ORD's 1" body lift and body mounts

[shanemcg45]

Has anyone here installed Off-Road Designs 1" body lift and new body mounts? I'm rebuilding my 85 K5 from the ground up and swapped out the tires and wheels with 33x12.50x15's on 15x10's. I'm getting some rubbing when I turn now. I'm going to do a 4" suspension lift in a month or so, but am hoping the 1" body lift will be a quick fix for the time being. Is there anything special I need to know before putting on the body lift? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[highrlr]

Spray everything with a good penatrating oil well before you do it, and I mean soak everything! Do everything on the suspension also if your putting a lift in too! Even after that have a angle grinder and a sawzall with lots of blades on hand! The 1" wont give you that much clearance but its a good upgrade since all the stock hardware and mounts on my '89 were so rusted it was kinda scary, the 4 bolts in the rear were rusted real thin! and the rest of the truk isnt rusty at all! Oh and you may have to drop your gas tank to gain access to the two rear most bolts, I had too, I also replaced the fuel pump while it was out since it was easy to do at that time. Oh and disconnect the spring for the rear tailgate, I skipped this part, but it woulda been MUCH easier if I had, couldnt figure out why the rear of the body wouldnt lift , haha!

 

[2Dogs]

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