Body Lift Fabrication

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Coasty 16 years ago

Thanks for the input on the on board air and bumper modification. I have another idea, I want to just do a 2 inch body lift but, I want to do it on the cheap. My front and rear bumpers cost less than $275.00 to fabricate. In case someone wants to get both small and large quantities of metal of all types The Metal Depot is the place to get it

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UPS delivered to your door. Any who was thinking what is a body lift? Just spacers so what can spacers be made of, steel, aluminiun, polyurathane, or ----- pipe cut to length or pipe couplings, fender washers welded on each end with half inch holes. Yep, sounds like a plan total cost about 15 bucks all from my local Ace Hardware. Next week end I will be doing the fabrication.

This week I have been doing the Honey do list, removing walls , re- routing electric, phone and cable expanding the living room by 12 feet. The upstairs bedroom was not being used so the boss wanted the living room expanded. I need to go back to work to rest up.

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RoyJ 16 years ago

2" kit is only $85.

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contains all the necessary parts, nothing to mess around with. Your choice but you will do a lot of fussing around for not a lot of savings. I did the same calcs when I put a body lift on mine. A two inch lift will require relocating the radiator and bending the shift lever. The body mount bolts go into captive nuts inside the body panels, these like to rust solid over the years. You can presume that out of the 10 bolts, you will either snap the bolt or twist the nut in the pocket on several of them. Squirt Kroil or PB Balster (not WD-40!!) into the nut area for several days prior to any attempt at removal. It really helps to drill a small hole into the nut pocket areas to get the stuff where it needs to be.

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Old Crow 16 years ago

The kit my kid just got from Quadratec came with a couple of spacers that have to be welded under the radiator support outer bumpers and a 2" slug of steel bar to be welded into the transfer case shift lever to lengthen it.

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Jeff Strickland 16 years ago

You can buy polyurethane bushings for under $100 and be done in an afternoon, or you can buy scrap metal, spend a few days fabbing the various sizes you need, then an afternoon installing them.

Me thinks your time and trouble to fab solid steel into spacers would exceed the cost of the proper spacers.

PS I'm sure you considered the probability that the wall(s) you removed is(are) load bearing, and the house is not gonna fall down around you now that you have taken out a structural support. If you removed a load bearing wall, you have to wedge a suitable beam into place to hold up the stuff that the wall used to hold. Depending on the span, I'd guess that such a beam would need to be at least a 4x10.

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Will Honea 16 years ago

Retirement: people think you have time on your hands and it's free!

Be happy you live somewhere that lets you do this stuff! I've been helping a friend on a project and I swear we have spent more time with permits and inspectors than working. The crowning insult was when they demanded he increase the insulation under his entire roof to R-49 just to add a 10 sq ft awning!

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Coasty 16 years ago

Where I live you alny need to pull permits for expansions only and none are needed for any thing with in the confines of the original structure. I had to pulla permit when I built my 26 x 26 garage and it was rather painless. Only two ispections one for the footings and slabs and the other was the competion. Last year I installed r-30 over the r-19 in the attic it was easy since I have a ranch house. Since we are now empty nesters for some time we are finally getting things done the way we want. I have a 26x48 basement with 8 foot ceilings and we have finished it from top to botton with closets and full bath room. We only have the master bed room up stairs now and our living room when done will be 14x24 the dining room will be where the living room is comfortably seating 10 people at the table which I am building.

Retirement means you are tired twice

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Will Honea 16 years ago

And the honey-do jar just gets fuller!

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