need advice on lifting my truck and tire upgrades

So any way i have a 1993 toyota t100 i got from my grandpa about a year ago he never drove it and lent it to his friends to be used as a work truck but now that its mine i have been makeing upgrades like a head ache rack i made in welding and some 69 series lights on top of that and i am kinda wanting to lift it up a bit but i dont know how to go about it with just a body lift kit or suspention lift kit pretty much every thing on it is stock right now i am slowly upgradeing it and would like to make it alot better and put bigger tires on it aswell and fix it up any suggestions with a price range would be nice as i cant spend a whole lot at a time as i am going to college http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/dapope007/truckbar039.jpghttp://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/dapope007/truckbar042.jpghttp://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/dapope007/truckbar008.jpghttp://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/dapope007/truckbar044.jpghttp://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/dapope007/truckbar043.jpg

It looks pretty good so far. While I'm noob enough to not have any advice for you on the suspension (in fact, I'll be asking my own question about that in another thread), I will be following this thread to see if anyone makes any suggestions about the cancer you've got around the wheelwells - mine has the same problem.
I have heard that the all-purpose tires make less noise and get better mileage than the made-for-mud tires, so if you're lookin' for more of an awesome street cruiser than a swimmer, I'd definitely go in that direction.

Danno

You can go bigger and better with tires, maybe even do a little trimming, without having to do a real lift. I personally prefer a lower center of gravity but I'm sure others will chime in on lifts.

Cancer... it depends on your tools, time, and needs. New bedsides can be had for about $700 per side from the dealer. They can't be sourced anywhere else and no one makes weld ins. If you have time and tools, or are very lucky and have someone that will do it for you, you can cut out the bad and weld in new. There is NO solution to rust other than to remove all of it completely and weld in new. I bought some bushwhacker extendafender flares thinking there was little enough rust that it could be cut out and welded in with relatively little body work... but I was wrong, so we had to do real body work.

Here are the prices I found for some parts that might be rusty when we did the work:
fenders: 87.50
front Bumper: 134.90
rear bumper: 301.80
bedsides 700

My wife's father did the body work on my T:

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2-inch body lift costs about $150 and is easy to perform, especially if you can weld (since you have to lengthen the shifter linkages for tranny and transfer case.

4-inch suspension lift (max made for T100) can cost over $1,000 and take a few days to install. Used ones come up for sale occasionally, and I will be selling mine this summer when I do a SAS.

2-inch body lift costs about $150 and is easy to perform, especially if you can weld (since you have to lengthen the shifter linkages for tranny and transfer case.

4-inch suspension lift (max made for T100) can cost over $1,000 and take a few days to install. Used ones come up for sale occasionally, and I will be selling mine this summer when I do a SAS.


Could you explain how to lengthen the linkages? Thanks. What are the parts involved with a 2" lift? Please walk me through it.