Body lift question
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foxrider56
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im hopefully installing my toytech 1" kit tomorrrow, can you tell me where the diffrent ones go? also how long did it take? and should i spray my bolts with pb blaster like now before i do it to help loosen them up for tomorrow?Here is what the bumper looks like after a 1'' BL.
The side of the body has 3 body bolts, the front has two, and the rear has two.
On the sides the body bolts are a bit strange looking with the toytec BL lift installed. The middle bolt on the side ends up looking like this:
The bushing doesn't actually sit on the frame anymore.
The rear bolt on the side looks fine because it has a double sized bushing:
You get three different sized bolts with this kit. If you end up installing it I can let you know which ones go where.
Thorgan112
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[MENTION=66039]foxrider56[/MENTION] Sorry for the delay, I haven't been on in a few days. If you did not yet do the install, here are a few tips. Definitely spray the bolts with pb blaster if you see some rust, it will just make it easier when loosening them. There are two under the front bumper, two under the rear bumper, and three on each side. You need to take off the front bumper to get to the two body bolts in the front. Then you need to remove the plastic track panels on all the doors. There are ones in the front door, back door, and trunk, and also the plastic cover running up the sides (the part that covers the front seatbelts)- there is a body bolt under that thing. In the trunk area, after you removed the plastic track that runs the span of the back side, it makes it a bit easier if you pop off the trunk side panels a bit as well (you'll see what I mean once you start. Once you removed all the tracking and exposed all the body bolts, go around and loosen all of them. Start by removing one side of the vehicle's body bolts. I suggest to remove all the nuts off one side, but leave the bolts sitting in the holes until ready to switch it out. This will keep the body from shifting (Happened to me, literally a pain to move it back into place). Do one side, bolt by bolt, and then move on to the second side. You have to reuse the washer on the top of the original body bolts, they are a pain in the ass to get off, i had to grind them off.
As far as the sizes, I can't specifically recall what goes where, I believe i used the small ones in the front, and mid sized ones on the first body bolt on the sides, right under the driver and passenger, the ones towards the front. that takes care of four bolts, and then I believe there were 6 long ones left, which i used for the remaining six.
I hope what I said makes sense. Feel free to ask me any other questions, or if something i said didn't make sense let me know.
As far as the sizes, I can't specifically recall what goes where, I believe i used the small ones in the front, and mid sized ones on the first body bolt on the sides, right under the driver and passenger, the ones towards the front. that takes care of four bolts, and then I believe there were 6 long ones left, which i used for the remaining six.
I hope what I said makes sense. Feel free to ask me any other questions, or if something i said didn't make sense let me know.
