First off let me say get your heart off your sleeve and listen to what people have to say instead of getting your feelings hurt and getting defensive. Nobody here is being rude in what they've said, and nobody is calling you an idiot. Go over to Pirate and see how they treat you and then let us know what you think about our replies.
The reason I said something about killing someone is to show you the severity of using something like these shackles on a vehicle. We can see that you're new and you came to ask for help and that is what we are trying to do. Help you. Not talk down to you or make you feel stupid. If me telling you that something you do to your truck is going to kill someone then I'm telling you that because it will. I live 30 minutes from you and I damn sure don't want it to be someone in my family that you hit when your front end falls apart. And I promise you that getting on here, asking a question, and then telling people to kiss your ass after their reply is not the way to make friends and certainly not the way to get help, when they're doing nothing but trying to help you and keep you and everybody else on the road safer.
Not once has anyone said you're trying to cut corners. Every response has just told you not to cut corners. And noone has treated you badly in any way. If you will listen to what people have to say instead of just defending yourself then you will find it much easier and much more helpful being on this site. We are all here to help. I think it's great that you want to lift your truck, and I want you to be able to find the information you need to do it correctly and safely. Like I said before, I'm 30 minutes from you, and I'll be glad to help you in any way I can.
Your truck is the easiest and most simple suspension to lift that there is. I have lifted several of these and still have one sitting in the driveway. There's nothing to weld or fabricate in any way. It's all just removing and replacing parts.
