installing my body lift..need help!
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The only reason they tell you to remove the Fan Shroud is so you can cut the tabs off of the sides of it, this will allow you to move it up and down 3" to compensate for the body lift. It's the tabs that are preventing you from removing it. According to the directions, you are suppose to pull the radiator so you can remove the entire fan shroud, cut the tabs off and then put it back.
This is avoided by leaving the radiator in and just taking a pair of tin snips and cutting the tabs off of the fan shroud while it is still in the engine bay. Once you cut the tabs off of the shroud on the sides, you should be able to pull it up 3"s and put your mounting brackets on to hold it in place.
You do not need to remove the fan shroud, trans cooler or the radiator to accomplish this step in the directions.
This is avoided by leaving the radiator in and just taking a pair of tin snips and cutting the tabs off of the fan shroud while it is still in the engine bay. Once you cut the tabs off of the shroud on the sides, you should be able to pull it up 3"s and put your mounting brackets on to hold it in place.
You do not need to remove the fan shroud, trans cooler or the radiator to accomplish this step in the directions.
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The only reason they tell you to remove the Fan Shroud is so you can cut the tabs off of the sides of it, this will allow you to move it up and down 3" to compensate for the body lift. It's the tabs that are preventing you from removing it. According to the directions, you are suppose to pull the radiator so you can remove the entire fan shroud, cut the tabs off and then put it back.
This is avoided by leaving the radiator in and just taking a pair of tin snips and cutting the tabs off of the fan shroud while it is still in the engine bay. Once you cut the tabs off of the shroud on the sides, you should be able to pull it up 3"s and put your mounting brackets on to hold it in place.
You do not need to remove the fan shroud, trans cooler or the radiator to accomplish this step in the directions.
This is avoided by leaving the radiator in and just taking a pair of tin snips and cutting the tabs off of the fan shroud while it is still in the engine bay. Once you cut the tabs off of the shroud on the sides, you should be able to pull it up 3"s and put your mounting brackets on to hold it in place.
You do not need to remove the fan shroud, trans cooler or the radiator to accomplish this step in the directions.
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well i got about 6-7 solid hours in today, but couldnt start lifting cause i didn't have the hex bits. and couldn't tell what some of the pictures were talking about. i have everything done ready to lift now but, i couldnt take my trans cooler off. it looked nothing like the one in the picture, and it's mounted to the radiator somehow with tabs that i dont think i can pop off with out breaking. should i just leave it alone, or disconnet the lines instead or will it make no difference?
and man you don't notice things until you really get under there i hardly have any surface rust ony my frame but my front driveshaft looks horrible. still functional..but ugly. as do my exhaust manifolds...hmm, maybe time for some good headers
won't be able to finish tomorrow because of dr appointments, but if everything goes well i should have pictures up thursday.
and man you don't notice things until you really get under there i hardly have any surface rust ony my frame but my front driveshaft looks horrible. still functional..but ugly. as do my exhaust manifolds...hmm, maybe time for some good headers
won't be able to finish tomorrow because of dr appointments, but if everything goes well i should have pictures up thursday.
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I think you'll be OK. I never had any issues with the trans cooler lines on the 00 and 03 I did. I say leave 'em alone. There's probably enough flex there. Just keep an eye on them when you lift it, go real slow.
I never installed the break module 2" spindle on my 03. Not that it makes a difference. I'm just saying that the 2 sets of directions seemed pretty vague for both the 00 and 03 that I followed. I think you got some wiggle room.
Good luck, and post pics when it's done.
I never installed the break module 2" spindle on my 03. Not that it makes a difference. I'm just saying that the 2 sets of directions seemed pretty vague for both the 00 and 03 that I followed. I think you got some wiggle room.
Good luck, and post pics when it's done.
Last edited by jk007; 08-05-2008 at 10:11 PM.
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