Body Lift?

[ZEUS]

I found the thread I was thinking about: http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...eferrerid=1999
He said a few times he would post pics of his lift but never did and has since sold his VX. Maybe search for the VIN to see who bought it?

[johnny010]

you can also use hockey pucks to do the lift. cheap effective way.

[pbkid]

i actually kinda casually spoke with some local offroad shops about doing a body lift on mine because i want 35's....really bad lol....(i know, dumb kids)

he said the biggest issue would be to extend the shift linkages and the steering components and longer brake lines...

if you could fab up longer steering components and shift linkages you would be A-OK

[AK VX Lvr]

A member of this board back in '04 got a local company to work with Independant 4X4 to modify a Trooper body lift for his Ebony...all the things mentioned earlier were issues...body mounts, linkages, gas tank mount, etc.
Here's an old link to the thread discussing it:
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showthread.php?t=1194
And an link to his old web page with some pics:
http://www.boarzhead.freewebspace.com/photo3.html

Looks good...minus the severe need for tires/wheels

:bwgr:

[Ldub]

i actually kinda casually spoke with some local offroad shops about doing a body lift on mine because i want 35's....really bad lol....(i know, dumb kids)

So, what'sat make me?...

The dumb ol' man?

And Ryan? (LittleBeast)

The dumb slightly older man?

We've both got our sites set at 35 too......

[pbkid]

guess its sort of a race then huh??

i may lose though, i have my sights on paying back greg (for my skid plates that he made and hand delivered to moab for me) and then some body armor and a front locker before a body lift

[JHarris1385]

ezem1y is who I was talking about. He ended up just putting a tropper body lift on it.

[nfpgasmask]

So what exactly is the point of a body lift and a suspension lift together? A suspension lift will give you more underbelly clearance and a little more room for bigger meat. A body lift will give you more tire clearance and save the CV angles, but together is it simply to get more clearance for bigger tires? Is that the only "benefit"?

Bart

[pbkid]

So what exactly is the point of a body lift and a suspension lift together? A suspension lift will give you more underbelly clearance and a little more room for bigger meat. A body lift will give you more tire clearance and save the CV angles, but together is it simply to get more clearance for bigger tires? Is that the only "benefit"?

Bart

you've got it, good sir...

body lift is purely to fit bigger tires..

if someone could manufacture a good body lift, we could easy roll 35's with no CV issues...(interesting idea eh? )

[nfpgasmask]

you've got it, good sir...

body lift is purely to fit bigger tires..

if someone could manufacture a good body lift, we could easy roll 35's with no CV issues...(interesting idea eh? )

Right, but this would simply be for looks, right? I mean, with 35"s you would get some more clearance underneath, but you would get more clearance from a suspension lift, right???

Bart

[pbkid]

the combination of a suspension lift with body lift, allows you to get maximum clearance underneath (suspension lift) and then the best approach and departure angle possible, (body lift) along with the ability to get over bigger rocks, cracks and holes with larger tires (combination)

[crotchrocket]

Right, but this would simply be for looks, right? I mean, with 35"s you would get some more clearance underneath, but you would get more clearance from a suspension lift, right???

Bart

As we have independant front axles the suspension lift does give greater ground clearance on the front. Most 4x4's that have a solid front and rear axle do a lift to get bigger tyres as the only way to get better ground clearance on a solid axle truck is to fit bigger tyres.

[Ldub]

As we have independant front axles the suspension lift does give greater ground clearance on the front. Most 4x4's that have a solid front and rear axle do a lift to get bigger tyres as the only way to get better ground clearance on a solid axle truck is to fit bigger tyres.

That' why I've always been "on the fence" with regard to differential drop brackets...

You lose 40 - 50% of the ground clearance that you gained by lifting...

[crotchrocket]

That' why I've always been "on the fence" with regard to differential drop brackets...

You lose 40 - 50% of the ground clearance that you gained by lifting...

I agree, I have wound my front right up but i will be putting locking wheel hubs on so 90% of the time there will be no wear to the cv joints or boots. Winding the front up and dropping the diff to cope is definately an aesthetic thing and not an off roading mod

[tom4bren]

"i will be putting locking wheel hubs on so 90% of the time there will be no wear to the cv joints or boots."

Fine for our JDM bretheren but not really an option for ours (unless someone perfects the TOD switch).