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Old May 26, 2006 | 09:49 AM
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2006 Mega Cab lift???

I have an 06 mega cab I wanna do a lift and I have three Im looking at so far and any others would help.
1. www.kelderman.com
2.www.koreperformance.com
3.www.lorenzindustries.com
and I forgot to look in to revtek to but I would like to get a 5 to 6 inch kit.
If you have ridden or installed any of these I would like to hear what you have to say thanks.
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Old May 28, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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Nobody knows anything about these lift kits??
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Old May 28, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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Holiday weekend.
Lots of folks out and about instead of playing on the internet.

Give it a bit longer.


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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:31 AM
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Do a search on all of them. There has been a lot of info on all three of them. I for one am happy with my choice of the Kore Chase Series suspension. Pavement ride is tighter but not really smoother. Off road ride is great. If you don't get to the dirt much and you are looking for a better pavement ride, then you might want something else.
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Old May 29, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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Unless you think a 2.5" lift the the Coolest you will have to stray away from Kore, Lorenz, Carli and head on over to the non-racing suspension, which is fine for the 90% of us who want a taller the 2.5" lift and dont plan on racing their $40,000 diesel truck. The only thing that will be missing from the racing suspension is the coil springs because anybody can order shocks out of a catalouge.

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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:56 PM
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Unless you think a 2.5" lift the the Coolest you will have to stray away from Kore, Lorenz, Carli and head on over to the non-racing suspension, which is fine for the 90% of us who want a taller the 2.5" lift and dont plan on racing their $40,000 diesel truck. The only thing that will be missing from the racing suspension is the coil springs because anybody can order shocks out of a catalouge.

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BigDan I heard that KORE has a 5.5" lift coming out from what I hear.
I basically want a nice ridding lift on concrete. My trucks have always been concrete cadillacs I just want a good ride when towing the boat
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Old May 30, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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fabtech makes a nice 4.5 and 5.5 lift also
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Old May 31, 2006 | 09:35 AM
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the best way for any of us to comment on the suspension systems mentioned above is to give us a idea of what you are looking for.

Are you just looking for lift and looks and on road ride quality?
Sounds like you will want to run 37+ size tires with that size lift. 5-6"

we will all say good things about what we put on....

but this is my truck, http://lorenzindustries.com/buildup_bruce.shtml

More pics in the gallery, it works great for me. I will prob move to 37s when these wear out, or I get the urge just to spend the money

As for a 5-6" lift, I cant help you there.
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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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BigDan I heard that KORE has a 5.5" lift coming out from what I hear.
I basically want a nice ridding lift on concrete. My trucks have always been concrete cadillacs I just want a good ride when towing the boat

Ohhh I can wait to see the price on that system....... $7,000 i bet
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Old Jun 5, 2006 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 2006 MEGACAB
I have an 06 mega cab I wanna do a lift and I have three Im looking at so far and any others would help.
1. www.kelderman.com
2.www.koreperformance.com
3.www.lorenzindustries.com
and I forgot to look in to revtek to but I would like to get a 5 to 6 inch kit.
If you have ridden or installed any of these I would like to hear what you have to say thanks.

Go with a skyjacker they are built right and ride nice for the bigger diesel trucks i just dont have to money to get one but if you do you cant go wrong
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Old Jun 6, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by BigDan
The only thing that will be missing from the racing suspension is the coil springs because anybody can order shocks out of a catalouge.
Try ordering my shocks out of a catalogue....or KORE's, or Sean Lorenz's, or Sage Carli's. You can order the shock, but slapping them on without the proper valving is a huge waste of money.
Now coil springs.....I can order those out of a catalogue all day long. Any ride height, any spring rate.
I don't recall ever seeing shock towers, sway bars, end links, or add a packs in any catalogue.....

2006 MEGACAB,
I'd recommend staying away from Skyjacker, Superlift, and Rough/Tough Country. BDS is about the best of the off the shelf kits.....if you're looking for a performance suspension, try thecarlisuspension.com
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 01:20 PM
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Its not as hard as you guys think, you act like the only people who know anything is KORE. I have all kinds of custom suspensions on trucks I have. Nobody makes an off the shelf coilover rock crawling suspension but its no mystery. These dodge truck are much easier to dial in. Yes ordering from a cataloug or supplier is easy. How do you think its been done for years before KORE started selling all in one kits.
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by BigDan
Its not as hard as you guys think, you act like the only people who know anything is KORE. I have all kinds of custom suspensions on trucks I have. Nobody makes an off the shelf coilover rock crawling suspension but its no mystery. These dodge truck are much easier to dial in. Yes ordering from a cataloug or supplier is easy. How do you think its been done for years before KORE started selling all in one kits.

Hmmm.....let me read my sig again.......nope. No KORE stuff. Wow, and I did mine after KORE/T-Rex without any help from the KORE gang.

Putting the parts together isn't hard, neither is ordering them. The hard part is getting all the parts to work together like they're supposed to.

Saying the only thing missing from a racing suspension is the coils is
Shock size and valving are just as important if not more so, and that's where the money is in Carli, KORE or any other performance system.

And FYI, Fabtech and RockKrawler both make off the shelf crawling kits now.
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 05:02 PM
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Try ordering my shocks out of a catalogue....or KORE's, or Sean Lorenz's, or Sage Carli's. You can order the shock, but slapping them on without the proper valving is a huge waste of money.
Now coil springs.....I can order those out of a catalogue all day long. Any ride height, any spring rate.
I don't recall ever seeing shock towers, sway bars, end links, or add a packs in any catalogue.....

2006 MEGACAB,
I'd recommend staying away from Skyjacker, Superlift, and Rough/Tough Country. BDS is about the best of the off the shelf kits.....if you're looking for a performance suspension, try thecarlisuspension.com
Thanks for the info so Im leaning towards maybe a superlift or maybe the fabtech dirt logice any feed back on any of these kits remember Im just looking for a good ride. Thanks
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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I hated the Fabtech lift I had on my 2000 F-150. The ride sucked and it would not align. The Fabtech kit on my brother's old 2004 Ford Excursion caused death wobble. The Fabtech kit on my sister's old Ford Ranger bottomed over every bump. I won't every buy Fabtech again, but that's just me.
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