2" body lift advice
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2" body lift advice
I went down to the local truck custom shop wanting to price a 2" body lift kit as the 91 I recently bought has 33" tires on it and the tires rub when fully turned especially in reverse. Anyway the guy behind the counter tells me that a BL is not doable on an automatic is this true? The suspension lift would cost me 1500-2000 dollars that I don't have..Advice please !!
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No problem with a body lift on an automatic, you just need the right brackets for the linkage:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...html#ATbracket
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ft.shtml#GenII
And with a 1" lift, no brackets are even needed.
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...html#ATbracket
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ft.shtml#GenII
And with a 1" lift, no brackets are even needed.
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I met a guy here who made his own body lift out of 1" in. tubing and longer bolts from Home Depot. He cut the tubing into 2" sections and installed himself. Any advise on how reliable a lift like this is?
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http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...andardUltimate
And if the material is something like PVC, that is brittle and can crack under an impact.
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http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/Shackles.shtml
You could use ball joint spacers on the front suspension (IFS):
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ntSpacer.shtml
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For the cost I would highly reccomend a bodylift. It's easy to do and usuallly has all the parts you need along with instructions. Over the years I have seen a few homemade lifts that have failed and broken over time. It's not that much to buy the correct lift kit for your truck. You should be able to get by with 2" of lift, that was all I needed to clear the 33's on my 4Runner.
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If you have coils in the rear you can get coils or coil spacers and for the front balljoint spacers from 4Crawler then crank the torsion bars a half inch, then you will have better tire clearance for around 300$
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With bj spacers your wheel is in the exact same posistion once flexed to its max. Thus you have 0 added clearance from stock. A body lift will give that needed clearance.
Add bj spacers and relax them, the rears of the 4runners already flex great.
Add bj spacers and relax them, the rears of the 4runners already flex great.
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If you just want some extra clearance for big tires go with a BL from 4Crawler. He will set you up with everything you need at a reasonable price. Just don't try and go cheap with it and then in a year end up having to post on here for help to fix it.
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I would also recommend going with the 4crawler lift. I went with the PA body lift, but wish I could have gone with the 4crawler BL. The PA kit has held up fine and seems like a quality kit, but Roger is such a good guy that I would have rather bought his kits. Plus, he has a solution to ANY problem you'd encounter with it.
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