The other side is where you will see the gas tank.

 

Yes, thank you...does the tank not rise with the body though? I thought it was mounted to the body not the frame? I maybe mistaken... It may have been a mod that I had seen, raised take after body lift????

 

No the tank stays with the frame. But I do think there is a mod to move the tank up, like you said.

 

Ok Cool, I thought it moved with the body, it was the only reason I was considering a BL...I don't like how low the tank sits...seems like it would be easy to bangup.

Back to the original thread...Turbo may be right here, backspacing...I want to see how bad mine will rub, I'll get it out in the yard tonight. I have a few stumps i can get the wheels on to flex (IFS ) out.

 

The axle is centered fine. the drivers side tire stuffs up in there just the same. I also forgot to mention that i removed the rear swaybar, but that wont make any difference.

I suppose it is the offset of the wheels and the width of the tires causing the issues. Last time i listen to the masses on a forum

and i do not plan to do a body lift or buy smaller tires. the truck does not need more money put into it to solve this issue. i will cut metal to fix this

 

The last thing you need to do is make our trucks more top heavy! lift with tires, not suspension. the key to a really solid trail truck (IMO) is ground clearance, not overall height. some good cutting should take care of your problems.

Good luck

Alex

 

Yes, a 1" bodylift will raise your center of gravity, 'bout .5%. But since your not going that route, and doing the saws-all thing, you don't to need worry anything 'bout that.

 

i agree! do what he said! get out the saws-all and have at it.

 

Alex, did you read the whole thread? Lol. I went the 1" bodylift route. Looks a hellva lot better than cut fenderwells. The OP said he wasn't going to do the bodylift. I agreed that a bodylift does raise the COG, but the 1" lift raise it by only .5%.........lol

 

Here's a poser from yesterday...


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With the bumper bracket gone, The tires have room to move. I think I'm going to get coils before I wheel her though. Plenty of room in the front, not so much in the back.

 

fetasgoulash do you have 15x10 in wheels or 15x8s? i couldnt find it anywhere in your posts i may have missed it

 

15x8 and 3.75" backspacing

 

hey, freak, accroding to 4crawler, a body lift only raises the COG ~75% of what a suspension lift would... thus making it a better option of mild lift over coils and whatnot, and it makes sense... even tho the body gets higher, your big arse chunk of steel frame is stayin down low...

 

Makes sense, good to know...

 

yeah i did read it. I guess i think about what i would do. If i cut the fender wells i would put some kind of flare on to cover up the nasty lookin' edge. really my distain of body lifts comes from the 2-4" body lifts that some trucks have. I will probably end doing a 1" body lift to clear a motor swap. an inch is ok. !

 

an inch is perfect...but hopefully you don't hear that too often.

 

Very true. I think thats the 3" lift. It seems to me I read in another post that TC said that a 1" will only raise your COG 'bout .5%. But don't quote me on it, I'm going from what I remember....I could be wrong on the percentage.

 

trim the rear bumper back a bit and open up the wheel wells a bit (looks like you'd just be cutting out the rusted bits anyway)

*edit* didn't see this was already mentioned

 

good luck finding a decent looking set of fender flares... to the best of my knowledge, only bushwacker makes flares for our 2nd gen runners and hear tell they are kind of cheesy...

 

I am a composite manufacturer by trade so i will make my own set of flairs with very little effort. I will post pics when said flairs are built.
thanks for all the advise people