Body Lift

[jeepxj2007]

Why are the body lift kits so much compared to just buying the body lift blocks individually and buying the hardware? I have several industrial fastener supply stores by me, who usually sell to large chemical companies around here and other industries, but have high quality hard to find and common fasteners. I can get all the needed bolts, gr 8, or if they are metric 10.8, washers, for under 15, and I can get the body pucks for 2.50 a piece...what else would I need, I don't want nothing stupidly large like a 3" I want a 2" or less, preferably just a 1" is there anything wrong with cutting a 2" down to 1" if that is all I can find? Is there anything else I am forgetting, I don't see why the kits need to be $100+ when I can get the same stuff for much less. Also do the factory body bushings need to go back in, or be left out when I add the lift blocks? I think it looks ugly, and I bought a ranger with the body lift and they are still in, and it looks retarded to me, but I didn't know if they did it to cushion the cab some.

 

[pwrranger88]

yeah you have to leave the cab bushings in. when i did my 1 inch body lift for 43$ and i replaced my cab bushings with polyurethane ones from summit while i had it apart and it was a huge improvement in ride quality and they only cost 60$ for the whole set

 

[jeepxj2007]

I was thinking of getting the poly ones also, I seen they weren't too expensive. My rubber ones are all cracked, might as well change them when I do the new mounts and b.l.

 

[pwrranger88]

heres the link to where i got my one inch blocks for the body lift https://www.shopatron.com/products/productdetail/part_number=BB01/706.2.2477.0.0.0.0

 

[Beefy'sB2300]

Does anyone know what size bolts i would need to do a 2" BL by putting it together myself? or any information about relocating the bumpers, steering extensions, and shifter extensions? Maybe not needed if only 2" any help would be appreciated. thanks

 

[REDRUM]

This one inch body lift sounds good to me. Does anybody have the bolt sizes/lengths needed for this?

There was a thread on this before, but i couldn't find it.