Bought my BL
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Bought my BL
I finally got around to buying my BL that I've been talking about for so long, lol. I'll be running about 11.5" lift total in the front and 10" in the back.
Few questions though, I was told there were only 2 body mounts in the cab of the truck, but after I looked it looks like there maybe 4, is that correct?
Also for those who did install body lifts in the past, what was the MOST difficult part to you?
I know this has probably been asked before, but i'm on my phone and it's too hard to search on the site from it, sorry.
Few questions though, I was told there were only 2 body mounts in the cab of the truck, but after I looked it looks like there maybe 4, is that correct?
Also for those who did install body lifts in the past, what was the MOST difficult part to you?
I know this has probably been asked before, but i'm on my phone and it's too hard to search on the site from it, sorry.
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If your trucks an extended cab there should be 6 mounts. one at each side at the front you can get to by pulling back the carpet and removing a plug in the floor, two behind the rear seat and two between the seats youll either have to tear apart the interior to get at or cut some slits in the carpet. As long as the bolts are siezed to bad it shouldnt be too difficult
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If your trucks an extended cab there should be 6 mounts. one at each side at the front you can get to by pulling back the carpet and removing a plug in the floor, two behind the rear seat and two between the seats youll either have to tear apart the interior to get at or cut some slits in the carpet. As long as the bolts are siezed to bad it shouldnt be too difficult
Heres all the mounts:
2 core support mounts infront of each front tire
2 mounts up front (1 infront of drivers seat and 1 infront of passenger)
2 mounts behind the front seats. i cut a small round hole in my carpet to get to the bolts and just put the small piece i cut out back in.
2 mounts at the very back of the cab. just reach back and pull the carpet up, there is no need to remove the rear fold down seat.
6 bed bolts (depending on bed length). easy to find.
hardest parts during my install:
-Had one of the core support mount bolts seize up inside the small metal cone that needs to be drilled out to fit the new body mount bolts. we ended up cutting a small amount of the cone off.
-All bed bolts had to be torched. Power tools will not help you with getting these out. power tools did not help much.
-Re-aligning the bed to the cab.
install is pretty easy. especially with an extra guy or two to lend a hand. i had my brother and friend help out. it really paid off when it came to lifting the bed. we ended up lifting the whole bed off the frame while one guy put all the blocks down.