Installed a Body Lift on My Toyota Tacoma ...

[@Tacomaholic]

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[@the_bearded_jay]

I'm looking for that shirt you are wearing in the video (blue shirt with Tacoma front body outline). I need it. Lemme know where I can find it, por favor. 😁

[@Tacomaholic]

@@the_bearded_jay It's from "doublergirl" on Redbubble

[@the_bearded_jay]

@@Tacomaholic LOL it's appropriate that it's called "hold my beer". Now I'm DEFINITELY buying it. Thanks, bud!

[@thumperbangin2000]

Looks good

[@thumperbangin2000]

finally got the parts after a long backorder wait.. I am getting the 1'' installed this coming monday.

[@MRGOLD99.999]

1 inch body lift after settling and worn in its more of a 3/4 inch

[@thumperbangin2000]

Did you have any problems with your fuel filler neck ? Mine is a little off now after install : /

[@Tacomaholic]

No with the 1" body lift it still works with the fuel door location.

[@lucaspowell8580]

My brother did a 1 inch body lift on his 2001 4Runner years ago. He has had no issues what so ever.....I think you have no worries until you go over that. And you are right.....after watching your videos the past month, never noticed it......sneaky sneaky

[@disguy360]

I have the same toytec 1” BL as well. I raised my back bumper by raising the brackets 1” by drilling new holes to match the bolts for the bracket to fit. So no sign of body lift while looking at truck. That would make a good DYI video for you.

[@Tacomaholic]

Yeah I'm thinking about trying something like that but will see how my new bumper fits first.

[@JimmyLCarnie]

So what did you have to do when it came to the fusebox being sits on the fender but harness wires tied to the framing very tight then there is the brake lines thsts on the firewall what had to be done with them? I know also the power steering hoses have to be extended as with the radiator being lifted up bit just so much involved if doing a 3" lift not sure its worth it if was only bumpers & gas filler having to alter wouldnt be bad but tons of things under the hood makes it look so much more involved..

[@Tacomaholic]

Those things aren't an issue with just the 1" but they all probably have to be addressed at anything more.

[@mmunoz5875]

What was your total cost of labor just for the whole installation, not parts.

[@Tacomaholic]

It was around 500 if I remember correctly

[@mmunoz5875]

@@Tacomaholic not bad at all 👍 And would those body bushings work on a 2017?

[@Tacomaholic]

@@mmunoz5875 Yes the Toyotec site says it works for 2005+ Tacomas.

[@mmunoz5875]

And will these work on a 2017 tacoma as well? The body bushing kit?

[@Tacomaholic]

Yes the body bushing kit is compatible with the 3rd Gens too.

[@mmunoz5875]

@@Tacomaholic Thanks brother, I appreciate you!! Keep them videos coming. 🤟

[@daveweber9737]

I noticed you Blue Ridge Overland Gear water bottle holder behind your seat. They make good stuff up there in Virginia!

[@agustinherrera5600]

Looks good i thought about doing this to my 3rd gen but i can only find for 05-15 . Will they fit a 3rd gen ? Most of the chasis is the same isnt it ?

[@Tacomaholic]

Best to contact the manufacturer about that.

[@06colkurtz]

NIcely done. Entertaining as always. Get a bed rack. Real men have bed racks. Posers have fabric bed covers. :-) My wife would kill me. its already challenging for her to get into the truck. Now getting into my Ram is easy because the boards deploy with the door opening and its a nice easy step up. Not so much with the rock sliders. How bad did it hurt your mileage? More rocking and rolling at speed? Higher center of gravity comes at a cost.

[@Tacomaholic]

I used to have a bed rack so I guess I used to be a man. 😀 No noticeable drop in MPGS and feels the same when offroading after adding the body lift.

[@daveweber9737]

@@Tacomaholic I have a bed rack AND a vinyl bed cover. What does that me? Very happy! Victory 4x4 bed rack and Truxedo Lo Pro cover.

[@toumoua7224]

What kinda suspension do you have? And what's your total lift?

[@Tacomaholic]

3" suspension lift + 1" body lift so 4" total. King 2.5" extended travel coilovers with reservoirs + Icon billet UCAs up front, OME dakar leafpack + King 2.0" 12" shocks with reservoir in the rear.

