what should i use?
 

hey guys/ gals, im gonna be making a body lift pretty soon, and i was wondering what diameter square tubing should i use? i also was wondering how many blocks do i need to make? thanks

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As for your question. What are you using the square tubing for? Are you fabing your own body lift? If do you'll want solid blocks, not tubes...

i was wondering about the square tubing deal as well.............

tell us your thoughts/plan.

For all those who may have misread ^ ..

Like previously stated, use solid blocks as they won't collapse over time with stress.. Or just buy a body lift kit and then do the installation. As far as I know the kits tend to be fairly inexpensive and easy to install..

three things tell me you should go buy a body lift.
1. you plan on using square tubing
2. you dont seem to know that a bl on one of these requires more than just body mount spacers.
3. you dont even know how many body mounts there are.

save yourself a headache and spring the $150 for a kit.

but if your hell bent to DIY, there are 12 body moounts, 2 front bumper mounts, relocating rear bumper brackets, spacing the radiator shroud, moving the 4x4 actuator, lengthening a ground wire, and unfastening the brake lines from the frame in specific locations.

good luck

i want to build a bl because i dont have VERY LITTLE $, i only make enough for my insurance and gas. I mean if anybody wants to send me one as a late xmas present, thats fine, but if not i would just prefer you to give me some ideas and not really shoot me down.:icon_no:

* i have very little $

i think the body blocks are 2 1/2 or 3 in diameter round, 2 inches high. the front bumper mounts are going to need to be 2 in square tubing.

here is the instructions for the body lift. i think there are picture in it so you can get a better idea of what your getting into.

http://www.performanceaccessories.co...ctions/152.pdf

thanks
 

thank you jsmz, i have pipe too, as well as that dia. rod, so that'll work. I was wondering what the bumper mounts are for, i am also fabbing a new front bumper, is its a matter of clearance or something else? Thanks for everything

the bumpers are mounted to the frame separate from the body. i suppose you dont have to move them up, but youll have a gap the size of your lift blocks between the grill and bumper if not.

i don't think we misread what he posted (at least i know i didn't), we were just wondering why he was gonna use square tubing instead of something solid.

if he really is short on cash, and is insistant on having a BL on his truck, go with the hockey pucks. we did it to a friends Blazer ('cause he was too cheap), and it survived for 5 or 6 years, no prblems.

and green w/ nv, you really need to do the bumper brackets for a couple of reasons.

1) the gaps are gonna look............dumb (nicest word i could think of)
2) the rear is gonna look gay-your bumper is gonna stay @ frame level, but your end caps are gonna follow the body.