Since there was no thread on installing a body lift I figured why not do it myself. I went with Roger's 1" UHMW plastic body lift from 4Crawler.com. I went with Roger's kit because of the durability of UHMW plastic and his very competitive prices. At any rate here goes. As with an chassis work on a 10 - 16 year old truck PB Blaster is your friend. Be sure to visit Roger's site and read through the information he has made available for installation. For the most part and to maintain brevity use his instructions, I will add the info that is not available on his site currently.
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/Docs/BodyLift_HowTo.shtml
A couple shots pre body lift
The kit as received from 4Crawler
You will need to gain access to the front of the radiator to drill holes in the radiator support. Remove the battery box(es) and overflow tank to access the side radiator mounts.
I don't have pics but you will need to peel back the carpet in several areas to gain access to the mount bolt heads. For the rear mounts remove the plastic covers.
Bolt removal, body jacking and new hardware install is covered in Roger's instructions. I had a few issues with frozen hardware and that is to be expected in a truck that lived it's life in OH and NY. You guys from down south, west and the southwest should have no problems with corrosion.
You'll need to redrill the side radiator mounts 1" lower than stock and drill new holes in the front support.
This only shows the right side but as long as you're careful you can raise and move the A/C condenser side to side a little to gain better access to the support for drilling.
Left side after the body was up on the new pucks with the modified side radiator mounts.
Right side post mod
Here are shots of the L/H side body mounts minus the rear mount (difficult to photo in a hole). The right side is a mirror with the only difference being the R/H #2 has a heat shield between the body mount and exhaust pipes. They are currently only single nutted, once I check the torque I'll double nut them.
L/H #1
L/H #2
L/H #3
L/H #4
L/H #5 (rear)
Here are the post install shots. The lights are still under the top bar. The cats are more exposed but that was the plan. There is now more than enough room to make some changes to the exhaust routing to tuck the cat(s) up much higher. Once that's done I'll address the dents in the rockers with a set of custom sliders. The wife didn't like the bumperetts removed so they were reinstalled and don't look too bad given the 1" difference. That's another item waiting until winter or next season.
If you have any questions fire away.
Cheers,
Kris
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/Docs/BodyLift_HowTo.shtml
A couple shots pre body lift
The kit as received from 4Crawler
You will need to gain access to the front of the radiator to drill holes in the radiator support. Remove the battery box(es) and overflow tank to access the side radiator mounts.
I don't have pics but you will need to peel back the carpet in several areas to gain access to the mount bolt heads. For the rear mounts remove the plastic covers.
Bolt removal, body jacking and new hardware install is covered in Roger's instructions. I had a few issues with frozen hardware and that is to be expected in a truck that lived it's life in OH and NY. You guys from down south, west and the southwest should have no problems with corrosion.
You'll need to redrill the side radiator mounts 1" lower than stock and drill new holes in the front support.
This only shows the right side but as long as you're careful you can raise and move the A/C condenser side to side a little to gain better access to the support for drilling.
Left side after the body was up on the new pucks with the modified side radiator mounts.
Right side post mod
Here are shots of the L/H side body mounts minus the rear mount (difficult to photo in a hole). The right side is a mirror with the only difference being the R/H #2 has a heat shield between the body mount and exhaust pipes. They are currently only single nutted, once I check the torque I'll double nut them.
L/H #1
L/H #2
L/H #3
L/H #4
L/H #5 (rear)
Here are the post install shots. The lights are still under the top bar. The cats are more exposed but that was the plan. There is now more than enough room to make some changes to the exhaust routing to tuck the cat(s) up much higher. Once that's done I'll address the dents in the rockers with a set of custom sliders. The wife didn't like the bumperetts removed so they were reinstalled and don't look too bad given the 1" difference. That's another item waiting until winter or next season.
If you have any questions fire away.
Cheers,
Kris
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