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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/11/2006 9:06:29 PM
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Hanr3
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Personally its not worth the cost to gain 1/2" more ground clearance. Especially since you won't gain any articulation.
I would rather install a $100 body lift to gian working space under the hood and body. Plus space to install a V8. 
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/11/2006 11:48:38 PM
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nails5240
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Well how much does the frame stick out the bottom with a body lift. Because the main reason i need the lift is because my tires and fenders are ripping each other apart.
I have plenty of ground clearance already for the trails i ride, but looks are important too. I would settle for a body lift as long as it doesnt look too bad.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/12/2006 1:39:22 AM
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My front tires and fenders are doing the same thing. The fenders are taking little chunks or rubber off the tread of the tires. Kinda sucks alot. I was looking into stiffening the front suspension to see if that corrects the problem. Are your back tires rubbing too? For some reason, mine arent.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/12/2006 6:16:56 AM
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No, I havent had it happen with the back tires at all, either. But I did manage to get one of my back tires stuck in the wheelwell the other night when i had it in an akward position.
The front tires hit when i justgo over a speed bump too fast.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/12/2006 9:22:54 AM
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The frame is going to show some with a body lift, but if you get some side tube steps it will help hide it. The side steps will not decrease your ground clearance. It takes at least 2" of lift to fit 31"s without rubbing, the biggest size to fit without any lift is a 30.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/12/2006 3:49:14 PM
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iceflames11
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I have 30 inch tires on and the front tires rub the fenders when going over speed bumps too fast or big dips in the road. Gonna rise the torsion bar tomorrow and hopefully that helps.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/12/2006 4:09:43 PM
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Is there any risk of damaging the side steps at all when im screwing around on the trails? Because that thought has crossed my mind now and again.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/12/2006 9:22:39 PM
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Sure, you could damage them, but the bottom of your frame is lower than the bottom of the side steps. If you wheel carefully, you shouldnt have a problem.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/13/2006 12:00:03 AM
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Side steps=rock magnets. 
You want rock sliders.
the frame is already visible below the body, 2" more isn't going to make that much of a difference. The only place it will be noticable is the fender wells. Either make or buy the gap guard kit. I made my gap guards out of old pringint press blankets. The blankets are rubber with a cloth type material back. They withstand thousands of impressions between two steel rollers that weigh 500 pounds each. They should hold up fine to a littel mud. You could use other materials, get creative. Old belt material from the family farm works as well. Trucker mud flaps. There are numerous posibilities.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/13/2006 12:22:42 AM
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I just took a look at some rock sliders on the internet and they seem cool, but a little too pricey. Im trying to keep this as low budget of a project as possible.
They rocks and mud on the trails that I normally ride arent too big that I have to worry about it too much.
As long as I know its not gonna end up looking too bad I might just settle for the body lift.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/14/2006 11:34:01 PM
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http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/angeredchild69/detail?.dir=44ef&.dnm=c6b0re2.jpg&.src=ph
thats 2 inch bodylift, cranked bars and 31's. they rub the tops of the fenders at full flex. i can get a better pic just sitting on level ground if u want.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/14/2006 11:49:35 PM
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Those pictures looked pretty good with the 2 inches. But what does the frame look like sticking out the bottom? Thats pretty much the only thing thats holding me back at this point.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/18/2006 11:31:24 PM
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2. i keep hearing about cranking the torsion bars...how do you do this cause i am sick of my 30" tires rubbing when i hit a dip in the road
1. jack up your front end.
2. Follow your torsion bars all the way back. there is a bolt that screws upward. I believe tightening that bolt is what raises the front end. each one is adjusted independently.
3. You may have to do this a few times in order to get the adjusted thesame on both sides.
4. Keep looking. Im sure there is a lot of info in this forum about t-bar cranking.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/19/2006 8:22:59 PM
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nails5240
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I got a really good estimate on a 2" lift. I found a place that will do it for six or seven hundred.
The guy who gave me a really good deal on my tires gave me his friends number. He's doin it for $30/hour labor. That's half as much as anyone else around here.
So pics are commin as soon as possible.
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RE: inexpensive lift - 6/19/2006 8:33:24 PM
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sounds like a good deal, is it going to be the Superlift kit? Rough Country has a 2" kit with shocks for $575 + installation. Be careful which 2" Superlift kit you get, the lower priced one doesn't include shocks. From what I can remember when I was looking to get a lift, the Superlift is a 2" Front, 1" Rear. Nobody manufactures a 4/4 lift. Your only options are 2", 5", 6", or the 9" solid axle conversion.
To get a 4/4 you could buy the Rough Country or Superlift 2" suspension and use the Performance Accessories 2" body lift together, but this is not recommended by most off road companies.
< Message edited by cherryred4x4 -- 6/19/2006 8:37:55 PM >
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