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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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I'm wandering the same way. What lift u running and tires?
I just bought a set of 37x13.50 Toyo Mud terrains, after body lift I will have 11", thinking 39's....Not sure, will have to re-gear again then. I think this is the last bit of money I am going to be putting into this truck, don't drive it enough to justify...
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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Yea I hear ya. I'm rolling with 10.5 of lift and don't know if I wanna run 38's now or get a 3" body lift and run 40's
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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Yea I hear ya. I'm rolling with 10.5 of lift and don't know if I wanna run 38's now or get a 3" body lift and run 40's
I can tell you now, if you are even thinking about it get the body and go with 40's, you will regret if otherwise. I just bought 37's a month ago, I was tedering on getting a body lift at the time and going with 39's but said I did not want a body lift. Now I am going with a body lift and will more than likely get a set of 39's....

As far as the body lift goes, This afternoon I ripped all of the plastic out of the interior, took both bumpers off, broke loose all of the body bolts, removed the transfer case shifter and welded in an extension and did all the prep work up to raising the body. I spent about 2 hours doing all of that, probably have about 5 hours of work left to compete everything when the kit shows up later this week. Will post photo's later.
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 09:59 PM
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Yea I'm in the same boat about body lift lol. First a said I wouldn't ever get one now I wanna go bigger! First I had my level with 35's now I have 10.5 with brand new 35's and just trying to decide on bl if I wanna run 40's. But I drive my truck everyday
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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Yea I'm in the same boat about body lift lol. First a said I wouldn't ever get one now I wanna go bigger! First I had my level with 35's now I have 10.5 with brand new 35's and just trying to decide on bl if I wanna run 40's. But I drive my truck everyday
You better plan on a set of 4.88's with 40's, I think that there is a company that makes a set of 5.18's now for our trucks...39's are probably what I am going to go with but I only put a little over a 1,000 miles a year on the truck....
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 11:24 PM
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Yes that's what it shows and trust me I tried and tried ended up having to take them all the way out and we even tried pressing them out with a 20000 lb press so we just heated rubber up with a torch and the bolts just slid right out with a tap of a hammer started at 7 fri ended at 12 sat non stop no breaks and I've dne many suspension lifts and this body lift is twice as aggravating
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 11:27 PM
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Yes that's what it shows and trust me I tried and tried ended up having to take them all the way out and we even tried pressing them out with a 20000 lb press so we just heated rubber up with a torch and the bolts just slid right out with a tap of a hammer started at 7 fri ended at 12 sat non stop no breaks and I've dne many suspension lifts and this body lift is twice as aggravating
Which cab bolts are you talking about, all of them?
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Old Jul 8, 2012 | 11:49 PM
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Just the press fitted ones theres three
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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Just the press fitted ones theres three

I have a regular cab, I think I only have two like that....
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by toole05
Yes that's what it shows and trust me I tried and tried ended up having to take them all the way out and we even tried pressing them out with a 20000 lb press so we just heated rubber up with a torch and the bolts just slid right out with a tap of a hammer started at 7 fri ended at 12 sat non stop no breaks and I've dne many suspension lifts and this body lift is twice as aggravating

So what you are saying is just save myself the aggravation and remove the entire unit, heat it a little to get them removed...Right???
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