I think for reliability the majority of opinions on here are very correct. Leave it as stock as possible or go straight axle. You could always just spend that money at a local body shop to have them trim the fenders and get everything looking factory again if all you want to run is 33's.

 

[Spargman]

Agreed - I think the knuckle lifts look a little weird. Not bad if it's a mud truck, but i'd like this thing to still look good everywhere I take it.

I heard the RCX kept the alignment pretty solid for guys that wheel pretty hard...but I've definitely heard of a few others that were a disaster.

Stock height on 33's would require a little too much trimming for what I'd like to do... but I'm also thinking of possibly a 2" body lift and 1" tbar crank. I don't like how body lifts look, but 2" isn't too bad. I also have almost brand new Bilstein HD's so I would save quite a bit if i did a simple body lift and 1" tcrank.

Personally I don't mind spending the $$...I want to do this the right way, but not SAS.

On that 6" lift, how many 4x4 miles did you put on it?

 

[Saiyan66]

Not too many off road miles, it was mostly a street cruiser. It did fairly decent off road though with 35" BFG muds, Bilsteins and no sway bar. Hated the add-a-leaf in the back though. Should have ponied up the dough for new rear leaves.

 

[Ryan1975]

Did you happen to put together parts list for brake upgrade yet? Ha!

I may end up following your exact lead on a lot of things you do.

 

[timsbroncs]

"Stock height on 33's would require a little too much trimming for what I'd like to do... but I'm also thinking of possibly a 2" body lift and 1" tbar crank. I don't like how body lifts look, but 2" isn't too bad. I also have almost brand new Bilstein HD's so I would save quite a bit if i did a simple body lift and 1" tcrank."

I am running 285/75/16 = 33.1" with stock suspension on a 1998 k1500 with no rubbing but it requires wheels with better backspacing and no trimming required.
Tim