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Bought an X
- Location
- Camp Lejeuene, NC
08whitex did it on TNX. You could also buy a 2" BL, cut the pucks in half, buy double the hardware and sell the half as another 1" BL
oh I understand the mechanics of a body lift, and how it works, I'd rather chop body than lift the body, I've built enough scale rock crawler rigs to know full well what happens when you start getting too much weight up high, I'd rather have less flex than have the weight of the body elevated without everything else. I'm pretty set on it, a 1" might be something I'd consider, but, anything bigger won't happen, and again, if I can compensate by trimming and not having to body lift, I'll do that. I'd rather order a new pair of front fenders to cut, get painted, and install so that it looks factory than install a body lift...not so sure how I'd approach the rear....but, on the rear, the SL **DOES** move the flex point downward so, a 2" lift in the rear *should* be enough...but, I'll leave that answer to the 2nd gen guys that've put 35's on their 2nd gens...
I had 33's on for a day, flexed it as hard as I could, and with the front sway bar on, I got no rub at all, I'm not too terribly worried for 33's...it sucks that there's not a size that's more of a 34 or something....I'm really trying to chase ground clearance with minimal modding, I want it to still LOOK and handle like it does now...
The body of an Xterra does not weigh a ton...lifting the body 2" will make for a higher cog, but not to the point of unsafe...Having less flex is alot worse then having a bit higher cog, I that means you are more prone to lifting a wheel off the ground thus making it more unstable... you could always put the lift on drive it for a month or two and take it off... Why are you so concerned with the body lift? Are you side scaling mountains?
well, I do have tendencies to sidehill and angle through things a bit, some trails it's simply the only way to do it.
as far as lifting a tire off the ground being a bad thing, it's not always...3wheeling instead of keeping all 4 in contact will actually keep you from rolling in some spots....if you were local I could show you a few out here....
A stock Xterra will take around 45 degrees on a side hill, and that is about the rollover point. I would venture to say that you are nowhere close to 45 degrees, in fact, I would go as far to say that you aren't close to 30 degrees. Most people have no feeling whatsoever as to what angle their bodies are on, in other words, your internal inclinometer is about as accurate as the gas gauge.
because most people ( I assume you too since you have a new truck) are not comfortable with anything around the limits of the truck. In other words, the truck can do more than the driver can most times.
well, one of the spots that I was on last time is a prime example, if my front left had stayed in contact with the ground, I'd have been leaning the body over the dropoff that was 20ish foot drop, it was a ledge that I couldn't have gotten the bumper over square so I put the right front on another rock and rode it up onto the ledge, leaving my left front free-floating for 8-10". now, if I had 3-4" of lift, I'd have attacked the ledge back toward solid ground, and not worried about it (or just a better approach angled bumper and good front skid) but, in stock config, getting up it safely required the tire float. Would the X have survived if the tire was in contact with the ground the whole way? maybe, but, adding loose rock, and putting it angled downhill on the edge of a dropoff while trying to sidehill up a ledge...you're right, that may have been an instance of "driver not comfortable pushing the vehicle to its limits" but, I doubt it. in addition, the tire being off the ground is partially responsible for being able to get it up onto the ledge, as the bumper would have been smashed if it hadn't.Also, how does having a wheel off the ground keep you from rolling? Haha, I just am not understanding that.
or, you like to corner.... it's a DD and I'm not exactly the slowest driver.I'm not trying to say that you are dumb for not wanting a body lift. I don't want one for my own reasons, but just understand that what a body lift does to the center of gravity is negligible unless you frequent the 45 degree side hill.
Might it not be perfect a mirror image? No, probably not but who cares.
Measurements wouldn't work, overlaying them might
What's your common reference point to pull measurements from?