new shocks or calmini lift?

I'm torn...I want to get beefier shocks, something along the line of bilsteins or ranchos. That would cost me about 400 to 500 tops, but for about 300 more, I could just get the entire calmini 3' lift for my truck. of course getting that installed would cost me another 500....so, what should I do? just get the shocks or go balls out and get the lift?