NST Spec Body Lift Kit (3 Viewers)

[MTKID]

Also wanted to ask for some ideas from the group about another question I had asked of me last night from a customer that just had the 1.5” kit installed by a local shop and noticed this…

“…only thing is I get a little feedback or vibration from the steering wheel over bumps. It’s nothing crazy or excessive but very minor and only notice if you were driving and had hands on the steering wheel…”

Can anyone else think of why someone might experience this? I couldn’t think of any reason for this after just the 1.5” kit was installed. Obviously the steering shaft has been placed into a new position but no one, that I’m aware of, has experienced this before.

 

[rickolx470]

The only place I’ve encountered it with a customer is from the 9th crossmember bolt that was very slightly making contact with the body, instead of hovering over it, as the factory bolt does. The simple solution for that is a small washer as a spacer at the bottom, pushing the head of my custom bolt up just a small amount so it doesn’t make contact with the body. That specific bolt is hard to make exactly perfect every time. There’s probably a better way, but I haven’t figured it out yet. This is the only bolt that I think could be the culprit of noise from my kits…
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Not really chasing a sound in my case but more of a light light thud and seems to be in the front left portion of the LX when going over bumps. Almost feels like a loose bolt or loose mount. The installing shop drove it and felt it too. They torqued the front mounts a little more but it’s still there. Not sure if maybe loosing the front mounts and retorquing it them together can help. It’s so slight but there and noticeable. I’d assume if small bumps do it then off-roading you’d feel it significantly more so hoping to find the remedy or issue soon.

 

[MTKID]

Not really chasing a sound in my case but more of a light light thud and seems to be in the front left portion of the LX when going over bumps. Almost feels like a loose bolt or loose mount. The installing shop drove it and felt it too. They torqued the front mounts a little more but it’s still there. Not sure if maybe loosing the front mounts and retorquing it them together can help. It’s so slight but there and noticeable. I’d assume if small bumps do it then off-roading you’d feel it significantly more so hoping to find the remedy or issue soon.

Only other thing I could think of is if the head or large washer of the body mount bolt is sitting flat on the body, and not up somehow on the tabs of the sheet metal of the body that are supposed to prevent it from spinning. That seems like a long shot, but I can’t think of anything else. I know those tabs aren’t especially strong and can get bent over or bent back if an impact is used. If a tab or both tabs where bent, then the large washer would be forced to sit up on top of those tabs, and I’d think it would cause a difficult way to torque it down and maybe it could cause a very light thud. Sorry, that’s the only thing I can think of.

You may look at your clearances around the radiator and see if there is anything that could possibly be touching the radiator in its new position, like a small hose or hard line.

Please let us know if you find the solution or culprit.