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Old May 31, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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You may have to do a little extra trimming with a 35x12.50 Mud Grappler but it shouldn't be anything major.
 
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Old May 31, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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hey man do you plan on doing gap gaurds, nerf bars, or you just gonna leave it like that? Think when I do mine im gonna do guard, bars, and paint the frame.
ill be doing gap guards after i get my suspension lift and 37s should be in about two weeks or so then ill post picture up
 
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Old May 31, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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lol RUB IT IN!!!!!!! sweet. I thought i'd have to trim the bumper trim ont he bumper, and the inner part of the flare but i wasnt sure if it'd rub on the frame?
 
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Old May 31, 2010 | 10:45 PM
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I have to say, I like the 35's best, but the 33's look good. I thought they might look small, but they look pretty good. That's probably what I'll go with. Looks like a 3" BL and 33's are a really good compromise of looks, performance, power and convenience.

Thanks to all you guys who posted. Special thanks Wandell. I think your truck is what many of us are striving for.
 
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Old May 31, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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If I ever get to doing a 3" BL, I have to say the 35's will be had
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 04:10 AM
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ive got a 3'' body lift. with 35''

i actually got 35'' tires on there before the lift. i had no rubbing either.




 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 03:30 PM
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Here's mine with 35's (old pics). No rubbing whatsoever. I just trimmed the front valence and drilled a couple of holes through the gap guards and zip tied them to the frame. I used black zip ties, you can't tell they are there:





 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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what is a normal round abotu price for a body lift installion?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 10:06 PM
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Here is a shot of my old truck with a 3" body lift and leveled out with a Tbar crank sitting on 315/70/17 (35's). I ran these on the stock Fx4 wheels with only minor rubbing on the frame at full lock. I ran them for 60,000 miles with no problems.

 

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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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3"bl with 315-75-16's, bfg km2's
Has a some rake to it, has pro-comp aal in back. Torsion bars still have room to crank a little if I want to level out more.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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what is a normal round abotu price for a body lift installion?
On our vehicles, I'd say you're probably looking at $800 after everything is said and done. If you can find a shop to do it for $600 or less, I'd jump on it. You could probably handle the install yourself though, it's not that bad, just time consuming.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by DeereGeff
Here is a shot of my old truck with a 3" body lift and leveled out with a Tbar crank sitting on 315/70/17 (35's). I ran these on the stock Fx4 wheels with only minor rubbing on the frame at full lock. I ran them for 60,000 miles with no problems.

I forgot about your old truck! That thing is sweet.....Thats basically my plan when I need new tires, 3"BL, crank the T bars and run 35's on my stock wheels. I don't know why, but I like my stock wheels more than anyother wheel out there.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 10:20 AM
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$600 for an install????? im def not paying that wow. I'd rather buy the 5" RCX suspension kit for a grand and do it myself lol I was told you need to lift the bed and cab at the same exact time for these trucks.. is that true? if not I will do it myself
 
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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$600 for an install????? im def not paying that wow. I'd rather buy the 5" RCX suspension kit for a grand and do it myself lol I was told you need to lift the bed and cab at the same exact time for these trucks.. is that true? if not I will do it myself
not at all man. the cab and bed can be lifted at diffrent times, i dont know who told you that but, all you have to do is take some measurements so your bed and cab line up again. I did my body lift at home in my driveway. it took about 8-9 hours to do it. so your better off just doing it yourself.
 
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 10:53 AM
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im not sure who i heard it from. I thought there was an issue with the back window being knocked out or some **** HAHA I dont know never paid attn b/c i never planned on doing a BL. What do you have to measure? shouldnt it just go right back where it was? theres no adjusting is there?
 
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