Is there a downside to a body lift?
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Just a quick heads up/side note, since some of you have body lifts and others will be getting one, you might want to check out this thread where you can win some free OR-Fab products just for showing your body lifted Jeep. Even if its stacked with a suspension.
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/spon...bumper-249767/
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/spon...bumper-249767/
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JK Junkie
Just a quick heads up/side note, since some of you have body lifts and others will be getting one, you might want to check out this thread where you can win some free OR-Fab products just for showing your body lifted Jeep. Even if its stacked with a suspension.
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/spon...bumper-249767/
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/spon...bumper-249767/
#23
JK Freak
There's nothing wrong with adding a quality body lift. If you're looking to run larger tires without a suspension lift it's a perfectly fine and inexpensive way to go. I put a Rough Country 1.25" body lift and flat fenders on my Rubicon JKU so I could run 35" tires and it works very well. I chose the Rough Country lift because I liked the design of their spacers best (mounting method and contact area).
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Like what others mentioned, a good quality body lift is another avenue to add another 1" without having to touch your suspension. I ran one on my '08 and never had any issues. The only downside I can think of is if you plan on running a snorkel in the future. I wonder if there will be any fitment issues with the BL
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A body lift is like stuffing socks in a bra. Might look tempting from 20 feet away but completely useless hands on.
There is no reasonable benefit from using this approach. I wouldn't even say yes for a chromed out bling bling mall crawler
There is no reasonable benefit from using this approach. I wouldn't even say yes for a chromed out bling bling mall crawler
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I put a 1" body on for two reasons one was a geometry with a rubicon 3 1/2 super-flex instead of a 4 1/2 needing driveshaft right away and two I pulled my carpet and to get my floor cooler.