1.5" Body lift + my take on radiator brackets.

[SSSUPRA]

Nothing out of the ordinary really, just a bunch of nuts and bolts. Kind of a pain in the ass doing it by yourself but I needed some extra room for the 37's. I do hate the bumper gap so I guess I need to get off my butt and make some plate bumpers. For the radiator brackets I basically just put the body side bracket on top of the radiator side plate and added a spacer until they were correct. The radiator plate sat 1/2 inch above the other so I needed it to be 1'' lower in order to get the right height for the 1.5'' lift.

 

[kidglove13]

looks good

Now you just need to go out and wheel it

 

[jlg32281]

When I did a 1" body lift, I left all radiator brackets alone and just modified (cut) the fan shroud. I haven't seen any change in temps according to my Ultraguage.

 

[NKP Garage]

Good looking truck, did you remove the roofrack or did it come rackless?

 

[Kernal]

Anyone experience a decrease in the floor/transmission tunnel temps after the body lift??

 

[SSSUPRA]

I removed the racks purely out of fear that there might be rust under there, there wasn't but I like it without em. As far as temps go they should decrease the farther you move the body from the heat source.

 

[T rex80]

Anyone experience a decrease in the floor/transmission tunnel temps after the body lift??

I did a 40mm body lift but no noticable decrease in tunnel temps, maybe a 3" lift might make a difference but thats a big body lift.

 

[jfz80]

What did you do for the steering spacer requirements? I know at 1'' it is usually not necessary, curious if you saw any issues.

Looks great!

 

[SSSUPRA]

I didn't have to do anything for steering. I loosened up the steering shaft and watched it while I lifted the body. It only moved a 16th or so.