Okay, those with 3" body lifts, I've got a few questions:

1) Did you get the "gap guards"? If so, where did you get them, how much $, and are they worth the $ ???

2) Do you have alot of slop in your steering since the install? I did mine this weekend, and since then, I've got a lot of play in my steering wheel, is there a way to "tighten" it up? Do you need the adapter that came with the kit? I put it on, but almost looks like I might have been able to get away without it... is this so?

3) What have you done (if anything) to make the area where the tow hooks used to go look better? Right now there is nothing but ugly *** frame staring at me through the holes in the air dam where the hooks used to be. Any ideas on how to hide that?
T.I.A. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[USA]" title="" src="graemlins/patriot.gif" />

 

got a solution rob. trade your truck in. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA

 

Yeah, maybe for a new SS, then I'll put a lift kit on that!!! Hmmmmmmmmm <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by ChevyZR2001:
<strong> HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">hey skip, did rob tell you that i took out the SS today? what do think of rob's truck after the lift? looks like they finished before dark. they are lucky they had that extra hour of light on sunday.

 

I have a 3" body lift on my truck
(soon to be coming off)

a) i didnt get the "gap guards" but priced them
and i was quoted around $40-$50 i think for the
set, i called an off-road shop. i'd get them
primarily for the rear gaps.

b) i dont have slop in my steering wheel but i can
feel a weird vibration when i turn that wasnt
there before

c) not sure what to do about the frame sticking
through but it does look like ****, i agree.

<small>[ April 07, 2003, 08:55 PM: Message edited by: BadBlackZ ]</small>

 

really what dealer did you go to??? how did you like it?

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Chevyguy2001:
<strong> really what dealer did you go to??? how did you like it? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">i went to my dealer. you know the one i advertise on the back of my truck <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" /> i like mine better.

 

I had my body lift on before gap guards were available. I went to WalMart and bought a thick black rubber tailgate mat for about $15. Its the one that you are supposed to screw into the tailgate. I then measured the size gap guard I wanted to create and cut it out of the rubber mat. I easily attached it with sheet metal screws. There is a 1" sheet metal lip that runs along under the wheel well that I attached to. Worked perfectly. It was basically like a rubber mud flap but bolted along the underside to hide the frame.

This was when the rubber was new and shiny. After a week, it blended perfectly with the rest of the wheel well.

<img src="http://www.z71.net/lips.jpg" alt=" - " />

 

I was actually thinking about doing something to that effect, I was going to go to Home Depot or someplace to see what I could find for plastic or thick rubber.