How hard is it to do a 3" or 4" body lift on a F150 4x4 ? Aslo is there any changes made to steering or other linkage?

 

its not that hard, just tedious! hardest part for me was the bed bolts...ended up torching them off. the front bumper took about an hour and looks better than stock. As for the steering, there is an extension that needs to go on under the dash, very easy to do. The fan shroud can be a pain, there is some trimming that needs to be done to make it fit right.

Ron

 

I installed a 3" body lift on mmy 99, the Trailmaster lift kit, does not come with rear bumper brackets, and the steering adapter isn't the best idea they have come up with, the fan shroud could be trimmed but it's better to pre-fabricate top rad brakets. the tranny linkage was a little out on my automatic when dopped down to 1st. Overall I'd never put another in, I'd go with a suspension lift, or maybe try another brand of body lift.

 

I have pics of the installation instruction sheets for the Performance Accessories 2" or 3" body lift in my gallery if you want to take a look at what is involved. You may have to resize the pics so you could read them good. If you can't read them, send me an email and I will send them to you via PDF.

kev
heimba1k@westinghouse.com


Oh yeah, the install is easy but time consuming. It took me about 15 hours to install it by myself.

 

I installed a 3" Performance Accessories on my 97 F150 4x4 and it was well worth it. The kit came with everything you need. Instructions were very good. Although it did take almost 20 hrs, but I also did it by my self. There is a little welding to do but nothing major, I did it with just a MIG. Little tip, spray bed bolts with good penatrant well before you start.

 

Well I didn't have a welder when I installed my lift. The only thing you need to weld are the bed overload spacers and the 4x4 extension lever per the instructions. However, the 4x4 lever did not need to be lengthened. I just pulled it down and bolted it in. It sits 3" lower than it did before but it looks fine and works 100%.

For the bed overload spacers, notice that there is a hole in the frame right below where each one sits. Thus I just drilled a 1/2" hole in the bottom of each spacer and mounted them with a bolt, washer, lock waster, and nut to the frame. It was a piece of cake.