ok i was talking to a friend of mine and he was swearing up and down that if i put a body lift on my tracker that i was going to end up having problems because they're hard on vehicles.  now i've never heard of anyone having any kind of problems with a simple body lift.  suspension lifts yeah due to adding stress to the driveline, cv and such but a body lift?  this guy swears up and down though.  so it kinda had me thinking and worrying a little i guess.  so before i lift my tracker 2" is there any reasons i shouldn't?  someone please ease my mind so i can get some lift on my beast.....

mike

Ive heard this before,

it has to done with the stresse put on the bolt's that hold the cab to the frame.

However most people on this board are running them and have no issues...

now if you got with something extreme on the other hand...well thats different

2-3" are fine. Use good bolts.

~J~

Stick to 3" or less. A body lift done correctly is one of the best and cheapest way to gain tire clearence. We are so limited to suspension lift that this is one of the only options without spending mega bucks and sacrificing streetability.

cool, yup i'm using grade 8 bolts.  thanks guys....

mike

cool, yup i'm using grade 8 bolts.  thanks guys....

  What kind of a 2" body-lift are you putting on that Tracker? Most of the 2" kits use a custom metric "female bolt" that threads onto the stock studs that hang out of the body.

Quote from: milk on May 27, 2006, 12:20:30 PM

cool, yup i'm using grade 8 bolts.  thanks guys....

  What kind of a 2" body-lift are you putting on that Tracker? Most of the 2" kits use a custom metric "female bolt" that threads onto the stock studs that hang out of the body.

Actually, most are those crappy box tube lifts, I only know of one or two of the female bolt types..


me, I disagree, I think body lifts are an absolute last resort and rather........well...... let's just say that on trackicks, I see why folks do them, but I don't have to like it.. lol..

Quote from: Shredder on May 27, 2006, 03:50:17 PM

Quote from: milk on May 27, 2006, 12:20:30 PM

cool, yup i'm using grade 8 bolts.  thanks guys....

  What kind of a 2" body-lift are you putting on that Tracker? Most of the 2" kits use a custom metric "female bolt" that threads onto the stock studs that hang out of the body.

Actually, most are those crappy box tube lifts, I only know of one or two of the female bolt types..

Actually, all 2" body lift for the tracker use female sleave nuts and plastic like blocks. The only "crappy box tube" ones are either Calmini 3", Masterkit1 3" or custom built 3".

oh, then my mistake.   sorry.

well i was going to put on some "crappy" square tube blocks but much to my dismay after i got everything apart and the driver side jacked up i realised that it wasn't going to work without cutting the stock body bolts and i don't want to do that.  so now i'm going to just suck it up and buy a 2" lift from sky offroad design.  thanks though everyone for the help.

mike

well i was going to put on some "crappy" square tube blocks but much to my dismay after i got everything apart and the driver side jacked up i realised that it wasn't going to work without cutting the stock body bolts and i don't want to do that.  so now i'm going to just suck it up and buy a 2" lift from sky offroad design.  thanks though everyone for the help.

mike

You don't need to cut the stock body bolts if you do 3" box tube.

yeah but if i go 3" then i'll have to extend the shifters and the steering and i don't have a welder or anyone that could do it for me  :'(

Go with 2" then, seems to be alot easier 

I put a 3in bl on my 92 tracker(along with 2in jeep spacers)no welding on the steering didnt (but should) extend shifters ,just a little cutting. used original body bolts "made" my body lift using big washers,jacked up vehichle slid on washers(total of 12,on each bolt,i think) welded(at muffler shop)metric nuts on(4in) metal tube that just fit inside of the washers and extended thru the frame then bolted to the frame.much easier than jacking up high enough to fit 3in block,the washers you can slide in as soon as the bolt clears the frame. been running it for 2 years now with no problems cheap and effective. didnt need to do anything to the filler neck of gas tank either. I run 31x 10.50 swampers and have no problems except rubbing on frame at full turn no fancy backspacing or anything either used 15 x 7 rims have enough room for34 x 10.50 as soon as funds are available.

I put a 3in bl on my 92 tracker(along with 2in jeep spacers)no welding on the steering didnt (but should) extend shifters ,just a little cutting. used original body bolts "made" my body lift using big washers,jacked up vehichle slid on washers(total of 12,on each bolt,i think) welded(at muffler shop)metric nuts on(4in) metal tube that just fit inside of the washers and extended thru the frame then bolted to the frame.much easier than jacking up high enough to fit 3in block,the washers you can slide in as soon as the bolt clears the frame. been running it for 2 years now with no problems cheap and effective. didnt need to do anything to the filler neck of gas tank either. I run 31x 10.50 swampers and have no problems except rubbing on frame at full turn no fancy backspacing or anything either used 15 x 7 rims have enough room for34 x 10.50 as soon as funds are available.

hmmm..... now that's not a bad idea...  what size of washers did you use?  i imagine probably around 2" o.d.  and where exactly did you place the washers for the front blocks?  i don't know why but they confuse the hell out of me :\   thanks....

yoak- lol, yeah i know...  ALOT easier right lol