ok,, im looking into body lifts for my 85 f-250.. however ,,i cant seem to find a lift that includes the bumper relocating brakcets,, front and rear,, any one know of a good company that incortporates the bumper brackets??

 

You might also want to consider what to do to fill in the gap left by raising the inner fenders,I didn't do anything about it but in theory it might be nice to fill in that space.
Oh and for peace of mind drop the radiator back down where it belongs.. I might be over **** but I did and it wasn't that hard.
It it had been a 2" I might have just left well enough alone but the idea of having the radiator 3" higher than it belongs worried me about overheating at idle.

Brian

 

[font color="red" size="ten" face="comic sans ms"]ok,,, thanks fo the hint,, but you didnt answer my question ,,, DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THEIR IS A GOOD BODY LIFT COMPANY THAT HAS BUMPER RELOCATION BRACKETS FOR AN 80-86 F-250 PICK UP,,, IM LOOKING FOR 3 INCHES,, BUT I WOULD SETTLE FOR TWO ,, thanks again

 

No. Lol, I don't know of any. I have a 3" body lift on my 86 F-250 HD 4x4, and I had to raise the rear bumper myself. You can do it by relocating the brackets. First take the bumper off to have easy access. Then find your two inner bumper brackets, the ones that go straight back, not the outter ones that have a bend in them. There are 2 bolts on each inner bracket. Take off the one furthest back, and just loosen the one further front enough to push the bracket arm up to the next hole. You may have to cut some bolts to be able to get your bolt through the upper hole, I did because of my class IV hitch. I also had to use a good drill bit and a high speed drill to go through the holes in the bracket and in the frame rail to line them up to get the bolt through. Now loosen the bolts retaining the outter brackets a little bit. Mount your bumper onto the inner brackets again using only the bolt furthest back. Push on your bumper to level the deck surface (moving it up to the next hole like this will angle the bumper back, just push down on the back of it to level it again. Now bolt the inner brackets to the bumper and tighten all your bolts back up good and tight. I recommend using grade 5 hardened steel bolts so you don't have to really worry about over tightening them to breakage. Last step is to drill new holes for the bolts furthest forward. This part may take a while cause you will have to drillt through the inner bumper bracket and your frame rail. Again, use the good drill bit and high speed drill to make quiker work of this. After that, you're all set. The bumper should be up about 2 1/2" inches, it may be closer into the body, but not by much at all, and it should be sturdy enough again to put full weight on it. As for the front, that's different, cause the front bumper doesn't use brackets, it bolts right to the frame, and the front of the frame isn't a flat surface you can just move it up on...it has an angle on the top. I left my bumper where it is, and it honestly doesn't look that bad. In fact, it looks pretty good, because the metal filler panel below your grill is more exposed, and I think that panel looks pretty neat with the slits in it. Hope this helps. Oh, BTW, if you have 4x4 and a bench seat, you will need to add a 3" extension to the 4x4 shifter in the cab cause it won't pull all the way back to 4WL, you need to hold it there to keep in 4WL and the seat all the way back. Even if you don't have the bench seat, if it's split, you may want to add the extension anyways as it's more comfortable to have it closer up to you. Latr

Ryan
1986 F-250 HD 4x4
4.10 gears, C-6 trany
351W, Edelbrock 351 Performer series aluminum intake
Edelbrock Performer series 600cfm 4bbl carb
Edelbrock Pro-Flo series air cleaner
Extreme 4x4 camshaft
Flowmaster 30 series true dual exhaust w/ custom headers
3" Warn body lift

 

All right, I hadn't touched this one because I had to drop everything and build a motor, but here are my thoughts on it...

The only thing I have considered doing about the front, is possibly putting some 1/4 to 1/2 inch spacers behind the bumper so that it clears the metal behind better.

I am going to either add more sheet metal to the piece behind the bumper, or do some light fiberglassing.

Whichever, I want that bumper to be in line with the frame for STRENGTH.

Ditto the rear bumper, with this caveat:

I'll be either welding together a custom bumper, or buying one with the stuff I want on it. I am simply not all that much in love with the old one...

But I DO want something solid back there.

 

I used preformance accessories 3in lift it had a bracket for the front and on the rear I turned the brackets around.

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