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Originally Posted by vash
you two miss this part?
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No, but flushing money and time for the sake of father/son bonding isn't smart.
The bonding can still occur by walking him through the selling process, searching for the new one, the buying process, and then performing all the little maintenance and upgrade things on the new truck to make it 'his'.
Lifting a 4x2 is a total money flush
Lifting a 4x4 is expensive, and not usually a good return
Therefore, buying one already lifted saves you a lot of money....you don't pay much more than one that's not lifted
I'm sure it will need tires and suspension work (ball joints, tie rod ends, bushings, bearings, etc) -- so there's your project
Since a 6" FabTech lift kit is $1500 (plus a dozen hours labor) and the wheels and tires are another $1000-$1500+.......I think you're smarter buying one done. There's no way you'd spend $3000 more buying a lifted twelve year old truck vs one not lifted.
Just my two cents