i am curious to know how big of a PITA it would be to take my body lift off. i am wanting to go with a suspension lift kit. i am curious because i would like for someone to just goto a shop with me and have the shop trade it over to there truck. difficult or not.. and what would a good 6-8'' lift kit be i know alot of people talk about the RCD kit and its pros and cons with people running king coilovers which i know are pricy. all input is welcome thanks alot guys

 

i would consider a body lift a permanent modification, especially if you didn't keep the hardware that came off the truck originally.

it can be done, but it is not worth it. since you already have it on, why not look into a 4" lift or just man up and throw that 6" on there. haha.

 

I paid a guy i knew to take mine off i forgot how much he charged me but he left the stuff in the engine dropped and took the blocks out and other stuff that deff needed to be taken out like steering extension, gas extension it can be doen and then when i did it myself putting it back on i just did the blocks and those the other stuff

 

I would say probably just leave the body lift on, I am betting its going to be quite a bit of money to get that removed. I would just get a 6" with coilovers, from reading on here it seems to be that the fabtech or sky jacker lifts seems to be the best quality. Then just run some 37's.

 

pulling it really wouldn't be that bad. all you would need are the factory body bolts. the thing is, the fan shroud was cut and modified to mount onto the engine block along w/ the fan blade. the factory set-up has the shroud mounted onto the radiator (body) and the blade on the engine (frame-mounted)

you would have to either leave those parts in, or swap to e-fans, and delete the fan shroud altogether. i will agree that ground clearance sucks with a body lift, and just 35's, and you probably do experience some level of rubbing.

the new gas lines that came w/ the kit can be cut down to stock length. the steering spacer is entirely removable.

nothing was done w/ the body lift that makes it an entirely "permanent" modification.

 

yeah i hear you guys i am just curious how much does a 4'' usually run anyone know were i an get one cheap or is the 6'' more cost effective with the height ill get.???? thanks

 

6'' is only marginally more expensive than a 4'' lift.

 

Body lifts are a real pain to install on the 04-08's so I'm sure they would also be a mojor pain to remove.

 

Yeah it will be a pain in the a** but like i said when mine was taking off most of the stuff in the engine bracket wise was left dropped for over a 1yr until i put it back on myself and no problems at all

 

well i mean i dont hae any dislikes with the body lift its just that i do like to go off roading and i am just worried that with only the body lift the articulation and flexing might not be good for the truck.... who all has taken there truck off roading besides just mudding i mean were there truck actually gets flexed and stuff???

 

I have flexed my truck to it's limits with a body lift. I don't how it would hurt it. I take it offroad and mudriding with confidence.

 

ok well i was only curious be ause ive gone mudding just not at dunes and stuff soon just want to really be sure im ok

 

just don't jump it, lol, and you'll be ok. fwiw, most drop bracket IFS lifts would not be suited for jumping, either. i would only trust a custom long travel suspension for that.

 

no i dont plan on jumping it. i just plan on doing some like real off roading not just muding stuff lke ogterror does...