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First post here. I searched around online and couldn’t find anyone with the same problem.
Body mounts are off but there is a bigger issue I haven’t seen anybody talk about. The body has seemed to break off the mounts and are not connected at all in some places. I am just curious as to my options or the best way to fix this.
Looks to me like you have a body lift. Not seeing anywhere broken.
I hope that’s the case. But where I’m talking about is the body that the mounts connect to, the body is cracked and broken. Some mounts aren’t even connected to the body. You can see the cracks on the body/sections painted blue. Not the frame. Specifically the 1st and 2nd picture are broken There is a big gap here this is the worst one where it’s not connected to the body at all
thats what I was afraid of. Might get a quote from a body shop in the coming week then. I think welding/pieces may need to be fabbed up, I couldn’t find any sellers for replacement panel type pieces or even body mounts
I think you'll also want to understand why they broke out like that.
theres a dent in the rear quarter panel I think it was from that. Probably shifted the whole body off. The frame still looks good but that’s just eyeballing it. It sat in the desert for like 15 years and doesn’t have hardly any rust. I’m a new owner.
do you guys think this is fixable or too much of an issue?
Last edited by Shanethamayne; 02-14-2021 at 05:55 PM.
theres a dent in the rear quarter panel I think it was from that. Probably shifted the whole body off. The frame still looks good but that’s just eyeballing it. It sat in the desert for like 15 years and doesn’t have hardly any rust. I’m a new owner.
do you guys think this is fixable or too much of an issue?
shouldn't be a hard fix... it's not like the body is going to fly off the frame, but if the rig is fairly nice I'd say fix it...
get a couple of quotes and a few recommendations for a good welder.
Wow wish I woulda seen that post. Same situation I bought the truck and without looking thoroughly enough I found all this out later.
hopefully it’s not too bad I would just remove the body lift altogether given the chance. I’m still daily driving it so hopefully that doesn’t happen to me!!!
Remove the body lift junk...
someone can jack the body back up and fab pieces to weld to the body to bolt back to the frame... it doesn't look difficult to me. The truck looks nice, this isn't a big deal. But, it usually isn't when it's somebody else's issue.
Yeah, A bang to the 1/4 panel didn't do that. My guess is the suspension is so stiff that all the engine/powertrain/road vibration is getting directed right to the body. Usually beats up the tires pretty good, too.
02-14-2021, 11:47 AM
