Home Made Lift Kit

Started installing my "home made" lift kit last night. It is just over 2" and hopefully will not cause any problems. I will post up some pics when I get it done. I have the back almost done and hopefully will do the front today.

Well got the lift done. It was a little more time consuming than I thought it would be. Mostly due to the difficulty compressing the rear springs without a real spring compressor. I used a ratchet strap and a bench vise and got it done, just took a little longer. I used a 2" PVC coupling as the main body and glued in a piece of 2" PVC to make the collar thicker. Here is a picture of the rear shock.



This kind of shows the height.



I don't have a picture of the front yet, but I used the same set up the only difference is I did add an inner spacer to keep the spring centered on the strut. I am going to remove the front spring preload adjusters that I have because I really don't need them any more. This lift adds enough preload to the springs that lifting the plow now barely drops the front end. Plus, I just don't think with stock axels I can do any more lift than this. As it is, I am going to make sure the front differential is centered in the frame and add a washer/spacer behind the hub on the axel just to make sure. I will shoot a pick of the front end when I get it done.

You can make a Home lift Singapore made lift kit by adding stoppers into the springs on the vehicle. Make sure it handles well at this point, and if it does, go ahead and secure. thanks