[@thomasryan3491]

What’s the difference between a body lift and doing it with shocks? Sorry if this is basic. I don’t know much about trucks besides what I’ve learned from you.

[@sariego9]

Body lift increases the distance between the body and frame. Suspension lift raises both away from the ground

[@Tacomaholic]

What Diego said. The body lift isn't going to give you any additional ground clearance, but is useful to keep larger tires (35s in my case) from contacting the fenderwell.

[@thomasryan3491]

Tacomaholic thank you!

[@thomasryan3491]

Diego Martinez thank you!

[@joeygabriele71]

Do you have to weld in a 1" piece to the stick shift?

[@Tacomaholic]

The install instructions don't mention anything about that.

[@BobbiThe]

My shifter just sat lower to the floor.not a big deal

[@highwayhustler6658]

I'm new to the channel, I'm sure you have a video answering this I just haven't found it yet. How much suspension lift do you have? I have a gen 3 looking at a 6 in suspension lift to run 35's. I'd like to do it with no cutting if at all possible.

[@Tacomaholic]

Greetings! I have a 3" suspension lift + a 1" body lift. I only got the body lift to help with fitting the 35s. Regardless of the lift you get, you'll still probably have to do an aggressive cab mount chop. I show what was done for mine in this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoGlmGuAr7KJmKc

[@douglansburg4545]

Part of a future build, I have been thinking of a 1 inch my plan is for 34 10.50 bfg

[@amoutdoor3346]

Did you have any fender rubbing prior to installing the body lift? Did you consider a larger lift? Looking back, would you do this install again?

[@Tacomaholic]

35" tire will always rub on the fender for a 3" lift. Any lift larger than 3" is going to involve either more of a body lift or some kind of drop bracket which will rob you of ground clearance. I'd definitely do the 3" suspension lift + 1" body lift again.

[@kingavegarage8722]

new rear bumper? What will you do with the old one? I live north of Baltimore.

[@MasterfulStu]

So no view of the clearance change at that front fender!!!??

[@Tacomaholic]

Gotta have the 35s on the truck for that.

[@elvisgomez3202]

why is there a big gab between your fender and your hood?

[@Tacomaholic]

I'm not sure what's going on with that.

[@lizzoid]

I noticed that also.

[@elvisgomez3202]

Tacomaholic turning the rubber things under the sides of the hood helped with mine.

[@Tacomaholic]

@@elvisgomez3202 I've tried every configuration with those things and it's still high on the driver side. Passenger side is perfect.

[@lizzoid]

@@Tacomaholic Maybe you tweaked your frame 3-wheeling through rock trails.

[@tonyburns6479]

What head lights are those? Are they still the same ones you got from the guy on Tacoma world that gave you problems?

[@Tacomaholic]

Lol yep, same ones.

[@CABIX_81]

Any link to your kings suspension? Part #

[@Tacomaholic]

Front coilovers are the extended travel I got through Wheeler's Offroad, and the rears are 12" 2.0s that were part of a group buy for the shock relocation towers through Bay Area Metal Fab.

[@user-cl2es9iu1j]

I like it! Looks great!

[@timothyyounce6555]

I don’t live too far from you so hit me up with that rear bumper you will be taking off!! Looks good man!

[@stevedohnal1412]

If I ever go 35” I will probably hit that easy button to. Is there any way to fab your front or rear bumpers to hide that gap?

[@Tacomaholic]

If you've got the fab skills to make bumpers it would be pretty easy to tighten the gap up.

[@EarlGoreman]

Isn't there much that has to be done under the hood if using two inch or above body kits as to extending wires, hoses, brake lines against the firewall being once body is lifted it would pull on the brake lines thats mounted up against the firewall as the lines are attached to framing going to each wheel for brakes? then you have the fuse box which cluster of wires thats already tight going from frame to the box mounted on the inner body wheel well, I looked at my 2017 tacoma rest tacomas would be same as well down to 2000 trucks it just looks like too much of extending things to put any body lift kit on the newer trucks.

[@Tacomaholic]

Yeah the 2+ body lift kits require a more detailed install to extended wires/hoses/etc

[@camronbay]

Wow, I did not know a lot of what you showed us. Good to see and learn.

