Body lifts

Mxman70 · Post by **Mxman70** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:37 am

Is ther anyone who sells body lifts or do I have to make my own? I've been searching around the internet but can't seem to find any info.
Thanks,
Pat

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:30 pm

All of the Mail order places have them... Larry's Offroad, CIP etc.

Bob Ingman had a cool plan on the thing/181 forum about making a "wedge lift"

T.

Jerry D · Post by **Jerry D** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:14 pm

I hope this helps..

Jerry....

MNAirHead · Post by **MNAirHead** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:32 pm

forgot to offer... I have a lift kit sitting on the floor... I could trace the front/rears for you if interested.

Mxman70 · Post by **Mxman70** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:11 pm

OK. I found suppliers for the lift. To any one who has installed one. What is involved. I'm sure the heater channels and body sheet metal have to be in top notch condition. Are they bolted on or welded?
Pat

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:33 pm

They are bolted on, You unbolt all the bolts under the heater channels, bottom of pan and theres some up front and in the rear. Then slowly jack up each part of the pan. If you have 2 or more people its much easier but I did mine by myself. Dont forget to disconnect your tranny ground strap or it will get ripped off, I did that, oops. There are 2 things that are a problem though, You have to disconnect your steering wheel at the donut and cut a oval shape into the firewall so your steering wheel shaft can be raised up and the stock seats do not fit anymore. I had to litterally smash my heater channels in with a hammer but later on I switch out to prp seat anyway. overall its not that hard. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:35 pm

Also the 3" lift comes with plastic spacers that go between the front clip and the body, they simply bolt on with the nuts and bolts that come with the kit. Mine was balljoint but linkpin may be similar.

RyanB · Post by **RyanB** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:34 am

Resurrecting this thread. I possibly need to look into a lift kit. Has anyone purchased one? i'd fab my own up but not sure if i'll have the time to do that.

I need to get some clearance under the rear wheel wells for my suspension.

allsierra123 · Post by **allsierra123** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:40 pm

looks like a good idea.I have considered it as well.But I ended up thinking it wasnt as strong as it needed to be.Most that I have seen are made of some pretty flimsy stuff.

Post by **david58** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:52 pm

allsierra123 wrote:looks like a good idea.I have considered it as well.But I ended up thinking it wasnt as strong as it needed to be.Most that I have seen are made of some pretty flimsy stuff.

I am using the sides and back piece on the one I bought I modified the front firewall so I wouldn't have to use the cast piece that came with the kit. I think that the kit could be made stronger, but seriously the kit is as strong as the heater channels themselves. I will be adding tree bars into the tunnel thru the kit to mount the cage to so it shouldn't be a big deal. The tree bars will stiffen it up.

RyanB · Post by **RyanB** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:00 pm

David58bug,

Where did you get yours? I'm kinda looking for a recomendation of where to buy one.

CopperBaja · Post by **CopperBaja** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:48 pm

I bought mine used.

It's a used Up Yer Bug, when they were located in Lakeside, CA.

CopperBaja · Post by **CopperBaja** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:49 pm

Forgot....

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Post by **david58** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:55 pm

I bought mine used too and it is a Up Your Bug also.

Ol'fogasaurus · Post by **Ol'fogasaurus** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:09 pm

The body lift that are most widely available are made from a thin, light weight material (I haven't heard of the cast front cross-piece body lift kit for years. I didn't know they still made them). As long as you don't mount your cage on it should will work. If it is a glass buggy, the fiberglass is not really enough to give the outer rim of the pan any support. Fish plating and local boxing is probably not enough if your cage is to mounted on top of the outer rim or you are relying on the lift for structure.

Since a bug uses the body for pan support, putting the lift in a Baja should be strong enough depending on how the cage is mounted (see above).

I am building a body lift from scratch and Leatherneck posted some of the pictures if you are interested.