I was wondering what would be the best 4x4 truck/suv to put a lift kit on and go off roading with. What is the best amount of lift to put and what tires and rims. what paint color. what exhaust. what perfomance parts. If you have pictures of these sorts of cars, please give me a link to it or email them to me. i want to get a good off roading vehicle that is also good on the road and was just wondering what was the best of both. all suggestions are greatly appreciated. thanks

I would probably pick the Ranger/Bronco II/Explorer. These seem to do pretty good off road (with some modifications of course). Depending on the use of "off road" it will very from driver to driver and the lift / suspention needed. Someone that does a lot of "Mudding" would be best off with a body lift and larger diameter tires, with a regeared ends (depending on factory equipted) depending on "Mudding" conditions. Someone that is going to be doing a lot of "Rock Crawling" would be better off using a suspention and body lift combination. Using the suspention lift to accomadate tire size, and the more flex is better for hard trails and rock crawling, and then the body lift on top of it for the extra clearance. If you are going to make a "Pavement Pounding" UUV (Urban Utility Vehicle) Then the body lift would be sufficiant. For cost wise, the body lift and tires is the cheap way, the suspention is the expencive way. The route you go deptends on the type of offroading you do. The lift hight will be completly variant of what the type of off roading you do is, and the amount you want to pay for it. If you are a true off roader, then paint and body does not matter as it will be scratched and dented to hell. windows will crack and brake, and tires will go flat. I know many guys who off road rigs have more colours the rainbow. The exhaust depends on the engine the vehilce has, If you have a little 4 banger then chances are its not going to be a huge off road rig. if you have a big V8 a snorkal (needed for mudding, and some off roading) and a high tail pipe or smoke stack would be a good idea as the V8 will give it the power to travel more places, and you would probably be more willing to push it harder and futhter then you would with a little L-4. I have included a link below for The Ranger Station, There are a lot of guys who have made some hardcore trail rigs, and then there are guys who have made some hard core mudding rigs, and then theres the pavement pounders and street queens. There is a very good technical library and form on the site with a lot off good information. You can pick up a used Ranger or RBV (Ranger based vehicele) for quite cheap if its an older one, and parts are quite reasonably priced on them as well, If you are going to be a true off roader, parts will brake, you will get stuck (a winch would be a good option), and you truck will show the scars of the trail you finally made it though and thought you couldn't.

EDIT - Just to mention, most offroad rigs are heavly modified, and they are most of the time stripped down with whatever they don't need being removed. The true off road vehicles at least. A rig that I have seen work good, is taking the frame of a BII and placing a Ranger cab on it.