The Body Lift Thread

[Giiventofly]

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[Butch]

how does gap guards make areas rust..

By that way of thinking the truck should of rusted up a long time before the body lift. Body lifts aren't my first choice to gain height do the increase body roll and the way frames stick out like a sore thumb on GMT400's but I won't be doing another unless I have gap guards especially ones in the front.

 

[dcZ71]

yes front are ok i was more thinking rear. its minor but they trap dirt = moisture = rust. i guess its more of an issue of you mud all the time or something. not a big deal im weird about rust. dont mind me.


btw truck looks sick giiventofly

 

[Butch]

i guess its more of an issue of you mud all the time or something. not a big deal im weird about rust. dont mind me.

Haha Gotcha, As long as you do a half ass job keeping cracks and crevices cleaned up there shouldn't be a problem. Standard frame surface rust is about all we get here, I can't imagine living where they salt the roads.

 

[silverado_06]

try living where i do. half my life is spent trying to avoid rust. so far it's not working.

 

[dcZ71]

haha that would suck, i cant stand when we just get our couple storms each year.

 

[silverado_06]

we had snow for 7 months straight last year.

 

[Swims350]

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that looks great what size tires are on it and is it cranked and blocked or just body lift only?

 

[barebones 1500]

salt is the worst. i want to move south but i can't handle the heat. a guy i work with bought a 06 ford f-350 and he decided to to do the rear brakes and found out they were all rotted out. put like 600 buck into the rear brakes alone

 

[99z28monster]

they manufacture a maximum of 3" because that is deemed safe. Obviously 2" would be a little less stress on your body mounts.

I always cringe at gap guards, yeah they look better but, it doesnt let that area breathe and can promote rust.

mine breathe just fine, I ended up leaving the bottoms "free" to blow in the wind. I have no clue what it looks like driving down the road nor do I care. It looks a lot better than the gaps did. I used rubber interior mat from the parts store, less than 4 dollars a roll, than coated it in rubberized undercoat. Screwed the top on with self tapping screws and called it a day.