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Unread 03-22-2009, 08:31 AM
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Another topic about Tacoma lifts besides just tires is the body lift. On a lot of Chevy and Ford trucks it's like overkill. I see a lot of people removing body lifts from their full size trucks. They either get tired of them or they just bought them and they want it back to reasonaly height to get in and out of it. It gets old jumping into a lifted truck. A suspension lift is a great height but a bodylift is just too much.

BUT on a Toyota it's a must! For any tire clearance you have to have it. They are so low from the factory they are easily over towered by full sized trucks in traffic. Instead of shelling out $550 or whatever a body lift costs I just made my own. Here is an awesome write up from a guy who made his own Tacoma lift as well. He covers body lifts on older Toyotas too. A crucial part of the body lift is the steering shaft extension. If you have a mill it's not problem. I'm sure someone should be selling them on their own by now.

Toyota Tacoma body lift fabrication, do it yourself:
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/ForSale/...ft_HowTo.shtml
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