Hi, I want to get a 3 inch body lift for my truck. Im guessing i dont have whatit take to lift the body and install the spacers so what im asking is how many hours labour it would be at a shop or an approx. cost to install a body lift.

Thanks

Korey

 

Figure on about 8-10 hours of labor at whatever your shop charges per hour.


I've helped do a couple on Avalanches. It's not hard just time consuming. There is a little metal cutting that can be done with a torch or a sawzall. Other than that, you just need basic hand tools, time, and a extra pair of hands helps.

 

i can put a body lift on a nbs chevy or gmc in about 5 hours but most shops charge for 8 hours of labor around here

 

To lift the body from the truck all you need is a jack and a piece of wood. Everything else is basic metric wrenches. Do it yourself its easy just get a buddy for an extra hand. Your basic everyday do it yourselfer can do this. Very easy. If you run into problems just pm me i have installed many body lifts. Save your money for the next mod.

 

I did mine all by myself and it took me around 7 hours. I didn't have anyone to help with moving the bed and cap around while I was trying to line up the bolts, if I did it would have saved time. And the front bumper was a bitch other than that it was ok.

 

Do the kits come with a good clear set of instructions. Im leaning toward doing it myself now. So ill need a jack or 2 and some blocks of wood, some wrenchs and a helper and i should be all set? Thanks for the help guys.

 

I'd say do it yourself if you've got decent hand tools and a good jack. Mine took me about 8 hours, but a lot of that was building new bumper brackets for my custom front bumper, and a little alteration for the roll pan in the back.

 

for the cab do you just un bolt everything, jack up one side, put the spacers in then do the other side?

 

IMO, a body lift is totally not worth it, you should just get a suspension lift, it would look so much better.

but if u decide to put the 3'' body lift on , the labor should only take a half a day at most if u do it urself