80 series body lift

[scottmcguinness172]

hey all im looking to do a body lift on my 80 can you guys give me some advice or help im open to all options and opinons or pics do's and do nots ect cheers all advice and opinions would be greatly appreciated

scott

[Bluey]

hey all im looking to do a body lift on my 80 can you guys give me some advice or help im open to all options and opinons or pics do's and do nots ect cheers all advice and opinions would be greatly appreciated

scott

times 2 please

read what i could find on here, threads talked about extending heater hose from firewall, either brackets to drop radiator, use lower bolt and only one or cut out radiotor shroud and extend top hose

i have 1hz manual, will i need to modify gear levers at all? and any other changes people know about


Cheers

[crankycruiser]

Theres a bit of info on mine in here..

http://www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum/inde ... ;start=250

All in all its not the scary job that ppl made it out to be

[Bluey]

thanks ray. not worried about bars and stuff cos haven't bought them yet, will just get ones to suit lift. can't remember if yours is manual, did you need to bend or add a piece into the gear levers

[RV80]

You lengthen the transfer and bend the gear lever..

[scottmcguinness172]

cheers thanks all keep em coming

[mick80]

hey fellas mick here ive done a body lift on my 80 96 model 4.5 pet manual you have already named most of them i didnt c anything about your steering that rod that goes through the firewall hits i ijust cut it out a bit same with gear stick took too the metal rount it with a lumpy i didnt have anyway to bend it got a arb winch bar deluxe already modded to suit 2 inch body lift if interested pm me

cheers mick

[scottmcguinness172]

some one has told me ya have to pull all the carpet out is this true how much do ya have to bash around the gear stick do u have a pic of the bar u have modified??

[Mad Cruiser]

Don't forget to loosen your steering rod from the steering box as you don't want to bend it.... I did first time i lifted mine

[g35me]

Everything you need to know is here:

http://lbd.end0.net/

[scottmcguinness172]

anybody can come help me i wont mind

[DX80]

Most painful part of the body lift is pulling the radiator out. You need to do this to get to the bolts on the side of the radiator.

I'd allow a day full day with a mate helping you.

Dave.

[crankycruiser]

thanks ray. not worried about bars and stuff cos haven't bought them yet, will just get ones to suit lift. can't remember if yours is manual, did you need to bend or add a piece into the gear levers

I didnt change my gear levers and they are fine.. just had to mod under the low range one a tad