i was looking at buying one of these and was asking some guys about how to lift it and just some other questions. well i bought it yesterday but can not actually bring it home for 2 weeks because the DMV was closed. it runs well but needs some work before i can really take it through insepction. it will need a new exhaust, it has a hole in the floor right behind the seat, and something is wrong with the E-brake. not to bad for 800 bucks. It has a real goofy looking wooden box on it instead of a bed so after i fix those other things i would like to target in on lifting it some and puting a flat bed on. well these are my plans for now, i would like it to be a mild off road truck so feel welcome to give me any advice/ideas for it! oh and buy the way this is going to be a budget build!

 

If you are going to build this thing on a budget...aren't we all?...plan out what you want, i.e. "I want to run 33" tires", then lay out what it is going to take to do that and voila...you do it.

I am very bad at planning rigs so I can tell you from experience that a little foresight can go a heck of a long way.

Congratulations on the new truck, enjoy it...

Jon

 

lift is always nice on these truck but if ur going cheap with it...run 33s, stock..no issuses except a little sluggish with running 33s..then just swap in some gears and u'll be good

 

I fit 33 12.50s on my IFS with no lift just some pinchweld hammering and im going to take them off and put them on this but they still rubbed on my IFS pretty bad off road but not really on the road...will this be the same with the solid axle?

 

Hey,if it rubs...cut it off

I wouldn't hink that anything would rub, but it is possible. If you had really bad front springs...maybe?


Lift it and takeaway the rubbing worries...

Jon