[@BobbiThe]

3" on my 88 was safe and stable for the 120k i put on it, for the bigger lift i had to extend the steering column/shaft. Added a welded peice for length and pounded in New roll pin to reasemble. If not done that way the column wont collapse in a head on collision and it will destroy drivers chest cavity. Truck didnt have abs so just re routed soft brake lines. 3 " body lift did nt raIse c.o.g. as much as my 3" susp did. Ran 33" tires never rubbed. 35 atr too much power imho, regards

[@benseiler8729]

Good call on Toytec!! Fantastic place and people!!!!!

[@innek24]

Have you already re geared your truck? Just wondering.

[@Tacomaholic]

No not yet.

[@innek24]

Did your check engine light ever come on after installing the body lift? And did you do that fuel spacer?

[@Jnasty505]

2013 Tacoma, already have icon suspension lift and 35s are my next mod. Got the method 701s on my rig. My question for you is: body lift is one way for sure, without getting a bigger suspension lift, is the other option just more trimming to the fenders? Thanks!

[@Tacomaholic]

Trimming for the fenders but hammering the inside of the fenderwell/firewall because the larger tires are going to be hitting that area when stuffed up in there.

[@clementgeorge6522]

I noticed the bed stiffeners (L brackets?) in the rear corners. Would they be beneficial for carrying heavier weight in the Taco? (Ie: Tools, Building materials, fire wood, etc?)

[@Tacomaholic]

Those are more to keep the bedsides from pushing out from the added weight of a bedrack/rtt combined with wheeling.

[@andrewmills7701]

How much was labor for the install ?

[@Tacomaholic]

A shop is probably going to just charge their rate for 5-6 hours.

[@beetlevegasricci6944]

1. Did you have to extend the linkage for the steering column at all? And 2. Do you have the video up for the radiator bushings yet?

[@Tacomaholic]

I don't have the install instructions anymore but there was something minor that had to be done with part of the steering column. Haven't done the radiator bushing video yet, but even though mine are done I probably still make a tutorial on how to access those.

[@shannonmurphy2798]

Would like to see what you did with the gear shifter when you did the body lift. I guess 1 inch isn't too much but what about a larger body lift and the gear shifter. Does it make it harder to shift, does it look alright with the lift?

[@Tacomaholic]

Gear shifter is the same with the 1" lift.

[@snowgeezers5771]

With the poly body mounts after 7 months, have you noticed any squeaks? I know on TW there's the debate of rubber vs poly. Thoughts? Thanks for everything you do! Very informative.

[@Tacomaholic]

Thanks so much for watching! All of my poly body mounts are still nice and quiet.

[@BrunoGenovese]

Body lifts does give the truck ground clearance especially the higher it goes as a 3" above it all so gives much clearance to fit much bigger tires under the wells with rubbing that suspension lifts does not give. suprised you only set for a 1" body lift you might as well installed the 3" lift.

[@Tacomaholic]

Body lift helps fit larger tires, but doesn't give the frame any more ground clearance which is what you want when offroading.

[@BrunoGenovese]

@@Tacomaholic The concept of lifting a truck body is first to gain more room for bigger tires to fit without the rubbing which then gives the truck to raise a bit more frame clearance from the ground as also will give even much more clearance from ground to the body from getting damaged to sides & front & rear of the cab & bed, I use to have 84 ranger 4"lift to body 3" lift to suspension that gave me much clearance to have narrow 40" tires & much height never having to worry about damaging the body of truck in rough terrain.

[@237311]

Where can I purchase online on some of those vinyl graphic decals?

[@Tacomaholic]

The giant ones I have down the side of the truck?

[@237311]

@@Tacomaholic Yes, those decals are awesome man!

[@Tacomaholic]

@@237311 Thanks man! I go over them in this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKbKipSFnb6araM

[@daveweber9737]

@@Tacomaholic What product do you use to protect all that vinyl? I've been told waxes are a no no.

[@Tacomaholic]

@@daveweber9737 Just regular soap and water has been working fine.

[@Iam_Machines]

wow gutsy body life dude, looks pretty sick though, nice work. Which ARB awning is that btw? Looking for a small one like that for the opposite side of my truck.

