appearance after body lift

[Redrig]

on a 1st gen x does alot of the frame and underneath show after a 3in bodylift? i hate the way a s-10 looks if you know what i mean. any pics posted or emailed to me at svt_50@hotmail.com of your x with just a 3in body lift will be greatly appreciated. ive been trying to find pics but im seeing alot of 2nd gens and most have the aal and tt with the body lift i dont know if that affects it. thanks

 

[XplorerKid]

i think the gap is noticable

FYI: on the second gens the aal and tt does not affect the gap between the frame and the body

PEACE

srry i dont and cant think of ne pics

 

[Redrig]

so do you think i could base my judgment on a 2nd gen or do you think the gap would be different on my 94

 

[JGAMBLE]

you're going to have a gap, unless you step up and buy the filler kit.

 

[Hokie]

Or you can use running boards to mask the gap. Once I do my 2" BL I will put on the stock running boards to help short people (my gf ) get back into my truck and to mask the body some. I don't know about the 1 Gen's, but the 2nd Gen's the body actually wraps down around the frame ~ the rockers come down as low as the frame, so you'll have to go a while before the frame is visible. Take a look at Ahhhjaws' ride he's only got a BL. There's a 1st Gen XLT around here with a 3" BL and 32's and you can tell its lifted, but there aren't gaps, the only reason you can tell its lifted is that the front and rear bumpers are pretty ghetto b/c he did a bad job of fabbing stuff.

 

[njsjfonline]

hitch gap

With the Frist Gen X after you lift the body what do you do with the trailer hitch? won't there be a 2 or 3 inch gap?

 

[jasonb]

yeah there is a gap on any vehicle if you BL it and have a hitch. i moved my hitch and it looks much better.
surprisingly though.. it didn't look bad before hand.

 

[ahhjaws]

Here's what the BL will look like:

And here is what the hitch will look like. It's not that bad and keeps me from hitting my bumper, but I will be getting someone to make it higher sometime.

 

[njsjfonline]

Thanks

The picture of the rear did not work. but i was able to see it in your photo album
Thanks

 

[ahhjaws]

Yeah, I forgot the link to the other pic of the rear, so it didn't work. You can go to my website also for more pics of everything.

 

[CodePoet]

aah, is the body lift all you have on yours? I'm about to lift my 93 enough to put 31's on it and i've been going back an forth between a 2 inch suspension lift or a 2-3 inch body lift is yours 2 or 3?

nj you can get "lift lips" from
they are supposed to cover the gap between your frame rails and body their only $65 bucks so if your concerned you can do that (or just make some yourself). If i put a bodylift on my i'm going to do that cause I don't want to see the gap either.

 

[njsjfonline]

i have 31X10.5X15 already on my truck with out any lift.
here's some pictures of my tires and stuff
http://sjfonline.com/ford.htm

 

[ahhjaws]

I just have a 3" BL with 31's. Hope that helps.