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3" BL

Post by suzukigav »

has anyone ever done a 3" Body Lift on their sierra? I'm going to do one this week end because i hate scrubbing :cool: ... I was wondering if there are any major problems that will be encountered?
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Post by nicbeer »

yes. a few more than doing a 2" one.

also not legal afaik
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Post by suzukigav »

yes. a few more than doing a 2" one. .
like what?

A 2" isn't legal unless you have it engineered either so it's te same in that respect
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Post by Pyrotech »

mine as a 3"BL if u wanna have a look at it
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Post by brendan_h »

had one. took it out. just bash the gauards in
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Post by r0ck_m0nkey »

nicbeer wrote:also not legal afaik
Seeing as he is in NSW, he should be right. I have a 3" in mine with an Engineers report to match.
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Post by zook4fun »

why do you need a 3inch body lift? what size wheels are you looking to run?
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Post by suzukigav »

35"
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Post by zook4fun »

if your giung 35" my choice would be to goe spoa and some guard work.
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Post by Gwagensteve »

SPUA, 2" BL and more guard work.

There's no good reason to use a 3" BL.

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Post by jimbo jones »

my mate runs a 3" body lift in his everything is good on it except for the transfer stick it pops out of low
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Post by Gwagensteve »

My opposition to 3" BL's over 2" BL's is (apart from that they look silly and don't really allow a bigger tyre to fit) that the body studs are well clear of the chassis at 3" so all the work is being done by the spacer/socket bolt.

Additionally, there's a lot more leverage on the chassis mounts at 3". Sierra chassis mounts aren't all that strong - I've repaired quite a few cracked chassis around body mounts, although not on BL cars, and more often on 1.0 litre cars.

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Post by suzukigav »

ok well i think i'l go with a 2/1/2 inch body lift not to big not too small!
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Post by Gwagensteve »

Just use a 2" BL which are readily avilable. The extra 1/2" will not assist tyre clearance in any useful way.

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Post by suzukigav »

ok, i'l stick with 2" "readily available desen't mean much conscidering i make them lol
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