To lift or not to lift

Today at 2:11 am

Skope83
I have a 2026 Heritage and am considering getting it lifted. When off-roading I’m scraping bottom more than I’d like on mid-rated runs and not able to tackle the more challenging courses. But I use it mostly for daily commuting and pavement driving. What am I sacrificing in terms of daily driving and performance on pavement in return for more ground clearance?

If done right, you will sacrifice gas milage only.... Well not quite true, there are compromises with everything.... Lets just say the less expensive options have more cons than the more expensive options.

I assume you are looking for opinions here so I am going to give you mine.... There are a whole bunch of different ways to "lift" a vehicle. Rather than going through all the pros and cons of each one I am just going to share what I think is your best choice... (again this is just my opinion) but I would go to Coil overs. Looking at Coil overs once again there are many many options. My personal list would start with Ride coil overs (price to performance is very very hard to beat). There are a lot of really good options and there are some that are okay.... (full disclosure - I do not own Ride coil overs, they came out after I had some kings custom built for me, but I have worked with the company that manufactures them - Accutune _ look them up great videos with all the pros and cons, they also will custom build Kings or Fox to your specifications) With a good set of coil overs you can actually improve your ride and handling considerably. they should provide about 2-1/2 inches additional clearance at the front skid plate but nothing at the rear differential. That does actually help. Now you change your tires to a 37 inch tire that is going to do well on the terrain that you are driving on around you... There is no one answer for that. Every type of terrain is different and a different tire will be better (or worse) on each different type. Talk to people locally and ask what is doing well in your location... You will get lots of answers and many of those will only be because they heard about one brand or because they have always used one brand.... Go out wheeling with some people locally and see who has the better traction and find out what tires they are using.... There will probably be several that out preform most of the others. The new 37s will give you an additional inch at the front skid (3-1/2 inches overall) and 1 inch at the rear diff. They will also probably increase rolling resistance which will cost you in gas milage. This will also raise your center of gravity causing you to be more tippy... BUT if you went with coil overs and chose wisely your vehicle will actually be more stable. This is just my opinion. There are others on here that are smarter than I am but I do have a clue or two.

I also have a Herritage.