I was looking at putting a little lift on my 99 4x4, but everything is 4" or bigger and $1200 and up for suspension lifts, are body lifts cheesey or a pain in the buttocks???? HOw long to install???

 

Body lifts are not that hard to install,just time consuming and tedious. It took me an entire weekend to install mine, but I was working mostly by myself.

 

Mine looks good and it took a shop of 2 people about 8 hours. If you do it yourself it will take about 14 hours or a a weekend. They are not cheesy at all and you can clear 35's with a 3inch body, but you have to trim the lower part of your valance.

 

If you dont want anything bigger than a 4" lift, then the 3 inch body lift is a great choice! Check out the pics of the trucks above. These are pics of a body lift done right. They have gap guards and running boards which make the frame of the truck not visible. I think with the gap guards and running boards a body lift can look just a professional as a suspension lift.

 

Thanks buddy.

 

anytime bud

 

im looking to level my truck out i went up 1.5 in the back and i have a 2" spacer in the front. But now the back is an inch higher how much wound it cost to bump the front up 3 " or should i go with a suspension lift

 

Just remember don't get too high on body lifts, like over 5 or 6 inches, they are much more unstable than suspension lifts.

 

what kind of mpg do you get thxs

 

3 inches is the limit with a body lift and it will not level your truck Tuff150.

 

So can someone give me a basic run down of what are the steps to installing a body lift?

 

take your truck off your frame and install hockey pucks

 

That is where the bad reputation of body lifts comes from.
Basically, you install 3 inch spacers between the frame and body (at the body mounts) and raise the bumpers to match.

 

i had seen some body lifts that say you have to extend the steering column and all that and was wondering if that was the case???? If not COOL!!!!!

 

I dont think you do. Body lifts are the best way to save $$ and clear some 35's.