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riz 10-25-2012 01:45 PM

bumper height adjustment?
 
I just got my K5 back from paint and will begin reassemble of certain items in a few months....... I installed a 2" body lift and want to adjust the bumpers so there's no gap..... does anybody make a kit to raise the bumpers back up 2" to the factory locations? Have any of you done this? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

RIZ :metal:

benjaminearle 10-25-2012 02:08 PM

Re: bumper height adjustment?
 
not to sound like a jerk, but the best solution is to remove the body lift and put 2" of suspension under it. Otherwise you've spent money and effort to pick the body up and then money and effort again to pick the bumpers up.

riz 10-25-2012 02:11 PM

Re: bumper height adjustment?
 
I have a 4" suspension lift and the 2" body lift. I'm NOT going to change my set up. I just want to raise my bumpers so there's no gap brtween the body and the bumpers from the body lift.

RIZ

benjaminearle 10-25-2012 02:15 PM

Re: bumper height adjustment?
 
My aplogies, I thought you only had the body lift on it. No mention of suspension in the OP. Probabbly the easiest thing to do is have a machine shop (or you) make a simple offset bracket, but it will space it out.

Berg 10-29-2012 09:00 AM

Re: bumper height adjustment?
 
This is actually a problem I had with a past truck that needed the body lift to clear some mods that were done underhood. My solution to the front was cutting the front frame horns off and welding 1/8" plate across, then re-welding the ears back on that I had removed to fill the gap. I then filled in with some scrap pieces of frame to make up some reinforcement just in case it ever got hit and needed the strength. The rear section on a Blazer is a little more difficult and I don't recommend doing the same mod for the fact that the torsion rods for the tailgate hook to special bolts that look like door strikers which are bolted to the frame. If you have a trailer hitch you will also need the rearmost section for the hitch. I never had a body lift in a Blazer but I'd imagine you'd have to do something special if you wanted to keep the torsion rods anyway. Maybe fill in with box tubing or get the rearmost frame clip for the bumper to mount to. Either way you'd probably have the rails hanging out under the bumper and it might look funny


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