5" total lift with the lift and bigger tires. I got another 3" taller when i swapped my tires. The ball joint spacers aren't even close to 3" but they lifted the front end that much. They look more like 2" but it was a 3" lift.

 

^tires don't really count as "lift" even though they do give extra height under the axle. on your rig, you could have a 2-3" lift via bj spacers + t-bar crank, regardless of it being called a "3inch lift" by the manufacturer - technically not 5inch lift though it may be 5" taller than stock. crazy if you got 3" height gain from tires alone -- were you running a 27" tire previously?



What all of us posting in this thread need to note is the measurement from the center of the axle to the bottom of the fender lip for front and rear.
This is the true reading for determining how much lift your rig actually has, since it's a good measuring point that ALL of our rigs can be measured from unless you have non-stock/chopped fenders. Another good measurement, though not as relevant to the topic of this thread, would be the belly height of your rig - so from ground to the frame or lowest point between the axles (like t-case crossmember).

On my truck with a 2" OME lift, the distance is around 22.5" from center of axle to fender for f/r on an unloaded truck. Don't know the belly height off hand.

 

Center of axle to fender in the rear is 22"
Center of axle to fender in the front is 23"

 

Here is my truck on 33s with a 2 inch fender trim. No lift.

 

'87 with ball joint spacers, slight crank on torsion bars, and "custom" rear springs. 33/12.5/15

 

87 pickup
1.5" BJ spacers
2" rear block

93 pickup
1.5" BJ spacers
2" shackles

This is the same truck it's just had a major make over


Both have 33/10.50r15 tires mounted of 12/15 wheels

 

Do you have a direct side shot of this truck? I'm starting a build soon and I want to do a 5" lift on 33s but I dont know how it will look and I think 32s will give me a good idea.

 

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yea heres a few side shots with the 32's





due to the wrong offset of my wheels (I didn't pick them out) my 32's would rub on the tie rods, so I had to get 1/4" wheel spacers, well that put the stance wide enough to just go clear over these


here's a few of my truck with 36" tires, over all they cleared, just a little rub when at full crank, they rode the same as the 32's (little bouncier) but i could coast longer without much slow down. I normally run steel rims (with the 32s) and these 36's have alloys so over all the wheels and tires weigh about the same