Hi i have a 1997 suzuki sidekick that iam looking at lifting and i was wondering what is the best list suspension lift kit to buy. Who has good service as a dealer, kind of a ride does it give, is it strong questions like that. I dont want to do a solid axel swat though. I live in B.C. Canada I was looking at 6-7'' and some 31'' tires I live on Vancouver Island.  

How large of a lift are you looking for?  Any specific price points?

talk to jeff1997 on here, good price, and a good person to deal with.

cheap and simple lift.....where abouts in BC are you?

im in abbotsford

Here I am!! I can supply the lift you need. Fairly simple and will give you 2" of lift.

PM'd you jeff1997
the most comment lift is a coil spacer lift first, then if you want more lift you can get a body lift. look through the members ride info thread and also the builds. that should give you some ideas. here is both links:
http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/general-suzuki-forum/members-rides-info-thread-(picture-thread)/
http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/build-diaries-how-to-diy/

I'd also like to add age and condition of the vehicle also come into play.  We all throw around how easy a lift spacer kit install can be and although they are a cheap to acquire kit and a fairly easy to lift to install on a well preserved trucklet.  A not so well preserved normal/average condition track kick is where the install of any lift can and will in fact bleed you of money.  

Understand the newest 1st gen track kick is now 12 years old (the 1st gens stopped production in 1998) Mine is a 1995 so it's now 15 years old and i live in snowy Michigan so pretty much everything under the car is rusted.  I bought Jeff's kit and it's excellent for a great and fair price. But to no fault of Jeff at all there was considerable cost above and beyond Jeff's kit in order to lift my track kick.

It's not as easy as buying it and slapping it on. most can't just jack up their car and install it with basic tools.  It can be an incredibly long, nerve racking, and pricey install.  You are not usually done spending money after buying the kit.    

Being a decade or more old these trucks usually have considerable rust on their suspension components. In my case I had to get replacement tie-rod ends from Hawk because mine on the truck were so rusted and fused i had to practically melt them off (well really I heated them cherry red and bang away at it till they loosened...but either way they were ruined)  

My sway bar was so rusted that it flaked away to nothing in my hands.  The bolts were fused solid from rust.  Again i had to heat them up and needed to replace them.

My strut mount bolts were also critically fused solid from rust.  I again heated them up and banged them loose.

Then there is the cost of new struts.  And the tricky part is rear shocks.  With the spacer kit installed you now need longer shocks and they are not usually direct bolt-on replacements.  The Crown Vic shocks everyone loves need the lower bolt grommet drilled out and the grommet from the oem shock pushed in.

And after you do all this you will still save $100's of dollars installing a spring spacer lift kit over a pricey Australian spring and strut/shock kit.  But, you will work much harder to install the coil spacer kit and still spend a couple 100 dollars in additional parts.  So the cost savings are off set with hard wrench work.  Which if you have the garage space and tools it's not bad...but if you don't?  You have to pay someone to do it and it will cost you...dearly.  This is not to discourage anyone from doing this or any lift but to just point out hidden issues a novice track kick owner will hit when installing a lift kit on our aging rigs.

I used calmini's 3" suspension lift. I use my 93 tracker every day and for hard trailing. I use it in place of a Side by Side atv. That being said, a coil spacer would not have worked for me. I needed the extra stiffness of larger springs. The calmini kit was very easy for me to install and I am not a mechanic, just your basic hand tools. took me about 10 hours to install and thats with beer drinking. Hardest part for me was getting the front springs in.
But keep in mind that after you install this kit the ride will be a lot stiffer.
I also added a 3" body lift. I am not saying the calmini lift is the best, just saying I am very happy with the kit and it worked great for me. Hope this helps.

I loved boondox but they are out of business I think.

here is a link to the buildup if it gives you any ideas...
http://zuknation.net/Zuknation/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1032&start=0

Ok, so we're talking best, right? I agree with Jooky that there are those hidden costs, I call 'em "complications". Aside from those, when someone wants a good lift my first question is where do you wheel? Do you want it as a DD? How's your back? For hard trails I like the Calmini 3" just for the control arms and brackets, springs sag too quick. Get some real springs from FOA   http://f-o-a.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=16_23&products_id=11  , some Crownvic shox for the rear and OME's for the front! Good to go.

IMHO best for off road use Calmini 3", best for mainly road use Calmini 2" or OME (1.5") suspension kits. Cheapest lift is a spacer lift but make sure that you get all the other necessary bits, strut spacers, camber bolts etc..

how do you know what ones to get?  I saw the spring calculater but i didn't know any of the specs.  And what kind of ride do these springs give you.  and what kind of lift would these give you?

The correct answer to your subject line is...

how long is a piece of string?

That said, the "best" suspension kit, IMHO, is the one you don't want to do.

That said, the "best" suspension kit, IMHO, is the one you don't want to do.

And here I thought it was the lift you didn't actually do. 

If you go more then 2" lift on the front end without dropping the diff you will start over-extending your CV joints when out wheeling, a recipe for breakage. 

As far as the knowing what springs to get I always went with alittle stiffer springs so that when I added my aftermaket bumpers the extra weight didnt sag the springs.  I put 4 door lift springs in my 2 door and loved the setup, but it all depends on exactly what you want to do and how much you want to spend to find the best setup.  What works for one person doesnt for another, but Calmini is solid if you go that route.