[redline562]

i agree tire clearance is a must when your jeepin.

[HipCheck_1]

Originally Posted by Unlimited04

you really think DOT is that smart? thats a lot more credit than they deserve - the government isn't that smart, efficient or knowledgable. they only put up a stop light after people die and their families hire lawyers.

Don't you think someone would have hired some lawyers on this if people were dying? Do you think they would let all this carnage, death and destruction continue to occur if the simple fix was to limit body lifts to the magical number of 1.25" or outlaw them completely? I don't see this one getting overlooked if it is the big problem everyone tries to say it is. I mean we do live in a country that requires helmets while riding bicycles.

You know what, show me the numbers. Give me the real life stats on how many people die cause their body lift failed them vs the number of body lifted vehicles or how many tubs have separated from their chassis vs the number of body lifted vehicles.

Then we can talk.

[Wheelin98TJ]

Originally Posted by Unlimited04

As you can see in that picture of the 1.25" JKS body mount in a crash, the longer the bolts and the higher the body lift, the more stress that is going to be seen on the body mounts themselves. While the bolts themselves probably won't break, the bolts will provide a longer moment arm to rip the bolt thru the steel frame mount. Keep in mind when the frame stops in a crash, the body wants to keep moving (Newton's law), and the taller the body off the frame, the longer the moment arm that is acting on the steel mounts. Had that BL in the picture been a 3", it may have ripped the bolt clear thru the frame itself.

Stock body mounts fail the same way when a Jeep has a hard front end hit.

I saw this quite a few times while working at a Chrysler dealer body shop over a period of about 3 years.

A 2" or 3" body lift is perfectly safe in an accident. You can speculate and theorize all you want, but it does not change the real world results.

[theblackjeep98]

has anyone ever "made" there own body lifts
i mean i was thinkin bout just getting some solid aluminum blocks about 2" and drilling a hole and gettin longer bolts
piece of cake right????

[HipCheck_1]

I think people have used hockey pucks in the past.