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Old 02-16-2009, 08:07 PM
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Ok I will try to roll a few questions into one so please bare with me. I am looking at doing a 2" Body Lift with 31" tires and I have the following questions.

Who is a reputable online dealer with a good price to purchase from.
Would a 2" Body Lift with fender trimming (I assume I could find some new flares to make it look clean) possibly fit 33's
What would be a good size wheel/tire combo if I go with the 31" I do want them to stick out (for lack of a more technical term) more than the factory.
I would love to get more than the 2" inches out of it but the suspension lifts are a little too steep for my shallow pockets.
Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I do realize that some of these items are somewhat covered in other posts but I still didnt see exactly what I wanted.

Thank you all so much for your time.

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Also has anyone came up with a good reason yet not to go with the 2" BL and the 2" Suspension lift? (2+2)
 
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Old 02-16-2009, 08:40 PM
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I got mine here.

http://www.gardenstatemotorsports.co...categoryId=118

This is a good company too.

http://www.shop.synergyoffroad.com/c...c?categoryId=4
Both of these sites are run by Blazer owners.

Of course Summit is alsoa good company too.

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...115+4294918515
 
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Also has anyone came up with a good reason yet not to go with the 2" BL and the 2" Suspension lift? (2+2)
Body lifts are great but the 2" suspension lifts are nothing more than glorified torsion bar tweak lifts that will allow you to overcrank the torsion bars putting extra stress on ball joints and cv joints. You can crank your torsion bars without spending a dime. Up to 1.5" torsion bar tweak shouldn't cause too much wear, beyond that you'll be replacing parts frequently.

31x10.5/15 is a perfect size on the factory rims. Larger tires will require a fair bit of front fender trimming. 33's are really too big unless you install a 5 or 6" supsension lift and trim the fenders. The more you offset the tires(out of the fender) the more you'll have to trim. If you just want the tires to come out to the edge of of the fender lip run a set of 2" wheel spacer adapters in the rear and 1" spacers in the front (with 31's on factory rims).
If you want aftermarket rims you won't need spacers because the rims will offset the tires more than enough to protrude.
 
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There will be no trimming involved with 33s on only 2' of lift. It will be chopping and hacking
 
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a2" body lift with 31s will be fine. I recentlyborroweda set of 33s and quickly found out that I would need a sawzall in order to actually go offroad and steer at the same time.
 
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