Yes, they can. My springs were shot. I believe a medium duty kit or light duty kit won't net you as much lift. You can go up to just a tad bigger tire and it won't look as weird. Oh, and the taller sidewall will give you a better ride. And there is not much more that you have to do to swap springs.

 

I have to jump up into mine and I have my original springs still!!

 

OK Thanks guys. I guess I'll go with the 2" lift kit and just do it all, including new tires.

These seem to be pretty popular?

https://www.treadwright.com/p-40-265...dog-m-t-d.aspx

 

Ha, yea I run those with a 2''lift. I laugh because in a matter of a few posts you went from wanting a nicer ride for a basically all road rig to now lifting it with a set of near mud terrain tires. That's a large change, ha. If you get that, you will want to take it off road. If you are looking for a strictly street tire though, the guard dog is not it.

 

I've heard tons of good reviews on those tires. Sure is a good price. Depends on if you need/want the aggressive tread. Tread like that would give you more noise.

I think that would be a pretty decent size though.

 

If you're looking for a tread that's quiet on the road and delivers some pretty good traction when you need it, take a look at BF Goodrich's Rugged Terrains. Quiet as a mouse and the traction is really nice. Price is higher though, at $164/tire.

Other options are the Toyo Open Country AT, Cooper Discoverer AT3, or General Grabber AT2.

All good tires. My personal favorite is still the BFG. Best value is probably the Coopers.

Edit: Yep, the Coopers are $128/tire: http://www.treaddepot.com/tire/90000002688.html

 

I added a 2in OME medium duty lift on my 99 this past weekend and it drives SO much nicer. After 226,000 miles my stock front springs were toast. I am still running the stock 29 inch tires mainly because they are basically new. I was worried at first that it may look funny with stock tires, but it's really growing on me.

If it's your daily driver I would look more toward an all-terrain tire like wreckdiver mentioned. There are some very capable all-terrains that are quiet and smooth on the road. No need in a mud tire if you're just gonna "hum" all the tread off on the pavement.

 

keep in mind, your old suspension is sagging a good 1.5 inch from new.

If you get "2 inch" lift springs, you are going to raise yourself 2 inches from the present height, not the original height, if I understand correctly.

That would be a net 0.5" above stock.

I changed out just the shocks and not the springs last fall and now am definitely noticing that the shocks are not fully compensating for the worn springs. You don't have to do the shocks and springs both at once but once you do one you will notice the deficiency in the other. I'll be doing my springs asap this spring btw, probably medium duty.

 

That's incorrect. It will raise him more than 2''. If he is sagging 1.5'' and gets a 2'' lift, then he will have 3.5'' of overall lift. Mine were sagging too, and I ended up with about 3'' of lift with 2'' lift springs.

 

Thanks for clearing that up... I guess I might have to go for taller tires when I do the springs...