so are body lift pucks bad, I could see how hey could pose more of a problem than complete poly replacements, like from daystar. also i could see they wouldn't really work if you had old torn rubber bushings, but i just replaced mine with new ply ones 6 months ago, and now i want a 1" bl for a cj7, can i do pucks or for 20 dollars more should i do complete replacement bushings?
Pucks arent that bad, thats what most body lifts use. I dont know how much $20 is worth to you but personaly I would just use pucks ***.
You should start a buildup thread for your truck and put all your questions in there to keep the board from getting clutered up.
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can you buy a 1" body lift? Usually you have to cut down 3" ones. Hockey pucks are the ticket, I'd give you some but I don't think I'll be back in town before new years
Originally Posted by Shaggy
Yes you can buy a 1" body lift for a jeep, or in his case a joop.
I don't think its the pucks that are the problem. More the height of the lift.
what do you mean by joop?
What's stamped in the side of the body, in front of the door, with ee painted over the oo.
true i did notice that, but isn't it the same with the cj-8?
Not before 84.
I've changed my attitude toward body lifts, horrible idea
lets throw a spacer between the chassis and body. great idea.
cut the tub if you need tire clearance that bad, but only cut the tub if its a POS
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why? The body doesn't put much force on the frame, especially a jeep tub.
what about during breaking and accelerating and turning corners?
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not much weight = not much inertia. Have you ever heard of a vehicle losing its body on the highway because it had a body lift and the body mount bolts snapped? hell half the wranglers on the road probably have a 3" body lift
I've heard of several shearing all of the mounting bolts during low speed collisions.
but step out of the "it should work" way of thinking and ask yourself is it a good idea to shim the body from the chassis of a vehicle?
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I'm with flem on this. 4Wheelparts won't even install suspension lifts on vehicles with body lifts and vice versa. A few years back they were sued because a vehicle with a body lift and suspension lift wrecked and the body came off the chassis.
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do a small body lift, then tie the body and frame together with a cage, problem solved. I don't care for bodylifts, but decided to do a 2 inch one on the 4runner so I can run flatter, more flexy sping packs, and do a drivetrain lift without having to butcher the floorboard. Granted, toys have fully boxed frames, and very little frame flex, and I went with a better body lift with heavier hardware than stock, but I don't think it will be a problem
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