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Old May 15, 2012 | 01:26 PM
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Removing body lift

I am looking at a 94 f150 4wd longbed with 113,000 miles sitting on 33s. It has a 4 inch suspension lift and a 3 inch body lift. I hate the way body lifts look, nor do I want it to be that high with just 33 inch tires. How hard is it to remove a body lift? Can I do it in my driveway? Is it really just taking off the bolts, lifting up the body, take out the spacers, lower the body and replace bolts with shorter ones? I have never messed with a body lift so I don't know much about them except that they look ugly
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Have you thought of bigger tires and hide the body lift better instead? Got pics of the truck?
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 01:42 PM
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Buying bigger tires costs money but removing the body lift won't I'm in college so money isn't in an abundance. Here's a pic

 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:07 PM
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anyone?
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:52 PM
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Give it time for responses.... I don't know anything about removing body lifts on that body style. Give the people who get on in the evenings a chance to see your post and you'll get some answers hopefully.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 03:58 PM
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when we put ours on it was just lift body and put pucks in, i think there may be an extension in the steering linkage, but ours was long enough it didnt need it. make sure you remember to tighten up the parking brake after you take the body lift off.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 04:43 PM
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^^ this.

Steering linkage extension may or may not need to be removed, but it takes 10 minutes to do that if it does need to be off.

You will need to order up some stock body mount bolts and besides that you should be good to go. Have a second pair of hands around when you do it though.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 05:52 PM
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do i need to get some stock body mounts as well? or just the bolts?
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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just bolts, i think the lift is put on the bushings for the cab, the box dosent need the pucks its right to the frame.
 
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Old May 15, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DaytonLax14
do i need to get some stock body mounts as well? or just the bolts?
Check to see how your mounts are, with your truck being 18 years old it is definitely a good idea to check and probably wouldn't be a terrible idea to go ahead and replace.
 
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Old May 16, 2012 | 01:22 AM
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Why go through the hassle? Truck looks good to me.
 
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Old May 16, 2012 | 10:50 AM
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because body lifts are ****
 
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