Thats more work then I ever wanna do again, I will use heat and a impact from now on lol.

 

oh come on dont you like the jelly feeling in your arms when you are done?

 

Im also installing a kit on an 04 sunday..we'll see how that goes..hopefully i dont have as many problems!

 

Wow. Didn't know that it was so difficult with a BL. Is it just the newer years or will my 2000 flareside be a pain as well? First time doin a PA lift.

 

Ive done an 02.03, and next an 04 and the easiest so far is the 02..the 03 was a pain in the ***..ofcourse its my truck haha the 04 only has like 20 000miles on it so i cant see it being too hard..we'll see how much locktite ford decided to put on the 04's

 

Well, looks like my problem the whole time (chatter at take off and idle) was my a/c line rubbing on the tensioner pulley. Gonk! It cut through to where I lost my freon. I'm gonna have to change the line out.

 

Oh NO thats what alot of people miss. That sucks Wayne.

 

i like the 3" lift now you just have to lift the front

 

good and bad. At least I found the problem. The sound/vibration from that almost made me think it was the front driveshaft.

 

Yea thats one thing i was warned about and i made sure of it after...had to use a couple zip ties also but it doesnt touch it.

 

just got it blowing cold again. FYI- It's close to $200 to replace the a/c line.

Line $130
freon fill kit w/bottle- $30
extra freon bottle $14
garner style tube removal $10

I am down to a semi custom rear bumper and I can call this bad boy done.

 

And people ask me why I don't want to do a body lift!

 

Yah because 1 person paying a crap load *for doing it wrong* is obviously the norm.

Aaron

 

haha. I just got owned.

I could of payed $400 to have it installed but that's not how I do it. I now have intimate knowledge of the a/c system and a couple of new tools to boot. Anyone else know what a garner tool is? haha. I do now, didn't know before. Me doing it my self and buying the tools to do it my self has not only saved money long term but has got me a heck of a tool supply besides what the average guy would have- motor lift, motor stand, welder, leakdown tester, code reader, compressor with many accessories, etc, etc.

It's a lifeong obsession to do it myself. Yeah, I'll mess up here and there ,but overall.........I wouldn't do it any different.

 

I didn't mean it in an insulting way. I jus mean like, you accidentally messed that up. But because you messed up doesn't mean body lifts are super terrible. It's dumb to make a general statement like "because Wayne had problems that means body lifts are terrible!"


I'm still waiting to install mine. I think the guy fell through on selling me axles so I'll eventualy probably get an RCD lift.

Aaron

 

Nothing negative taken from your comments. I just saw some humor in it. I love wrenching. It's how I relax.

 

didnt have that a/c problem with my mazda????????

 

do you have the 3.0 or 4.0

 

I put mine on last week and love it. I really dont see any disadvantages.

 

The truck looks good boss man!

Brenton

 

sweet! very nice.