Leaf spring broke off

[jumpkickyergunt]

See, this 2" lift sounds more like me. The 6", although it looks friggin beast, serves no purpose for my situation I guess. I need my truck to handle snow and small rock, but not crazy boulder crawling business. I'm from northern Colorado and if I can have something that will ride over some small rocks comfortably then I'm good. I'm only on these tight little rocky trails that I use to get to my dispersed camping sites. 2" on 33's will look good too.

You're right that I never thought about flex. My current backspacing is at -22mm and that was chosen because 0 offset would not clear the outer tie rods. It was not chosen based on anything else, but that they fit.

So skyjacker is great for street. What brands would you recommend for my situation? Mountain roads, dirt trails peppered with lots of pointy rock, and snow snow snow. I call the truck Gunther because Gunther is a guy that rams into things for no reason, breaks 3 ribs doing it, and doesn't get to the doctor for about 3 weeks because he's too busy boozin' and neglecting his stepchildren.

As roundhouse said, I've been told a bunch of times that 33's will fit fine, but then the dude at the tire is telling me I may have to shave the fenders a bit. If its that close then maybe its not safe enough. I'm in your guys's hands.

[bake74]

      There are so many different company's that sell's lifts and unless you have actually had them on vehicles there is no way to tell how they ride.
      33" on a stock truck depends solely on the truck.  I have 33" on my 74 on stock suspension.  They used to rub only when I went off road and off camber, now they rub just going into a parking lot when the entrance is off kilter.  So if your stock suspension has already settled and a little worn it will rub especially off road on uneven dirt trails.
      These are the one's I have used in the past and have knowledge of. 
      Tuff Country & Ruff Country lifts are very stiff, very stiff. 
      Rancho lifts are a intermediate lift in that they are in the middle of being stiff and soft for say road use. 
      Skyjacker & Super lift are more for the comfort and easy trail riding (like you are describing), they are super soft and flexy (they are not ridged like the other 2).
      The one's that I have not used that come to mind is Pro-comp and BDS, which I have heard good reviews from both of these lifts.
      I personally am thinking of a 4" or 6" Skyjacker to replace my worn out 4" Rancho lift I have on the truck I am rebuilding right now.  I do the same as you, mostly street but the occasional fire road to get to camping spots.

[jumpkickyergunt]

So following everyone's advice here, I'm going with the softer skyjacker. I'm sticking with my needs and not overdoing it. There's a bunch of different options for shocks and extra parts. For shocks do I go with hydro, monotube, or nitro and there's scratch and dent versions of those and another random upgrade for each. Also there's parts that don't have pictures or descriptions. Ca50 and c124as. No idea. Should I just go as cheap as possible on the shocks and leaf upgrades and find out from them what these other random parts are for?

[bake74]

     From what you described that you will be doing with the truck, it does not sound like you need high tech shocks.  Heck shocks from a auto parts store will probably be fine for mostly street.
     Do some comparison and go from there.

[jumpkickyergunt]

Thank you so much for the advice. Everyone has been very helpful.