Budget Lift Complete! (Thanks to T4R Classifieds)

[kegelinanger]

Finally installed my lift this weekend. Due to tight finances, I started piecing this together about a month ago using the classified section on this site as my parts source. I know it's nothing special, there's some killer setups all over this site. Just wanted to show that it doesn't take a lot of cash to build a decent rig.

Parts / Price:
Rear OME 890 coils / $100 (thanks 48HMSFAN!)
Front Performance Products coils / $80 (thanks 1985taylor1925!)
Front OME N91S struts / $40 (thanks Weejub!)
Rear Skyjacker Hydro's shocks / $85.95 (ebay)

Parts total: $305.95

Labor for strut assembly and alignment: $100

Grand Total: $405.95

Installation took about 3 hours, and netted almost 2.5" in front and 3.5" in back (granted original parts had 200k miles on them and were severely sagged). It may be a little Frankenstein-ish, but it actually handles really well! I'm very pleased with the way things turned out. Huge thanks to the T4R members listed above, they were all very professional and I wouldn't hesitate to do business with them again. Now.. anyone got some tires for sale???


Not much of a pic taker, but I managed to snap a few sh!tty cell pix.

Before:

Front strut assembly:

Front installation complete:

Finally done!:

 

[zgensler31]

That's awesome man. As I am also tight on funds(fancy way of saying I'm broke lol) this is gonna be my bet at getting a lift put together.

 

[Nelsonmd]

Great job getting a good deal on a lift!

 

[STRRAYNGE]

Glad you got it all together man! Looks good.

A little off subject here, but how do you like that Rage Rack? I was going to pick one of those up for my wife, but I dont know much about them?

 

[kegelinanger]

Glad you got it all together man! Looks good.

A little off subject here, but how do you like that Rage Rack? I was going to pick one of those up for my wife, but I dont know much about them?

Thanks! The Rage rack is OK. I got it off Craigslist for $63 so I can't really complain. I like the looks of it, and it's fine for light duty stuff. Definitely get the wind deflector for it, it sounded like a freakin' freight train without it! Eventually I'll mount it directly to the main rails instead of the cross bars for a little more rigidity and a lo-pro appearance. But unless you're planning on staying under 150 lbs or so of gear I'd probably get something a little beefier.