Lift kits

[Worstenemy453]

I think a 2" body lift on a bricknose looks really good:

http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42655

Would look better without the gaps that look horrible. A suspension lift couldve put it just as high and not had the horrible gaps. I have a suspension kit for your truck laying around.

 

[82F100SWB]

Suspension or body lift, the lowest point of the truck is still the bottom of the diffs, the only way that changes is tire size. A suspension lift isn't going to gain you ground clearance.
Yes, may gain on breakover, approach and departure angles, but, not a whole pile of alot. But, I'm the kind of guy that stuff 35's on a truck with no lift, and 44's on with only 8...
On these IDI trucks, a body lift does serve a practical purpose of making room for turbos etc, and making maintenance in general a whole lot easier...
Same goes for my 460 truck, on the long wekeend I did the clutch in it, on the side of the trail, in just under 2 hours(had to yank the pressure plate and clean the mud of of it)

 

[White Trash]

Suspension or body lift, the lowest point of the truck is still the bottom of the diffs, the only way that changes is tire size. A suspension lift isn't going to gain you ground clearance.
Yes, may gain on breakover, approach and departure angles, but, not a whole pile of alot. But, I'm the kind of guy that stuff 35's on a truck with no lift, and 44's on with only 8...
On these IDI trucks, a body lift does serve a practical purpose of making room for turbos etc, and making maintenance in general a whole lot easier...
Same goes for my 460 truck, on the long wekeend I did the clutch in it, on the side of the trail, in just under 2 hours(had to yank the pressure plate and clean the mud of of it)

35's with no lift? Sweet, I'm running 37's with no lift on my 89. Why do you need 8" to fit 44's? My yota is lifted less than 3" and sitting on 44's with leaf springs all around.

 

[82F100SWB]

I am street legal still, somehow... I believe it's 8", it may be less, I haven't really measured it, I know a shackle flip in the rear has it a little tail high, and that really only got me 5", so it may be around the 4" suspension wise in the front. Any lower and I'd have a whole lot less fender... I They rub on articulation now as it is.

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[White Trash]

I don't rub go figure. There really isn't much there to rub anymore..

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[Dieselcrawler]

stupid laws. both arent legal here. lol

39.5x15. no lift.

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only thing i aint legal here with is the tires sticking out.

 

[david_lee]

Does anyone happen to know how tall the stock body bushings are? Mine are sagging and I am a little too cheap to buy new ones.

 

[Agnem]

About 1".

Here is what 4 inches of suspension lift, and a 2" body lift will get you.

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[david_lee]

Are you sure those bushings are that thin? The cab of my truck sits a good 1/2" or more lower than the bed judging by the body lines, and it seems to me that the bushings didn't look like they were squashed that much. It seems like this is a good time to measure.

 

[Agnem]

They might be thicker. I'd have to find one of my old ones and measure it.