You guys might be able to help me out. I plan on doing alot of what this guy did but instead of a body lift, im doina 2" suspension lift. Dumb question but would i be able to do that in my driveway? i dont want to pay some shop to out it on, i would like to do it myself. An once i had that on i was gonna put on a lil bit smaller of a shackle on there an lift the front. I plan to put either 30's or 31's also.

 

tjwiens - which suspension lift are you doing, and im not quite sure what your getting at with smaller shackles?

 

http://www.roughcountry.com/chevy_4wd_s10.html

Plannin on this one. Dont they make like 1" shackles?

 

that lift kit is a waste of money in my opinion, the torsion keys let you over crank the torsion bars, and why would you buy the 2" lift kit then buy a 1" shackles and make it smaller? that lift comes with 2" shackles, also if your looking for 1" of lift, then crank the stock torsion bars a few turns untill you get about an inch and just put 1" shackles on. for nearly a 1/4 of the price of the rough country kit.

 

I still want the 2" lift, just kinda huntin around, an to me a suspension lift seems like it would be alot easier to install than a body lift.

 

well if you want a 2" suspension lift, then torsion bars or shackles have nothing to do with a body lift. Just go to Synergyoffroad.com and buy 2" lift shackles and crank your stock torsion bars untill you about 1.5-2" of lift.By doing so you accomplish a 2" lift for lets says 70$ with shipping and all rather than the 400 whatever the rough country one is. Just trying to save you some money.

 

thanks man what year blazer do you have?

P.S. Do you have to take the front wheels of to get at the torsion bars?

 

95

 

It looks awesome!!! How long did it take you to put on the body lift?

 

a few days with school and whatnot, but if i sat and did it in one day 5-8hoursmax 4 at the least.