Dang, now I'm just as unsure about doin one as when I started haha. . I know I can do it easily I just don't want it to mess up the truck

 

As long as you have a clean rust free truck underneath, I don't see how it would "mess" the truck up. I've seen before where the lift blocks have went up through the cab, but again heavy rust or improper use was the cause.

 

IMO if you keep your truck clean, Don't beat the ever loving SH)& out of it and in stall it properly I am sure you will never have a problem. If they weren't safe or would destroy your vehicle they wouldnt make them through a brandname company. If you think its going to look good do it! Just keep the frame painted and it will look great!

 

Yes they would lol.

Yea, I'm just full of BS. That's why I post, I get a little top heavy

This is going back. I believe "Trail Master" had the first law suite against them. That use to be a reliable name brand for awhile. -Not sure if they're still around ? Back in the day, Rough Country and even Rancho had many complaints. It was only published thru Petersons Off Road Mag as far as I know.

I've seen it myself. There's to many "if's" in your post, -that's safe lol.

Keep in mind, there's can be a market for anything. The larger the market, the more willing sellers and re-sellers are to offer a product, -even when adverse effects can happen over time. Sure, they'll roll the dice, -it's money.

 

like i said. in my opinion. your right in may ways but i would need to say imo as long as your not beating the sh%& out of it or jumping u should be just fine. lots of guys have them and I've personally never seen a failed body lift eventhough there out there. as long as your using common sense you should be fine.

 

Like I said, -like it was and still is. A cheap and ugly way to get some rubber under the truck. They take away from a truck allot more than they give. Just my opinion of course.

 

Yeah I never am rough on the truck, its just a Friday night into town truck, I just feel like every one and their brother has a 3 incher and no problems and all I'd be doing is 2 inches which I feel like is less stress, idk I'm gonna go through and see if all the bolts loosen individually before I make any decisions

 

it very well just might. but there's alt of trucks on this forum that look great with them. i thought gator crews truck looked right at home with one. but once again imo. lol not trying to say u don't have a valid point brew. you know alt more than i do about this stuff just wanted to throw in my two cents! lol

 

They don't look so bad IF you keep the frame and undercarriage cleaned up. That's work lol!

Personally, I never thought showing more of frame added to over all looks vs tucked up and under where it should be. - If you fab up some wheel liners or add skirts for the gaps, it's quite a bit better. Hell, I had to do that anyway and I don't have a BL. Ford's liner end pieces just fall off over time in the front wells, -with the 4x4's anyway. Trashes the engine compartment and can take out coils driving in a hard rain. Gaps between body and frame @ the rear wells come standard. Did those up as well.

If I was forced to use a 3" BL, I know I would be cussing every time I had to dive into the engine compartment to work on the damn thing lol. But, I know I would blast the frame (if it was factory undercoated), the axles for sure and use a sealer paint, maybe a satin finish ? Whichever gave it that new factory look without the undercoat and try to keep it that way.

Did you know they use to have a 4" BL kit at one time ? Yep, it came standard w/new brake lines. I don't think the product was very popular, -just sorta faded away, never heard any good or bad about that one. It was only for a short time and it slips the memory who made that kit. It might have been Rugged Trail, - not sure.

 

Where are you from, never mind, Mechanicsville. That's in PA I believe ? Well that's the Mechanicsville I know of anyway. So your in the snow belt, - yea let me know how that works out. I have to take my mount bolts out here in the near future. But I've heard that Ford did use a variation stainless/galvanized high grade bolt (10) @ the mounts (from the cab up on these models). The bed mount bolts are different. They used a carriage bolt (smooth no-bite heads that rely upon the square hole it's inserted thru, -if you weren't aware). I've heard those can strip the square hole or bolt shaft if corroded enough.

 

Imo your cab already sits on spacers off of the frame, all your doing is making it higher. its still the same amount of weight on the same amount of surface area, but I agree with Blue if your out beating the s4!t out of your truck and jumping it or very rough rutted roads at 100km/hr then your asking for trouble on not only body mounts but the entire truck!

 

I don't think so lol.

 

The rubber mounts? which get reused.

 

Yea, just those big bushings w/cupped washers. Nothing really rigid. Well, except for the washer I guess. But it really doesn't compare to a block spacer.

Huh, I wonder what would happen if you used HUGE bushings instead of body lift blocks?

Not sure, - probably bounce around like a super ball if you jumped it tho lol.

 

Yeah you'd stop the truck and the cab would slide back and forth for a bit! lol, All I'm saying is its the same pressure on the same surface area so unless its ruted to sh!# then I dont see how its much different then just sitting on the mounts.