Pics of RB BL and Sliderz installed
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Pics of RB BL and Sliderz installed
I finally got around to getting pics on the web of my truck with the 1.5" RB BL and Sliderz installed. Things have been a little crazy with having a baby and all (see https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f5/its-girl-35320/).
Anyway, the install of the body lift went pretty smoothly. I did run into 2 minor complications of note. With the 5spd, after the BL was installed I couldn't shift into reverse and it wouldn't stay in 2nd or 4th. This was due to the stick shift hitting the metal plate that holds the shift boots in place. This issue was resolved with some trimming of the plate. The second issue was that after the body lift the e-brake was very tight. It was hard to tell whether it was actually engaging the brake at all, but this was easily resolved by loosening the cable at the e-brake assembly. Without doing this it may have caused some wear on the rear brakes.
I modified the TJM bumper to close the gap between the bumper and the body. I did this by elongating the holes in the bumper to allow it to move higher. As it sits now there is about a .75" gap between the bumper and body which is quite acceptable in my book.
The sliderz were bolted on with self-threading bolts. Other than the amount of work required to attach them this way, everything went smoothly.
Now on to the pics.
Before:
After:
I have since made gap guards to cover all of the gaps that were a result of the body lift. The install looks very clean. Now I just have to get my 285/75/16s mounted up.
Anyway, the install of the body lift went pretty smoothly. I did run into 2 minor complications of note. With the 5spd, after the BL was installed I couldn't shift into reverse and it wouldn't stay in 2nd or 4th. This was due to the stick shift hitting the metal plate that holds the shift boots in place. This issue was resolved with some trimming of the plate. The second issue was that after the body lift the e-brake was very tight. It was hard to tell whether it was actually engaging the brake at all, but this was easily resolved by loosening the cable at the e-brake assembly. Without doing this it may have caused some wear on the rear brakes.
I modified the TJM bumper to close the gap between the bumper and the body. I did this by elongating the holes in the bumper to allow it to move higher. As it sits now there is about a .75" gap between the bumper and body which is quite acceptable in my book.
The sliderz were bolted on with self-threading bolts. Other than the amount of work required to attach them this way, everything went smoothly.
Now on to the pics.
Before:
After:
I have since made gap guards to cover all of the gaps that were a result of the body lift. The install looks very clean. Now I just have to get my 285/75/16s mounted up.
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Originally Posted by 914runner
Lookin good! Are you going to raise the front bumper?
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Originally Posted by MellamoPOUND
Nice runna! How was the 1.5" body lift instalation?
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Originally Posted by <96 Runner>
That looks great. Those sliders look beefy!
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