Yes- but your not a 16yr.old kid, asking these questions either. Let's be informative?

 

the idea of putting the body lift on there is to allow you to fit larger tires, (sure some people do it just for height, but most people do it bc they want taller tires, which does equate to more ground clearance, i think we agree on that part)

adding ANY lift to a vehicle will change its cg and make it easier to roll over, and will change the braking, accelerating, and drag characteristics of the vehicle.

 

Haha. I remember those commercials. Lmao

 

We are being informative. There's nothing wrong with a body lift. Just don't go over 3 inches. IMHO, the body lift is the way to go. The suspension lift of 5.5 inches isn't worth the money. I'd take that money and do an SAS, and not worry about tearing the rig up.

Anyway, shop around your area, don't be afraid to go out in the boonedocks and look either. We rednecks do lifts all the time. (laughing silently, i saw a Monte Carlo not to long ago on a 4x4 frame, it had like 20 inches of lift).

 

OMG!!!!! Are we still talkin about this?


I've had a Hyundai Accel literally on the rear bumper of a lifted Jeep winching it's way up a rock slide! Speaking of which you should have seen their faces when I told them to get the F**k out of the way!......LMAO Seriously, it's not the clearance or the vehicle, it's the driver and how stupid or nuts he is to get the vehical where he wants it and is willing to pay to ensure it gets there.

I've learned a great deal on off roading living in the mountains! I've done everything from driving wheels up tree trunks and popping off them to hopping over boulders at 50 MPH.

 

Haha hydra sounds like you've had fun in your life. I've gotten my D 3 feet off the ground going 120 mph down a country road in the hills of Tennessee. Other than that off road here and going into woods there but normally try to keeps things a bit sane.

 

Agreed.

Other than that, lol at zeke.

 

There's been lots of good, helpful information presented here.

Why can't a 16 year old kid do a body lift?

I grew up in a rural hick farming community in the middle of the 80's farm crisis. Everyone was dirt poor. If we wanted a car to drive when we turned 16, we bought one for 50 bucks when we were 14 and spent 2 years getting it running. Old junkers with siezed engines and any other problems you can imagine. We got together with our buddies and helped each other fix them up, learning everything as we went.

I spent my weekends hunting down auctions, estate sales, etc... where I could by high quality but broken and rusty tools for pennies. Then I took them to the Snap-On truck on Tuesday afternoons (or the Mac truck, etc...) and traded them in for brand new ones (gotta love that Snap-On warranty!). By the time I graduated high school I had a collection of tools that would make most professional mechanics jealous. (Unfortunately, I had a storage unit get broken into about 10 years ago and they're gone now... )

It's just flat out stupid to say that a 16 year old can't handle a little mechanical work. I was doing complete engine overhauls by that age.

Back then kids actually learned how to change a flat tire. Nowadays parents just hand them a AAA card and send them on their way. Sad...

NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

 

I can vouge for that, however your a lil older than me but grew up the same way. We figured things out and fixed everything. We learned by mistake or havin the buddies help ya and learn from their mistakes. Not to mention I had one hell of a teacher on the old school vehicles.

But ya, I was PITA kid that knew everything in those days and wasn't afraid of much.......Stupid as hell thinkin back. I've been shot at, stabbed, beaten, dealin, wheelin, buildin and drillin. I've been around the block, but I learned a lot but grew up. I was one of the lucky ones that pulled their head out.....LOL.....And now I'm a regulator......Figure that one out......

As for the tools, we used a barrage of old crap and saved all the money for building performance.......The old days of racin down county back roads at 150 mph......LOL

 

I could picture it now, two drunked up hillbillies atop cows racing down a dirt road to defend their family honor