body lift? worth the money?

[king_yukon]

I've always wanted a lifted 4x4 now i know a suspension lift is more expensive but i'm not looking for anything too high, well not yet anyways. I've been looking at some body lift kits (im looking for around 3") and i'm just not sure on the quality of them. anyone have any input as to a brand?

now my next question... how hard is it to install? something that can be done at home or better off getting it to a shop?

 

[EastTXYukon]

I installed my first body lift about a month ago, and it wasn't very difficult, just time consuming. I did most of the work alone with hand tools.

If you get a body lift, take a look at Summit Racing. Their kit is a Performance Accesories kit in a Summit box. It has everything you need to do the lift and is the least expensive kit I've seen.

The thing with a body lift is you have to modify a lot of stuff. If you just throw the kit on and call it good, your truck is gonna look like garbage with all these gaps and bumpers hanging low. I'm gonna list the things I did to try and make my lift look clean:

Raise rear bumper. Brackets are available for the 4 door Hoes, but not the 2 doors

Gap guards, either buy some or make your own.

Nerf bars/Step bars are essential to hide the frame, and most have to be modified to fit correctly.

I made 1 1/2" steel spacers to raise my tow hooks and mount them inside the frame. They look stock

Trailer hitch. I took mine off for the time being, but plan to have it raised up

Plan to paint the frame and wheel wells

The only thing I did not do myself on this list was raising my rear bumper up. It was a little more involved since I have a 2 door. I'll have a shop rework my trailer hitch when its time for that.

Im happy I got a body lift. If I had the money to do a suspension lift I would have, but I learned a lot and saved quite a bit by doing the body lift. Making a body lifted truck look good is all in the details.

Hope that helps

 

[bowtiefreak]

for the money they can't be beat really. not a bad option to get teh truck a little taller

 

[king_yukon]

Thanks for the response eastTX. I wasn't sure how hard it would be, I figured Id have to lift my bumper and then came the issue of my hitch. I don't want it to look unfinished with it hanging down.

I have a 4dr and it's my DD. I just want to get it a little taller for the mud days and tuck some 33+ tires under it.

Now for later days down the road, say I wanted to get a susp lift installed is it more of a pain to do it before or after a BL

 

[Gzes]

from what i heard the rear lift bumper brackets are for show and u cant tow stuff am i correct?

 

[EastTXYukon]

from what i heard the rear lift bumper brackets are for show and u cant tow stuff am i correct?

You cannot tow from the bumper, but there is no problem towing from a frame mounted hitch. I personally would never tow anything from the bumper anyway.

King, in my dream setup, I'm planning on putting a 6" RCX kit on in addition to the body lift and leaving it uncranked and w/o the add-a-leaf. This will give me 7" of uncranked lift, with the ability to go up to almost 9" if I crank. Thats the plan for many years down the road.

 

[the big blue bus]

i love mine and have less that 300in lift and fit 35s