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I own a '95 F-150 standard shortbed 4x4. Today i started to install my 3 inch body lift i have had since christmas. What took the longest was grinding the bolts out of the bed to take it off. Thats all we got done today and we were working on it from 2-9. Tomorrow morning we will finish it. We also took off the running boards because it makes it look taller and they were rusting through anyway. I have 31/10.5 bf goodrich all-terrain tires on it with damn near no wear on the tread or anything. How much do you think i could get for the tires if i sold them so i can get 33's. I paid about 800 for them. i think the 33's would look much better now that its lifted.
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keep the 31s, and whoever bashes body lifts doesnt know what theyre talking about. My 90 f150 had 6" suspension and 3" body lift. The body lift gave all the clearance in the world for wrenching on stuff on the chassis. Power Steering hose, fuel pumps, etc.....body lifts as primary lift isnt cool, and neither is stuffing your wheel well full of tires that can barely clear the fender.
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why would he keep the 31's? i have 31's on my completly stock 89 f150 2wd, and i could go bigger with minimal rubbing. and you dont think a 3 inch gap between your bed and your frame looks retarded? or the fact that your bumpers dont line up wth the body unless you use the rasing brackets, which tend to be very weak, i wouldnt want to tow with them. ever seen a lifted bumper get ripped off when he was pulling someone out? then you have issues like shift linkages, wires that are just a hair too short for 3 inches, body roll, the added leverage on body mounts. who says being able to stuff huge meat under your fenders isnt cool? i know a coule of people over on pbb that run 40's with 2 or 3 inches of lift, get out the sawzall. why lift that much for stock size tires? with minimal triming and a 3 inch suspesion sion you could go 36 inch +++.
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keep the 31s, use em till theyre 50%, sell em. Buy 33s.
I never said body lifts were the solution to lifting a truck, they just make wrenching around the chassis 10000000 times easier. Besides fords dont look as bad as any other vehicle out there when equal parts of body lift are installed. Look at people in early 90s chev f/s and s-series trucks.
stock tires were 235/75 r15, measuring in somewhere just under 30" tall and 9" wide.
I just bought a '90 bronco where the 235s barely clear the wheel wells, it all depends on how the springs have settled.
and 40's with 2" of lift is just retarded looking. why do you need such big tires if youre not going to give your chassis the clearance to optimize the use of such big tires, when smaller tires would do just the same with a little more driving skill. Not to mention the driveline upgrades one would need to do for their truck to properly handle 40" tires, ttb or even solid axle dana 40s simply arent strong enough to be reliable when put to work hard....ttbs especially.Sink the money you save on smaller tires into your driveline
I never said body lifts were the solution to lifting a truck, they just make wrenching around the chassis 10000000 times easier. Besides fords dont look as bad as any other vehicle out there when equal parts of body lift are installed. Look at people in early 90s chev f/s and s-series trucks.
stock tires were 235/75 r15, measuring in somewhere just under 30" tall and 9" wide.
I just bought a '90 bronco where the 235s barely clear the wheel wells, it all depends on how the springs have settled.
and 40's with 2" of lift is just retarded looking. why do you need such big tires if youre not going to give your chassis the clearance to optimize the use of such big tires, when smaller tires would do just the same with a little more driving skill. Not to mention the driveline upgrades one would need to do for their truck to properly handle 40" tires, ttb or even solid axle dana 40s simply arent strong enough to be reliable when put to work hard....ttbs especially.Sink the money you save on smaller tires into your driveline
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its a dana 44 for one, and you would be amazed what they can make it over with that little of lift. in the rocks, its all about placement, not so much clearance. youwont find to many people on pbb running a 44 anyway, its usually a 60
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typo on the dana 40 statement, was thinkin tire size. I know the 44 is strong, but not strong enough stock to run 40s for an extended period of time, IMO. And any type of wheelin takes clearance, undisputabley.
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total thread hijackage also, my statement on keeping the 31s untill theyre 50% or less was simply because any second hand tire, brand new or not, is not going to be worth anything near the value the origional purchaser paid for them. Unless you can get a tire store or a private person to take them as partial trade for larger tires, its just simply not worth it. besides the thes wont look overly horrible on it, its only 3" of lift
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