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Old May 19, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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Ok guys i started thinking if i should actualy do a body lift. i have been hearing some bad stuff about them or at least some people at school have been saying they reck your truck. But they dont even own a car or their parents dont even have a truck. What are the dangerous possibilities of putting a lift on my truck.
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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How can they wreck ur truck all it does is lift the body off the frame a little more thats it. There are not a lot of suspension lifts for our truck(im aware of 2) and they go for about 1,500 so body lift is a cheap efective way to get that extra hight for bigger tires. Apperently those people dont know much about trucks or something. Id say go for it makes a truck look better.
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 04:49 PM
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yea i am i already have it in my garage just got it today i am gonna be putting it on the truck saturday. But i will have to wait like a month or two to get bigger tires. as of right now i will be on the stock tires. Since its a 3 inch lift
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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Take before and after pics everyone on here loves to see pics lol but yes I know how it is with tires I went threw the same thing eariler it was either a lift but had to keep my stock tires for couple months or get a winch well I got the winch lol
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 04:59 PM
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YEa exactly. I am just putting a lift on as of right now. Then in july i might be able to get bigger tires. Because i also have to get to michigan and back. or i might just go to north carolina and then back to florida. But idk how my truck looks as long as i get bigger tires in the future
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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if it has 31s it wont look too silly. but anything smaller will look like poopoo
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 07:23 PM
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yea right now there are not 31 on my truck whatever size is on the stock tire thats the size.
 
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yea right now there are not 31 on my truck whatever size is on the stock tire thats the size.
Well what size is it then? my truck came from the factory with 31's on it.
 
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225/75/16
i believe that is 29 inches
 

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Old May 19, 2010 | 08:39 PM
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I though it was 28 but none the less they are not 31's yeah with that size tire it will look a bit small you can always check craigslist or local paper you can find 31's with half tread for about 2-300 for 4 of them.
 
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