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Body Lift kit

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Body Lift kit

Post by suzukigav »

Hey I am going to make a 2 inch body lift for a Gq lwb patrol.
Does anyone know the length and thread of the bolts i will need to use?
Also how many blocks will i need?
What diameter should the blocks be?

Any information would be great.
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by 5inchgq »

I used 65mm round aluminium, could have used 75mm.

You need 10 blocks for GQ lwb.
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by suzukigav »

thanks for that mate,
Any chance anybody knows about the bolt diameters and lengths?
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by BadMav »

M12x130mm, you will however need to break the captive nuts out of the very rear floor mounts. Or buy 2 of M12 x 1.25 x 130mm (metric fine thread) to suit the nuts.
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Post by 5inchgq »

BadMav wrote:M12x130mm, you will however need to break the captive nuts out of the very rear floor mounts. Or buy 2 of M12 x 1.25 x 130mm (metric fine thread) to suit the nuts.
I had big dramas with these captive nuts when I did mine, having no other option I cut the floor with a grinder and chiseled (sp?) the bloody things out.

Then welded the floor up.......
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by BadMav »

ha ha yeah me too
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Post by Clanky »

5inchgq wrote:
BadMav wrote:M12x130mm, you will however need to break the captive nuts out of the very rear floor mounts. Or buy 2 of M12 x 1.25 x 130mm (metric fine thread) to suit the nuts.
I had big dramas with these captive nuts when I did mine, having no other option I cut the floor with a grinder and chiseled (sp?) the bloody things out.

Then welded the floor up.......
I used a holesaw and siliconed a rubber grommet back in after drilling out the captive nuts with a clearance hole. Same end result, different method :)
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by tanked86 »

Wouldn't it be easier to jut buy 2 of M12 x 1.25 x 130mm (metric fine thread) to suit the nuts, than cut an weld...... or are the nuts too weak or something?
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by 5inchgq »

tanked86 wrote:Wouldn't it be easier to jut buy 2 of M12 x 1.25 x 130mm (metric fine thread) to suit the nuts, than cut an weld...... or are the nuts too weak or something?
The captive nuts aren't welded to the body they are held captive by a strip of steel thats welded to the body, therefore they are prone to slipping when a good amount of force is applied to the bolt. Its hard to explain but have a look at one and you'll see what I mean. ;)
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Re: Body Lift kit

Post by tanked86 »

Just had a look understand what you mean, cheers
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