Body lift on an 85
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Hey Roger, just so you know. My performance accessories kit came with big wide pucks for the cab. Not skinny ones you pictured...... Just to clear things up.
Good goin on the lift, and about that warrenty, if you install a suspension lift you void it
Good goin on the lift, and about that warrenty, if you install a suspension lift you void it
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Yes, I think PA finally started making the larger diameter blocks a few years back. I know the first few I saw were all the small OD blocks. In fact that was how the first Tacoma kit was developed. A local guy had the PA kit on his Tacoma and was fed up with the small OD fiberglass blocks and how they kept squeaking and working loose all the time. So we made him a set of replacement blocks out of UHMW and that was the start of the Tacoma kits.
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Ahhh, okay. I just wanted to make sure I noticed they still used the skinny pucks for the front clip and bed. I would not feel safe using blocks that small under the cab!
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Yes, the front body mounts are smaller diameter and no real need for larger blocks there, in fact there is probably not room for anything much larger than the body mount bushing, which is under 2" dia. Same on the bed, the frame (where the bed rests) is about 2" wide and the bed rails(which rest on the frame) are about 2" wide. You could put something larger there if you were so inclined, but all the extra block surface hanging out in the air would do no good.
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You can have have any sort of modification done poorly and have a bad result. Heres' my favorite, lift blocks on the front axle and cut/welded extensions for the steering arm:
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Only thing I had to do with the shifters was to cut the sheet metal that surrounds the shift boot (metal bracket that clamps the boot down) around 1st and 2nd gear. Works okay but I would rather do something else to fix it.
Second, how do they know I didn't already have a suspension lift
and third, what a load a crap! oh well, I guess if I decide on the 2" I can always modify!
I didn't know you could lift a truck like that! Maybe I should do the same and install a 10" body lift! I could clear 44's! Hold muh beur whul I take sum mesermunts...
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