[@Tacomaholic]

Thanks! That's the ARB 1250 awning.

[@wtcornet]

Have you replaced your engine mounts?

[@Tacomaholic]

Not yet

[@CentseiSam]

I know you’re in Virginia so do you do meetups? I’m pretty close to you and want some wheeling buds

[@Tacomaholic]

Hey buddy! Are you on Tacomaworld? We setup all of our meets for wheeling, wrenching, or just grabbing a beer in the "Northern Virginia Roll Call" thread.

[@helmkaj]

RVA Toyota Trucks and Tidewater Toyotas are two groups I follow in VA. But get on Tacoma World Forum also.

[@MH-go9wn]

Why not just upgrade ur front bump stops and call it a day 🤔

[@louieserrano8952]

You ever thought about trimming the fenders themselves???

[@Tacomaholic]

Already trimmed the passenger side and doing the driver side for the vid.

[@louieserrano8952]

@@Tacomaholic the rear too ??

[@Tacomaholic]

@@louieserrano8952 Yeah just to even it out visually.

[@louieserrano8952]

@@Tacomaholic cool , cant wait to see that video! Been wanting to see someone trim em, I'm rubbing the fenders off in the rear 😭

[@th3s41nt]

I’m so stuck between a 6inch BDS lift or the little 3inch lift kit, I don’t know what to do

[@Tacomaholic]

Do you plan on getting offroad frequently?

[@th3s41nt]

@@Tacomaholic not really I mainly ride motorcycles and quads and prefer to keep my Tacoma un scratched lol not to mention it’s our daily

[@Tacomaholic]

@@th3s41nt I'd recommend trying to ride in one of each and see which one you like better then.

[@BurtBowers]

Been wanting to do a 3" bodylift for sometime now researched on everything that has to be done under the hood under the truck everywhere front rear sides etc there is definetly much to do doing one, the only thing that i see could be a problem doing the 3" bodylift after doing measurements is the line from the ac compressor that goes up to & through the radiator wall that conects to the condensor which as the truck is being lifted the line would be very tight from my measurements may even have to have the ac line made longer in order to have some slack, & of course there are other things that have to be dealt with doing these lifts it is very time consuming to say the least, times i talk myself into moving forward on it sometimes i talk myself out of doing it so still waivering back n forth on this bodylift.

[@Tacomaholic]

Any reason you want to do a 3" body lift versus a 3" suspension lift?

[@BurtBowers]

@@Tacomaholic Suspension lifts have more cons then pros, they have not only rough riding but changes the pitch on the driveline that causes vibrations, early pre mature wearing of the driveline joints & alignement problems, as with bodylifts you get none of this at all its only time consuming to install them but yet gives much clearance to go with bigger tires & nothing extra needing done as trimming & cutting fenders, cost wise to have someone install bodylifts going with 3" one can be expensive but then even suspension lifts can be as well therefore if I do go with 3" bodylift I would do it myself.

[@BobbiThe]

Took 3 hours om my 88. Everything lengthened by refitting mounts except steering column. See comment above

[@MrJeepguy1974]

Why don’t more Tacoma owners just get a 6” lift?

[@Tacomaholic]

Some do, but a 6" lift is going to be a combo of blocks and spacers usually which is going to ride harsh and not be good for offroading.

[@cferguson76]

No curbs can stop you now. 😉

[@JBtacoma]

Only two pedals in the truck.🤢🤮 Needs a 3rd pedal.

[@Voltechs]

I really can't decide between a 1" (from ToyTech) or a 2" body lift. I already have an ICON Stage 9. My rear (wrap around) bumper finally came in, but I need to decide between 1, 2 or no body lift at all before I commit to cutting the bed... thoughts?

[@Tacomaholic]

I only got a 1" body lift to help with the fitment for 35" tires.

[@jestopherson]

Did one about 3 months ago and that body roll was intense at first. First time hitting a semi rut in the road on the highway going into a curve. I thought I was losing control. Not a problem anymore. Shoulda done it yourself! It was super shit haha

[@petequinones3454]

1st never before

[@mitchhustad]

Stop wearing those glasses.