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Old 06-18-2008, 01:11 PM
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What's the difference? Which is better, if either is?
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 02:04 PM
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You're a super member and you ask this?

Tsk tsk tsk... WTF Moose? I expect n00bs to do that...









CoughSuspensioncough....
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 04:41 PM
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Sneezecoughsneeze. Ya think! What I want to know(not being a lift expert) is there any reason to get a body lift? The question was to see if anyone has a legit reason for a body lift over suspension. I should have asked it that way, but I didn't want to influence opinions. Don't body lifts look strange with everything hanging down?
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 05:04 PM
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In the interest of not being mistaken for a flaming homosexual, people opt for the suspension lift.

Body lift accomplishes nothing, aside from making your truck appear taller, and makes the bumpers look too low.

 
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Old 06-18-2008, 08:16 PM
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Body lift lift is a easy and cheaper way. We talked before about people using hockey pucks to do a body lift.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 09:23 PM
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Body lifts are strickly for looks. not at all the way to go.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 09:29 PM
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A hockey puck would work. I wouldn't do it, but they'd work.
 
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Old 06-19-2008, 05:14 AM
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I had a friend who actually did the hockey puck lift on his blazer
 
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:43 AM
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Body lift will do nothing more than prevent premature front end component wear as nothing changes on the suspension. You also don't have to worry about replacing expensive aftermarket suspension components when they wear out. But other than that the suspension lift will make the truck ride better, look better and it actually lifts the truck off the pavement more which (in my mind) is the sole purpose of a lift.
 
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Old 06-19-2008, 08:47 AM
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i wonder how many hockey pucks you could use before it fell over....
 


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