DIY making and installing body lift

Post by **savage** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 9:50 pm

hello peeps, i have spent all arvo with my cousin playin with the suspension in my ute... more to the point, we got chattin about bodylift, and he said that he made his own bodylift blocks... and that it wasn't too hard, but he said he used a laith(sp?) at hte time, and doesnt know anyone that has one... that i can organise, i have my whole extended family in building, mechanics etc, im sure i can find one... but does anyone have any information on what to search for or how to actually make it in a nice lil tutorial. installation seems aight so thats a plus...

also, wat price is a cabandtub lift block kit retail for averagely. and anyone have a rough guess at how much this would cost me to make?

Post by **bogged** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:27 pm

savage wrote:also, wat price is a cabandtub lift block kit retail for averagely. and anyone have a rough guess at how much this would cost me to make?

for a GQ $120ish not worth the effort to make one.

theres a how to fit one instruction on GQ's on my site.. step by step

Post by **savage** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:38 pm

88 hilux... theres about 8 bolts on hte cab, probs another 8 on the tub...

someone said that kits retail around 350$

:O :o :O

am interested to no more for the 120 buck mark, i wouldnt bother your right, but at 300 bucks i am mightily sure i will bother... do u need to get a 2 inch bodylift engineered?

Post by **bogged** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:42 pm

savage wrote:88 hilux... theres about 8 bolts on hte cab, probs another 8 on the tub...

someone said that kits retail around 350$

:O :o :O

am interested to no more for the 120 buck mark, i wouldnt bother your right, but at 300 bucks i am mightily sure i will bother... do u need to get a 2 inch bodylift engineered?

GQ LWB have 12 mounts...
Theres a kit on Ebay at the moment inc bolts the works.
Yes for the 2inch body lift - depending who you talk to.. Dont take the word here, call an engineer near u.

Post by **savage** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:44 pm

is there a difference int he lift blocks between makes, or could that be used in my hilux had it had enough blocks?

Post by **bogged** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:48 pm

savage wrote:is there a difference int he lift blocks between makes, or could that be used in my hilux had it had enough blocks?

Depending on what the engineer requires.. You would have to stick with all blocks being made of same material I would guess.

I went to Caparal ally in dande, and asked them to cut me up enough to do 2 cars at 40mm lift.

Then went to Frankston Bolts, and bought the high tensile bolts from them.

Then to Awill's work to drill the holes..

The ally blocks were around $100ish but cant really remember was 2 yr ago.

Post by **savage** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:52 pm

thanks mate, will speak to my cousin see if this jogs his memory any!

at least the shit about spending 300-350 is just crap...

:phew:

Post by **bogged** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:58 pm

savage wrote:at least the shit about spending 300-350 is just crap...

:phew:

Maybe not, some places probably DO sell kits for shiat loads... some people would just walk in and pay the $ without asking..

Post by **savage** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:02 pm

true that... but how could people sleep at night chargin 350 bucks for 16 bolts and 16 blocks...

o.O

Post by **Beastmavster** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:21 pm

Probably on satin sheets next to a beautiful model.

My first body kit came from aus 4wd specialist in bayswater and they didnt want anything like that. Of course that was on the vit.

The next ones in brisbane from Capral and their drop saw and my drill press.

Last ones we did (3) in 2003-4 were about $60-80 each for the blocks, and depending on when you pick up the stuff and how busy they are the price varies. The 3 - were one on a Rocsta (with Chimpboy on Paul's rig), one on my vit, and one on Chimpboys MU. All needed different numbers of bolts and blocks. Think the rocsta needed something like 11, the Vitara 8 and the MU 10 from memory.

Material will probably be around the $100 mark.

Post by **pcman** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:38 am

smart aluminium offer solid round bar in various grades of alluminium from 10mm in diameter to 300mm in diameter so you can basically pick what you want then get them to cut it into sections for the amount of lift find someone with a drillpress and thats all there is to it apart from the fitting part i plan on recplacing the last owners square tube bodylift blocks when i get some motivation and decide what part of the body im gonna end up using

Post by **V8 Middy** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:46 am

Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyurathane, $90 for a meter, cut it yourself with a drop saw. Use a lathe to put the holes in if you want to be sure they're centered.

I still have 500mm x 50mm diameter and 500mm x 75mm diameter if you are interested

Post by **savage** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:48 pm

aight, ive sourced a lathe... YAY!

now as for suggestions on the suggested diamater for a 84-88 Lux and any potential excess work with a 50mm lift...

also, is it best to use the polyurathane or a steel?!?!
someone also suggested using two rails for the tub rather than lift blocks... any info on this?!?!

Post by **bogged** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:38 pm

V8 Middy wrote:Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyurathane,

some engineers require steel/metal, and wont pass Plastic ones..

Post by **savage** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:43 pm

whats the suggested diameter bogged?

Post by **bogged** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:02 pm

savage wrote:whats the suggested diameter bogged?

http://www.gqpatrol.com/bodylift/

Post by **savage** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:07 pm

thanks mate... looks very helpful... when i get my lovely uterus back i will check the size of hte mounts on it, then get down to buisness!

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