lift kit
Post Fiend
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From: Across from the neighbors
Nope never had. Last truck i had was a 76 highboy. Had a 3" bl and 38" tsl on it when i got it. I promptly took the bl off and cut the fenders at the bodyline. Turned out pretty nice for something that just got beat to hell.
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From: Trabuco Canyon, SoCal
boy, boys you guys are killin' me! hahaha! whiteboy, I wrote you back, check it out. I'm not a big fan of body lifts because too many do it with no suspension work or bumper mods. They look stock with a big-ol gap between the body and frame. I've seen a handfull of people to do it "right", meaning they had suspension, bumper, and wheel and tires that help out the overall look.
I hear ya on wanting a clean daily driver with a tough look to it. Autofabs 3" econo lift is PERFECRT for a dailt driver. It will level a F250 great, get you those 33's under it, and make it joy to drive. 19,000 mile truck, sounds like a keeper, so don't half *** anything. Spend your money once on the good stuff, move on to the next and don't look back. I tried having some 3" billet spacers made for my truck years ago to get 33's on it. It worked, don't get me wrong, but the right suspension made a huge difference in steering, especially at freewy speeds.
I hear ya on wanting a clean daily driver with a tough look to it. Autofabs 3" econo lift is PERFECRT for a dailt driver. It will level a F250 great, get you those 33's under it, and make it joy to drive. 19,000 mile truck, sounds like a keeper, so don't half *** anything. Spend your money once on the good stuff, move on to the next and don't look back. I tried having some 3" billet spacers made for my truck years ago to get 33's on it. It worked, don't get me wrong, but the right suspension made a huge difference in steering, especially at freewy speeds.
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From: Trabuco Canyon, SoCal
yes, Autofab specializes in rear steer 2WD's. If you jack up your truck in the front with a floor jack to your desired lift height, you'll notice your camber will be off (they look bowed out). Autofab uses a press to bend and allighn the beams so you have the height and camber allighnment.
sorry for any crappy spelling...
sorry for any crappy spelling...
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Joined: May 2007
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From: Costa Mesa, CA
Subscribing just to get email notices so I can see when new posts are made and help out if need be. Also to bust whack&stacks ***** for having a crappy "cheater lift"
And to clarify - I have installed body lifts before (and yes I did it "right") and quickly regretted it. I have also taken them off of a few trucks we've bought used and also talked a few people out of doing them.
And to clarify - I have installed body lifts before (and yes I did it "right") and quickly regretted it. I have also taken them off of a few trucks we've bought used and also talked a few people out of doing them.
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Subscribing just to get email notices so I can see when new posts are made and help out if need be. Also to bust whack&stacks ***** for having a crappy "cheater lift"
And to clarify - I have installed body lifts before (and yes I did it "right") and quickly regretted it. I have also taken them off of a few trucks we've bought used and also talked a few people out of doing them.
And to clarify - I have installed body lifts before (and yes I did it "right") and quickly regretted it. I have also taken them off of a few trucks we've bought used and also talked a few people out of doing them.
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he has a long way to sneak to get to me and no i wouldnt get pissy they would just come off.
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is that better?
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From: Costa Mesa, CA
No, it's the fact that I was joking and you're all serious about it. Didn't really react much so I moved on.
Not that I have messed with you in the past but we joke back and forth in Cheet-o's thread a bit the other day.
Now that the gloves have come off and the name calling has begun maybe I can let my real opinion fly on body lifts... It would be something like dump the cheap, POS, crappy, death trap of a lift and step up to the real man's world. And yes I will put my "fruitcake" California trucks against any of the redneck hack fab seen in the "non fruitcake" states any day.
*edit* - re-readin that it came off much more "pissy" than I intended. Read with a lisp to bring out your inner fruitcake and get the humor intended when typed.
Not that I have messed with you in the past but we joke back and forth in Cheet-o's thread a bit the other day.
Now that the gloves have come off and the name calling has begun maybe I can let my real opinion fly on body lifts... It would be something like dump the cheap, POS, crappy, death trap of a lift and step up to the real man's world. And yes I will put my "fruitcake" California trucks against any of the redneck hack fab seen in the "non fruitcake" states any day.
*edit* - re-readin that it came off much more "pissy" than I intended. Read with a lisp to bring out your inner fruitcake and get the humor intended when typed.