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Grand Bodylift

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Grand Bodylift

Post by Surfection »

Hey guys, Just a quick question.... Newish [last year] Grand Cherio V8 body lift ? Are they possible and what size is best ? X
J's are limited to about 1" arn't they ? Are V8 Grands the same ?

Thanks very much. Jeremy :D
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Post by MKPatrolGuy »

correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the Cherokees unibody i.e. no separate chassis and body, so not possible to do a body lift...
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Post by Surfection »

That is true Mk but that doesn't mean you can't do a body lift, you then simply place the blocks between the body and the crossmembers, and use extended shock mounts etc.
[well this is on other 4wds with no chassis, eg subaru's]
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Post by MKPatrolGuy »

never thought of it that way, never heard of anyone running a body lifted Cherokee either, probably why I didn't think about it eh
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Post by Surfection »

I may be wrong but i think jumbo and mark hickey are running 1" body lifts. [ TJ and XJ ] I'm just not sure on the WJ [ i think that's the classification]. Billsta, you done any research on this one ?
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Post by Wooders »

Jumbo has a 2" Body lift in his TJ - as do I....
I'm 99.5% certain that Hick does NOT have a body lift & I'm 99.4% certain that there isn't a Body lift available or possible for the XJ.
As I understand the crossmembers on the XJ are part of the unibody.
You can use spacers on top of the front coils, but that's not a body lift.
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Post by MKPatrolGuy »

Wooders wrote:As I understand the crossmembers on the XJ are part of the unibody.


This is what I though, but when Surfection brought up about the crossmembers it got me wondering.
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Post by billsta »

and theres a cross member in a grand??
no body lifts on mine..

i just accepted the fact that i have no seperate frame on the jeep and thats it. think if i really want a body lift, i have to put the whole thing on a seperate frame. :mrgreen:

and im 99.45% sure there is no body lift on Mark Hickey's XJ.
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Post by Surfection »

Cool, thanks alot guys. I'll take a look at this Grand anyway and see if anything can be done. Cheers, Jeremy
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Post by Liam »

It might be more like a late model subaru, where youre essentially lowering the drivetrain.
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Post by Surfection »

Yeah that's what i'm basing most of my knowledge on liam, i've had two subaru's with 2" body lifts on them, and danstoyowagon's last car was an L series with a 3" body lift. Easy peasy :P
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Post by jimmyb »

yeah the only current jeep that can have a body lift is the tj, all other uni body. which is a shame really, have to go big mods to get them up for bigger wheels or hack out the guards instead.
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Re: Grand Bodylift

Post by awesome 1 »

do you guy's only ask dumb questions and not follow up here ? been searching for a couple of day's now and nothing gets followed up ?

does anyone know of a good RHD jeep site that I can use here in PNG (close to AUS but you don't own us ya fawkers :fist: :fist: :fist:

with respect :D :D :D :D
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Re: Grand Bodylift

Post by Steve F »

awesome 1 wrote:do you guy's only ask dumb questions and not follow up here ? been searching for a couple of day's now and nothing gets followed up ?

does anyone know of a good RHD jeep site that I can use here in PNG (close to AUS but you don't own us ya fawkers :fist: :fist: :fist:

with respect :D :D :D :D
You do realise the question was posted 7 years ago!!!!!!!! Talk about digging up an old thread :rofl:

Go over to http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and checkout the vendors listed there, plenty that will ship to you.

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