bodylift prices

[Cooler]

Does anyone know how la supertrux can justify selling a 3 inch bodylift for the surf at £464. i have found bodylift kits in the US and OZ for around the equivelent of a hundred quid. which includes shipping. the only difference is the fact that the lasupertrux kit is aluminium whereas the others are heavy duty nylon or poly. the aussies like the nylon and it works for them.

has anyone had any experience with either. would be good to hear feedback. la supertrux seem to have us people on a bit of a leash really as it is really the only place to get big heavy duty stuff for the surfs/4 runners.

[gwh200]

Does anyone know how la supertrux can justify selling a 3 inch bodylift for the surf at £464. i have found bodylift kits in the US and OZ for around the equivelent of a hundred quid. which includes shipping. the only difference is the fact that the lasupertrux kit is aluminium whereas the others are heavy duty nylon or poly. the aussies like the nylon and it works for them.

has anyone had any experience with either. would be good to hear feedback. la supertrux seem to have us people on a bit of a leash really as it is really the only place to get big heavy duty stuff for the surfs/4 runners.

im not a huge fan of la supertrux.....they wanted nearly £100 quid for extended,braided brake lines, which i got direct from there supplier for less than half that.
don logan hada bit of a nightmare with shocks.

if you want a good deal on modification stuff

www.outrageousoffroad.co.uk is where you will find decent kit at reasonable prices

[surfenstein]

reasonable prices,im gonna have to put my prices up.
all due respect to nigel,la supertrux,they do make some very good kit and their body lift kits not only do the job they are supposed to but they look good too.

[gwh200]

reasonable prices,im gonna have to put my prices up.
all due respect to nigel,la supertrux,they do make some very good kit and their body lift kits not only do the job they are supposed to but they look good too.

but for a trillion pounds !!!

[Sancho]

I think the point is that Supertrux stuff is the very best you can. Aluminium costs more than nylon in the first place and getting a good finish and anodising it is much tougher than cutting a bit of nylon.

Nylon will do the job just fine, but go for Supertrux if you intend to end up with a 'concourse winner' - which is unlikely with a smashed up old surf.

[wishbone]

Milners also stock a small basic bodylift. Think its missing a couple of brackets though. ( Rad drop / Bumper raise ? )

Rob.

[Cooler]

well i think milners dont do a 3" bodylift though. i am trying to make a truck that is out of the ordinary and one which not a lot of people have. it will be part show truck as im in the process of cleaning it throughout, and keeping the engine bay clean. the six cylinder looks absolutley fantastic got to finish the rest of it off with silicone hoses though.

It will however be taken to places like toms farm and absolutley thrashed into the ground. small price to pay for hobbies like this eh. i just cant see how supertrux justifies their stuff.

i mean for instance i was looking for a 4" sus lift kit. i found one reasonable on the roughcountry website for $799. according to the bloke who imports it would cost roughly £600 - £700 imported. LA Supertrux £1000 or near as dam it. But I think i will go for a live axle conversion now anyway. was also toying with unimog axles. anyone had any feedback on them?

[RodLeach]

well i think milners dont do a 3" bodylift though. i am trying to make a truck that is out of the ordinary and one which not a lot of people have. it will be part show truck as im in the process of cleaning it throughout, and keeping the engine bay clean. the six cylinder looks absolutley fantastic got to finish the rest of it off with silicone hoses though.

It will however be taken to places like toms farm and absolutley thrashed into the ground. small price to pay for hobbies like this eh. i just cant see how supertrux justifies their stuff.

i mean for instance i was looking for a 4" sus lift kit. i found one reasonable on the roughcountry website for $799. according to the bloke who imports it would cost roughly £600 - £700 imported. LA Supertrux £1000 or near as dam it. But I think i will go for a live axle conversion now anyway. was also toying with unimog axles. anyone had any feedback on them?

Portal axles are sh!t hot. End of. The built in diff lockers etc are amazing. But you pay your price.

Expect to pay a friggin bomb for them as i found out!

L.A.Supertrux charge what they charge because they can.

Ok, we have a couple of members who can fabricate stuff an all the power to them!! But the biggest company in the UK who do this kind of stuff is L.A.Supertrux!

There body lift kit aint cheap, but its in a different league to Milners £50 job!

No one else has off the shelf IFS lift kits in England.

£700 soon becomes £1000 with import taxes.

I got my gears from America, Time they turned up an UPS hit me with import taxes i saved about £10 by NOT getting them from L.A.Supertrux.

I wont go into there workshop an prices on that. But parts... you'll be hard pushed to get the same for less.

I'm not brown nosing! It's something that i've found out.

[Cooler]

well the bloke who imports the stuff said to me if you find the price in dollars roughly with the current exchange rate it roughly half the amount in pounds then the cost of importing brings it back up near as dam it to the cost in dollars. i know this because i have imported before. it would be nowhere near a 1000 thats my point

[wishbone]

I've got to be honest and say if I was wanting a 3" bodylift on a truck I was going to thrash then I'd be looking at building up the chassis with box section and plate, rather than using 'normal' spacers.

Rob.

[Cooler]

Now that is lateral thinking, perhaps it would be best to make myself some good spacers like that and to my own design. i could also make them with a larger footprint to aid rigidity. has anyone attempet this before. whenever i have metioned box section before i have been laughed at.

[RodLeach]

well the bloke who imports the stuff said to me if you find the price in dollars roughly with the current exchange rate it roughly half the amount in pounds then the cost of importing brings it back up near as dam it to the cost in dollars. i know this because i have imported before. it would be nowhere near a 1000 thats my point

Not anymore!! The exchange rate was awesome. £1-$1.98 now its £1-$1.64 or something. So its no longer half. So that makes it more expensive. I've imported loads of things over the past couple of years. I'm all for it. Its a great way of saving money! But on these kinds of parts. Its a tiny saving if any.

I've got to be honest and say if I was wanting a 3" bodylift on a truck I was going to thrash then I'd be looking at building up the chassis with box section and plate, rather than using 'normal' spacers.

Rob.

Problem is, If its going to be a show truck then box section etc on the chassis is going to look cr*p even if its stronger then the blocks.

Im not sure how wide they are but on a 3" lift your sposed to looking at 2.5" dia. with larger bolts.

[wishbone]

I would weld it all up, not just cut some box section and use as spacer. How practical that is to do I have no idea.

Rob.

[RodLeach]

To be honest, Using box section isn't something i'd consider.

I think getting it right is more work then its worth.

If someone doesn't want to pay L.A.Supertrux prices theres other options out there. Stein for a start!!

3" body lift wouldn't be too hard for him. An hes fairly well priced too.

[wishbone]

Problem is, If its going to be a show truck then box section etc on the chassis is going to look cr*p even if its stronger then the blocks.

Im not sure how wide they are but on a 3" lift your sposed to looking at 2.5" dia. with larger bolts.

The whole chassis is box section, so a little more really wouldn't stick out if its welded in nicely and prepped/painted properly. tbh my post was more about the safety side of things - I have visions of the whole body just shearing off the chassis in an accident on or off road. (when the spacers get large)

Rob.