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Old May 13, 2013 | 11:39 AM
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Considering buying a body lift for my 2004 lariat, can anybody give me suggestions on which brand, size I should look at? Can I have a leveling and a body lift? Put up pictures of yours if you have a body lift
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Old May 13, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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I would also like to no if u can run a level And a body lift. I currently hav a 2" level on my 2004 fx4.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 01:56 PM
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Yes you can have both. As far as what brand I'm not too sure. PA body lifts have always sounded good to me. I've only had one truck with a body lift and I'm not sure what brand it was. It was already on there when I bought it but that was about the only part of that truck (97 gmc Sierra) that never have me problems!
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Old May 13, 2013 | 03:29 PM
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If I have a 3 inch body lift will my frame and my trucks guts be very visible? I've heard that its not to bad with only a 3 inch
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Old May 13, 2013 | 04:02 PM
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I wouldn't go any higher than a 3"... Do you have steps/running boards? That area is normally where the frame can be seen the most and steps really help cover that up. I don't know how bad it is on these trucks but on the obs chevies it was really bad! The steps made it hardly visible though!

Just make sure if you do it to do it right! Gap guards, all the relocation brackets, and might as well paint the frame and everything since it will be more visible.
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Old May 13, 2013 | 04:32 PM
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Don't hear much about body lifts any more....10 years ago it was all the rage to do a cheap 2" lift and 2" body lift on Fords for a quick and easy 4" of clearance.
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Old May 15, 2013 | 12:31 PM
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Do u have to have an alignment after the body lift?
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Old May 15, 2013 | 12:42 PM
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Nope
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Old May 16, 2013 | 09:54 AM
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Nope. That's a reason why some people like body lifts. All it does is lift the body up off of the frame. Leaving all the suspension geometry the same.
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Old May 16, 2013 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by WVXC450R
Nope. That's a reason why some people like body lifts. All it does is lift the body up off of the frame. Leaving all the suspension geometry the same.
Thank you very much! I was also wondering, I have a ranch hand brush guard on my truck as you can see in my picture, I was wondering if with a 3 inch body lift I would need to move the brush guard or take it off completely since it's mounted to the frame? Or do they make brackets that I can move it with?
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