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Old 01-07-2010, 05:56 PM
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I did lay my bronco on its side, wasnt all the way over but im sure if it was gonna shift it would have then.
 
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Old 01-07-2010, 08:57 PM
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I'm glad they worked ok for y'all
 
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Old 01-08-2010, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by RSWORDS
Again guys, have y'all wrecked these trucks? And rear ending a car is not really a hard hit when it comes to accidents, run up in the woods, and roll it over, I have seen plenty of BL trucks come apart in accidents.
true, but for the most part the force of the impact was on the frame.

rolled it? no run up into the woods, yes! and heavy ruts, smacking into hard dirt etc.. I wheel that truck hard and it's taken some pretty damaging hits to front end components from speed/terrain.

I still stand by my personal opinion that as long as the mounts on the frame and body are good you won't have any issues if it's installed properly and rechecked after time. If you slam into something hard enough to rip all those mounts out of a solid vehicle you have other issues haha

it's a never ending argument, right up there with coke or pepsi
 
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Old 01-20-2010, 06:21 PM
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Again, the pics seem to indicate a high speed impact, with an improperly installed body lift. I've seen vehicles in wrecks with bls on them, and nothing shifted, I've ran bls on many of my 4 wheelers, and never had an issue with them, and had buddies run them, that wheeled their trucks a lot harder, and never had an issue with them either, I think it's all in how its installed, and whether the owner goes back and checks them, like their supposed to.
 
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Old 01-20-2010, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dennhop
Again, the pics seem to indicate a high speed impact, with an improperly installed body lift. I've seen vehicles in wrecks with bls on them, and nothing shifted, I've ran bls on many of my 4 wheelers, and never had an issue with them, and had buddies run them, that wheeled their trucks a lot harder, and never had an issue with them either, I think it's all in how its installed, and whether the owner goes back and checks them, like their supposed to.
A high speed wreck is when I want the body to stay on my truck... would not be as big a deal if it fell off hitting a pot hole at 5mph...
 
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Old 01-20-2010, 11:47 PM
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I thought that was how you're supposed to get to those hard to reach parts on the engine LOL
Reminds me of a truck I was going to buy, untill I saw that it had a 4" body lift using hockey pucks and 4x4 wood blocks, F*CK THAT. he wanted 2500 for it.
 
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Old 02-04-2010, 06:51 PM
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dang, i thought about all the consequences possible when i put a 3" on my old truck, so i went ahead and welded extra tubing between the frame and body/bed. Flipped my truck about a year later but, the body DID stay on.
 
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Old 02-24-2010, 01:14 AM
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i want to know how a body lift can shift
 
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Old 05-02-2010, 01:41 AM
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Body lift is for minor improvements in lift height...anyone tells you a 3 or 4 or 6 inch body lift is ok smack em right in the mouth is my opinion.. If you can't afford the suspension learn to save up you money and do it right
 
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Old 05-02-2010, 02:08 AM
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i dislike body lifts
 


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