2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission body lift

[cop0110]

why cant you put a body lift on a diesel? I have looked for lift kits and every company states not for diesels?

 

[tmckenzie]

You can put a body lift on a diesel, I just think it takes a little more work. Hopefully some of the other members that have done this will speak up but I know some of the guys are using body lifts. Ryan Oneal has a 3 inch body lift on his. Search for body lifts and Im sure you might can find plenty of info.

 

[Duluth Diesel]

I would personally never body lift any thing bigger than a 1/2 ton. You are relying on cab and bed mounts that may not have been intended to carry the load our trucks are built for. I've heard of guys lifting 1 tons with aftermarket blocks, loading the bed with firewood, and having the lift blocks crack and collapse. This problem can be exaggerated even more if you are under load and on uneven terrain (articulating the suspension).

IMHO, body lifts are cheap junk. They look stupid with that big gap between the frame and body.



The only way I can ever let someone off the hook for getting a body lift is:

-The truck is 1/2 ton or smaller.

-The person never hauls more than a few bags of groceries in the bed.

-The truck already has been jacked to the sky with a suspension lift and he needs the extra 4 inches to clear 44 inch tires.

-The truck is a complete rusted out POS.



Spend the money, belly up to the bar, and go with a suspension lift.

Just my opinion.

 

[CRSmith]

Here's a theory. It isn't cost effective for a body lift company to R&D a provision to move intercooler hoses for the small amount of diesel body lifts that are bought.



You can get 2. 5" coils and block/add a leaf for about $200. It's also less work to install.

 

[Rob Thomas]

There are more reasons for a body lift than you guys think, a "cheap junk" lift wasn't one of them. A body lift gives more room under the hood (injector change, head change,studs, ect) more room for removing the bell housing bolts, more room between the frame and body for routing exhaust for stacks, the ability to add a front reciever----bolt-on, also gives the added clearence to clear 10" wheels with 4-1/2" back spacing and 315's without the slightest rubbing---ever.



You can add a 3 foot suspension lift and not accomplish the above, any of it.



Of course if your worried about the graphite blocks cracking in the bed, replace them with steel, like I did, and trust me, the bed gets used/abused.



No big gaps(not even little ones) ----anywhere.







cop0110, do a search on "body-lift installed", I mentioned all of the pit-falls in the thread, well worth it IMO, and would do it again in a heartbeat, no regrets. You can listen to people that "heard" what their buddys, neighbors, kids, freind did, or listen to people that actually have, and use the product. I haven't found a downside to the body-lift as of yet.





Rob

 

[cop0110]

Great thanks for the information guys...