well i got 33's on my truck and wanted to get em more room. how hard is it to install a body lift and would u recommend it. i already cranked my t bars up and the truck is level. wanted more lift and i think this is all i can do besides drop a thousand in a suspencion lift. thanks

 

If your doing it by yourself it's gonna be far from easy. If you have one or two people helping it can probably be knocked out in around a weekend. It's not hard work, just time consuming but having an extra set of hands definitely helps. Start soaking all the bolts in pblaster at least 24 hours before you plan on actually doing the install, and plan on breaking at least one torx I think they're t50 but not completely positive on the size when you go to remove the bolts in the bed or having to cut a bolt out of the bed due to rust.

If your gonna get a shop to do it figure about 600+ for install.

 

my body lift was easy, took me and my dad about 4 hours. just unbolted half the truck at a time on the body and slid the blocks in, bed we pulled off and it was easy. im running 37s now on a 3" bl and cragar soft 8 rims. i was running a 33 before any lift on stock wheels. i ground all the bolt heads off on the bed and pulled the bed off em, then took a pipe wrench and removed the studs. the only hard part on the body was the 2 front mounts where the bumpers at. those needed to be cut with a sawzall and replaced. cant beat 3" for 190 bux

 

4 hours? There is no way! It took us like 12 to do mine.

 

I don't buy the 4 hour install myself. I'm also struggling with fitting 37's with nothing more than a 3 inch BL.

 

im tellin you what it took me and my dad lol you dont have to believe it doesnt matter to me. would you like a picture of my tire size lol?

 

As a matter of fact I would.

 

Lol just cause you havent or cant fit 37s doesnt mean it can be done ill get a pic when i get home from work

 

I don't doubt that you're running 37's. Guys on here are running 35's with just a torsion bar crank, so it doesn't sound outlandish to me. But come on, unless you had access to a lift or something, there is no way you did everything from start to finish in 4 hours.

 

I never said it can't be done nor did I say I wanted to. To do it right running 37's would require putting way more money in to a 12 year old truck than I care to. I am running 295/70/17 Trail Grapps with torsion bars cranked and a 3" BL. The wheels are factory offset and BS. I had to do a bit of trimming to the lower valance. Personally I wouldn't want larger tires without more lift.

Again, I'm not saying it can't be done I just don't believe I've seen what it looks like hence the pic request.

 

i got stock torsion bars cranked, had the same 37s on stock oem ford rims before i put them on my cragars, how do you figure itll cost too much? body lift is already 200 bux, you have that, trimming the valence cost money? you ever look at off road trucks or true off street rigs? you want to put the biggest tire possible under the truck with the smallest lift. keeps center of gravity down. no reason to put an 8" on my truck when a 3" body will suffice.

 

 

That's crazy. The offset is where it matters. You fit the 37's but they don't stick out far. I had a 6" fabtech lift running 37x13'5's and not only had to trim the valance but also the fender trim as you can see here. Your 37's look small. What do they measure out to?

 

To all you running a body lift, have you had any problems with it as a daily driver? Ive heard theyre horrible to run if its on daily driver. Ive been considering adding a body lift on my truck so any input would be great!

 

how the crap did you do it in 4 hours?? it took 3 guys 12hrs to do mine.

alex, ive had 2 trucks with body lifts and i havent had any issues with mine.