A lift kit is a great way to raise your pickup's profile and get some more ground clearance. Lifting your truck will improve your truck's ability to go off-roading. It also will help your truck to drive through relatively deep snow.

So, if you do a lot of off-roading or plow driveways during the winter, a lift kit can be a great modification. If you are considering a lift kit installation, you should take some important matters into consideration before going through with it.

A Lift Kit Installation Takes Time

Lifting your truck is certainly not a DIY job. If you have good experience working on vehicles and have a well-equipped garage, you could do it at home. It requires dismantling virtually the entire front end and a good amount of the rear end. Therefore, it will take time, experience, and tools to do it right. It's best to leave it up to the professionals, such as our team at Daubs Garage.

Other Equipment Must Be Changed

Lifting your pickup could require you to make some other changes. You might need to install taller shocks or struts. The brake lines might need to be extended as well. You'll also want to mount taller tires.

Taller Profile Affects Performance

A taller pickup will cause more drag, which will affect your truck's performance. According to MotorTrend, the extra drag created by lifting your truck could lower your fuel economy by 20%. If you do a lot of towing, you might want to keep your truck lower for better fuel economy.

Your Truck Won't Fit Into Some Spaces

However high you lifted the truck, you also will have to add to the clearance needed to prevent damaging your truck and other people's property. For example, if you have a tight squeeze getting into a parking structure before lifting your truck, you might scrape the top if you try it after the lift kit installation. Be careful when you try to fit into tight spaces.

Passengers Have to Enter Correctly

A taller pickup can be hard on the seat upholstery. The tall step up often leads to people sliding up and into the seat, which could wear a hole in the side of the seat. A proper entry in which passengers step up with the outside foot first will enable them to step up and into the cabin without rubbing against the seat upholstery. Adding running boards can help to ease vehicle entry, as will using the grab handle.

To learn more about lifting your truck, or to hire an expert team to do it for you, give us a call at Daubs Garage today! We look forward to working on your vehicle soon.