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Old May 29, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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whats the easiest way to do a 3in body lift

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Old May 29, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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On what? You can't put a body lift on a cherokee because they are unibody. A BB is pretty inexpensive, but won't hold up anywhere near as well as a full suspension lift will.

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Old May 29, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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Yep it's impossible to do a body lift on our Jeeps because of it's unidbody......
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Buy a Truck with a frame than buy the body lift then put it on and sell me your Cherokee for $50!
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by bigbadxj
Buy a Truck with a frame than buy the body lift then put it on and sell me your Cherokee for $50!
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:00 PM
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yep thats funny guys i am still getting use to this i am soooooo new to everything with jeeps i am just trying to learn everything i can i want it so i dont suck up any water when i go out with the rain we have been having here in florida its getting pretty nasty out
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:11 PM
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Well it was a funny question. if you got the $$ just put a 3" suspention lift in with 31's or maybe even a snorkel so you don't suck water into your intake. just remember your jeep is going to float in deep water if your not taking in water.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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ive got a 3 inch lift with 30s on it an the damn cheapest snorkel is like 400 an i aint got that much
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Old May 29, 2009 | 11:39 PM
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It'll cost you more to make an actual frame. Unibodies don't have a frame period. The entire body is the frame.

You can make your own snorkel out of PVC and call of done. If you get creative of will look good, a lot of people have done it.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 11:49 PM
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Well with a 3 inch lift if do do some good trimming on the fenders you can get some 33's under it. And the snorkle can be built using some PVC piping and a little thinking.
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Old May 30, 2009 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by blkcherokee
ive got a 3 inch lift with 30s on it an the damn cheapest snorkel is like 400 an i aint got that much
You can make one pretty cheap heres a link somebody showed me. http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/...ad.php?t=83065
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Im still saving for a body lift for my xj, it's been about ten years......I think I half way there......I hope
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Old May 30, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by BLKXJ 96
Im still saving for a body lift for my xj, it's been about ten years......I think I half way there......I hope
Let me know were you find one.
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Old May 30, 2009 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by itzdan420
You can make one pretty cheap heres a link somebody showed me. http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/...ad.php?t=83065
that is a good link man i like it. and blkcherokee its OK we all asked these kind of question when we got our junk some just don't remember that
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Old May 30, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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but what do you use to make the top part of the snorkel i was thinking about doing that
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