Body lift done, got some info for you...

[Explodersport]

Alright, I did my body lift on friday, finished the bumpers on saturday morning, drove it sat. night and today to make sure everything was bolted on well and in working order. I used the summit body lift 78-883 something like that, instead of the PA 883 lift kit. It was $30 cheaper and as far as I can tell, was just a relabeled PA kit. All the parts were exactly the same and even the loc-tite said PA on the bottle. Anyone else interested in doing a lift for the 98-00 should look at this kit, I was very impressed with it.
I fab-ed up my own radiator mounts with the leftover bed lift blocks and the rubber grommet from the original radiator support. It is very sturdy and very nice. I love the way it turned out. I might be able to get pics if anyone is interested. I got a few leftover lifting blocks, bed lifting blocks, the bumper brackets(front and rear), and misc. bolts and other crap from the kit, if anyone needs anything lemme know, I dont think I will need much of this stuff. Also, the write ups on here wer extremely helpful, you guys are awesome.

 

[bmxking5]

Cool. What size tires are going on it?

 

[Explodersport]

was thinking 33 geolanders M/Ts. Havent fully decided yet. Either that or procomp of BF MTs. I want to stick with the stock rims so should I get wheel spacers to get my tires out to the sides a little or will the new tires take care of that? Was thinking 305/70R16 which are 32.8"...

 

[ExplorerDMB]

Cool info. Glad it worked out well for you.

-Drew

 

[SKIN]

i just did a lift on my 96' sport... used a ranger kit gave me 3" tryin to suspension next any ideas?? i head you can throw the axle under the leaf.... giving you 5 and a half or so inches

 

[Explodersport]

eh, you get more like 4 inches. If I were you, I would get a 4dr leaf pack instead of using the mono leaf that is stock on the sport before doing the SOA conversion, but thats just my opinion. The stock mono is a little soft and you will get a lot of torque twist (cant remember the name) under accelleration. My next step is getting my tire selection in order, then I think I will be done, might go bigger, but I doubt it at this point. I am happy with my setup, but I also have Shackles and TT.