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Doing my first body lift....
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:47 pm
by Boopa
...is there any reason why I would need another set of hands...besides for handing me beers.
ie...should I be cool doing this flying solo?
Cheers
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:03 am
by adam.s
Yes.
Maybe to hold a spanner on the other side of the body mount if they are hard to remove.
are you doing it to
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:09 am
by tuf045
are you doing it to a gq? if so make shore that you soak the 2 rear most bolts with heaps of wd40 or somthing allways hard to get out.
cheers wes
Re: Doing my first body lift....
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:34 pm
by bogged
to make life easy 2 people.
the front ones are a Cookie to do as it is.. its basically lining things up that can be a fuckin Cookie to do..
Re: are you doing it to
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:54 pm
by bazzle
tuf045 wrote:are you doing it to a gq? if so make shore that you soak the 2 rear most bolts with heaps of wd40 or somthing allways hard to get out.
cheers wes
Rears are locktited in. Easier to just heat up from top with a blue flame and undo hot.
Bazzle
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:44 pm
by Boopa
thanks lads....will lure some poor sucker in with the offering of free beer.
...thought I was being a bit optimistic
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:48 pm
by familybus
does the free beer come with accomidation and flight tickets?
Re: are you doing it to
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:40 am
by tuf045
bazzle wrote:tuf045 wrote:are you doing it to a gq? if so make shore that you soak the 2 rear most bolts with heaps of wd40 or somthing allways hard to get out.
cheers wes
Rears are locktited in. Easier to just heat up from top with a blue flame and undo hot.
Bazzle
thanks always wondered why they are such a prick to get out somtimes.
wes.
Re: are you doing it to
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:36 am
by Madmac
bazzle wrote:tuf045 wrote:are you doing it to a gq? if so make shore that you soak the 2 rear most bolts with heaps of wd40 or somthing allways hard to get out.
cheers wes
Rears are locktited in. Easier to just heat up from top with a blue flame and undo hot.
Bazzle
thats how i did mine, the heat softened the locktite and they came out easy. i did mine by my self, an extra set of hands would of been handy, but its not essential
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:19 am
by Boopa
ok guys...the deed is done and it was all too easy
ended up taking about 5 hours one my own, with my young bloke
passing me the spanners.
rears came out fine too....dude I bought the kit from had bolts long enough to drill out the rear thread and and drop right through.
Only hassle was getting to the front bolts behind the grill...talk about a
pain in the ass!
Thanks for the tips lads...next coils and shocks
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:26 pm
by stevelb1
What are the advantages of a body lift, Ive been toying around with the idea for some time.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:40 pm
by InSanE
the main advantage of a body lift is to give you the needed clearance to fit larger tyres on your truck and they are dirt cheep to do and easy to fit
definatley worth doing
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:39 pm
by Boopa
stevelb1 wrote:What are the advantages of a body lift, Ive been toying around with the idea for some time.
two inches lift for 125 bucks and a few hours of your time ...additional to this I'm going to do a 3 inch spring lift. Therefore 5" more than factory of effective body clearance without needing panhards, crazy caster etc....a no brainer really!