How do you raise a 98 gmc jimmy with stock suspension?

Answer 1

There are three accepted routes. First a body lift will lift the body off the frame and make room for larger tires. They are cheap and relatively easy to install. Secondly, an aftermarket suspension lift can be purchased for between 400 and 1200 dollars. Various companies offer them and they come with instructions or you can have a shop do the work. These range from torsion bar keys and upper control arms in the front and lift shackles or add-a-leaves in the rear to full fledged spring over axle kits for the back with blocks and dropped subframes for the front. The third option is to simply crank your torsion bars and put some rear lift shackles or add-a-leaves, however this is generally frowned upon due to aggravated wear on upper ball joints without some sort of upper a-arm modification.