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Choosing the best lift kit for your truck is not just about the make and model of your truck, although that does play a big role in which one you should buy. Before buying one for your truck you want to find out about the different lifts available, making sure that you keep in mind that not all lifts are the same, even if they are made by the same manufacturer. Choosing the best option for your truck is going to be based on how the lift kit is made, but also on how it is supposed to be installed.
Best Value
Truxxx Manufacturing is considered the best value for your money. The company makes lift kits for the Chevrolet and GMC truck lines, as well as their SUVs. They also make kits for the Ford F-150 line and the Dodge Ram 1500. These lift kits are fairly simply to install and raise the front of your truck 3 inches, which is enough to get heads turning. The best part about these is that you can actually install them yourself with minimal trouble.
Under 4 inches
Truxxx Manufacturing is also a good bet when lifting under four inches. One of the best things about their kits, aside from the large numbers of makes and models, is that they are made from steel. Truxxx Manufacturing makes lifts for the entire line of Chevy trucks, but they also make kits for the new Ford F-150s, older F-150 4x4s and Chevy Hummer H2, Suburban, Tahoe, K1500, and K2500HD. Daystar and Revtek are also good brands, but neither one makes lifts for any Chevy trucks.
4 to 6 Inches
The RCD lift kit is one of the best available because it provides you with a great fit to your truck. As an added bonus each of their lift kits include Bilstein shocks. They also use an extended length spindle for IFS. Fabtech is another great six-inch lift because of how they use bigger leaf springs if you have a straight axle truck. Moreover, they are the only ones that have lifting spindles for 2wd trucks.
6 to 8 inches
California Super Trucks makes some great lifts if you are looking to go bigger than six inches. One thing that makes the them stand out amongst others is the spindles are made of plate, which is designed to give you that custom race look. Fabtech and RCD also make good lift kits for anything above six inches for the same reasons stated above.
Bigger than 8 inches
For the same reasons listed above California Super Trucks make some great lifts if you are looking to go big. Donahoe Racing also makes some quality lift kits for the Ford truck line, but with an emphasis on the Super Duty. The 12.5-inch model comes with Bilstein shocks and provides a nice ride, although it isn't a smooth ride. Like some other lift kit manufacturers, Donahoe doesn't make a kit for Chevy trucks.
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Which Performance Suspension? Suspension Kit Or Coilovers?
It seems quite a common misconception that coilovers are the best choice for performance suspension, and although this is not wrong, that doesn't mean that coilovers are always the most appropriate choice of suspension upgrade for the customer.
So, let's just be clear about the difference between coilovers and normal suspension kits.
Suspension Kit
A convention suspension kit is usually a straight replacement for the original equipment (OE) parts. It will consist of a set of dampers (usually 4), and a set of sports springs. Each of these components could be fitted alone to replace the OE parts, they are literally just sports versions. You could for example, fit the springs alone with the standard dampers, or just the dampers with the standard springs. I am not saying that this would work well, but the point is that they are the same style and fitment as the original parts.
The springs are often progressive so give more resistance the more the spring is compressed. The advantage of this is that they appear quite soft and comfortable still when just cruising and soaking up the undulations in the road, but when you throw the car hard into a corner, they are much stiffer giving the improved road holding and reduced body role you fitted them for.
The dampers are often fixed damping. Even premium kits like the Bilstein B12 are not ride adjustable; they are pre setup to what the manufacture considers the optimum compromise between handling and ride quality. Some dampers like Koni / Spax / Avo are combined bounce and rebound adjustable, so you do have some control over the stiffness of the ride quality.
Coilover Suspension
Coilovers are a different type of suspension. Their component parts (spring / shock) could not be fitted with the OE parts. Coilovers can only be fitted as a complete unit with spring + damper. The springs are a much narrower diameter, and usually parallel and linear so the give the same level of resistance regardless of how much they are compressed.
Coilovers are nearly always height adjustable. This is usually done by having an adjuster plate which the bottom of the spring sits on. This plate is threaded and can be screwed up or down the damper body to increase or decrease the ride right of the car. So coilovers then have small "helper springs" which sit on top of the main springs, and ensure that during extension of the damper, the main springs remains under tension and doesn't become dislocated.
In the same way as suspension kits, the lower end coilovers usually have fixed damping, but as you go up the quality (and cost) you will find dampers which are ride adjustable, first the bounce and rebound will be combined and adjusted together, but as you go further up the range, many will feature independently adjustable bounce and rebound. This gives a much greater level of control over the handling characteristics of the vehicle.
Top mounts are often also adjustable on coilover suspension particularly on the more premium brands, some for camber, and some for caster and camber. BC Racing are a great example.
So as you can see, coilover suspension gives you a LOT more scope for tailoring the behaviour of the vehicle to suit your requirements. So what is the problem? Why would you not want coilovers?
The problem is the amount of adjustment. Do you really need it?
The biggest issue with coilovers is the set up. A suspension kit can be DIY fit if you are handy with a wrench, and as long as you have the tracking done at the end, you shouldn't have any problems. Coilovers need to be set up by people who REALLY know what they are doing (this is more important, the most adjustment options the coilovers feature), and I don't mean your local garage mechanic. He may be great, but unless he has motorsport experience, chances are he won't know much more about setting up your coilovers to meet your needs than your Granny. And yes, coilovers, correctly set up, can give fantastic improvements in control, but incorrectly setup your car will just be hard and crashy and handle like a shopping trolley!
So which to choose, suspension kit, or coilovers?
Go for a suspension kit if:
- You want to lower the vehicle by up to 40mm (some kits do go more)
- Ride comfort is paramount
- You are not a track guru, just want to stiffen up the ride for general fast road use
- You want something that is straight forward to install
- You are on a budget
Go for coilover suspension if:
You are a regular on the track You want to be able to adjust the ride height or lower the vehicle 50mm+ You want to be able to tweak the suspension to change the characteristics of the vehicle You want the best and money is no object You are not concerned if the ride is hard on the road
Be aware that recently there has been a flood of "budget" coilovers to the market. These tend to be low cost, with adjustable height, and fixed damping. If you are considering a budget set, then give serious thought as to whether you really need coilovers as discussed above, because for the cost of budget coilovers you can often get a much better quality suspension kit which would potentially give you a much better ride!
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How much should I ask for a 1996 Z3, perfect condition, 52000 miles, black, with;
Roots Supercharger to 8 PSI (increased optional)
256/10 street cams
Ross aluminum pistons
Compression ratio milled at 9:1
Cold air intake
Hot cat-back exhaust
Ignition booster
Adjustable fuel regulator
235 Horsepower - over 200 Lb Ft Torque
Sport Springs
Adjustable front & rear caster/camber
Stress Bars front & rear
Cold hardened brake disks
Steel brake lines w/ KevlarCopper pads
Bilstein shocks
Heavy duty sway bars
Air splitters
Chrome & Burl wood interior
Hood Locks
Garage kept, winter stored
Top and rear window like new condition
Glass-like finish
New tires and battery
All fluids changes every 2000 miles
All fluids synthetic
Never used as everyday car, never raced
Looks like you took care of her. KBB says to ask about $7800 for it. I would list it for $8500. Trade in is crap. Unfortunately you don't get any of the money back on the mods you did, matter of fact they actually lower the value to a dealer. Private party may give you a little extra for them. If this guy is serious, then take him up on the $10,000 to $15,000.
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