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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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Anyone know of anyy companies selling body lift kits with aluminum instead of nylon? I read that there used to be a 3" lift kit out htere with the shifter extensions and even new vinyl boots but it is no longer in production. I am planning on a two inch body lift, but need to get or make the shifter extensions for the transfer case and the manual trans.
 
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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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I have the nylon 2 inch body lift kit on my truck made by performance accessories. Is there any reason you want aluminum, cause the nylon does the job just fine. In fact, I would go so far as to say the nylon is better than the aluminum cause being nylon is has more give and is more shock resistant. You don't need extensions for either shifter. I made a 4x4 shifter for mine cause I had the parts available and wanted to, but what you can do is pull the cap off the 2 ***** and loosen the lock nut, and screw the ***** upward to where you want them and the tighten the locknut back down. It might not give you exactly 2 inches, but it will be close.

Here is my transmission shifter, not extended with the 2 inch body lift...

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And here is the 4x4 shifter I fabricated (again, unessessary but I wanted to do it) (this was right after the swap before I cleaned the parts and painted the trim peice :P )...

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But if you look in that second picture (I took it before putting the caps back in), the **** is adjustable on the rod.
 

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