Austin Sewell
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Hey everyone, I'm finishing up the PA 70023 body lift installation on my truck, just need to cut front metal bumper (driving it with no outer cover on ATM) and relocate gas cap. I had bad body mounts, so I replaced them with the ProThane kit the same time I put my lift blocks in. Everything seemed to installed fine, no binds, all nice and tight with Loctite. Good to go right? Not quite.
After the lift, two major things I noticed right away when I drove it for the first time post-lift:
-Mainly, I have an obnoxious low drone and vibration when the truck is in drive with the brakes on, goes away when I accelerate or change to neutral. Before the lift I had a faint rattle when in drive that wasn't always noticeable, could the lift and new body mounts have amplified an existing issue? I have all new plugs and a clean IAC, 181k miles.
-Steering hesitates to straighten when you let it go after a turn, and seems harder to steer. I did install the spacer from the PA kit, and had to hammer the links together because they had a slight difference in angle to each other, not telescoping together correctly.
I'm excited about this lift, just need to get gas filler and front bumper back together. I'll definitely post some pictures in one of the lift threads somewhere.....
After the lift, two major things I noticed right away when I drove it for the first time post-lift:
-Mainly, I have an obnoxious low drone and vibration when the truck is in drive with the brakes on, goes away when I accelerate or change to neutral. Before the lift I had a faint rattle when in drive that wasn't always noticeable, could the lift and new body mounts have amplified an existing issue? I have all new plugs and a clean IAC, 181k miles.
-Steering hesitates to straighten when you let it go after a turn, and seems harder to steer. I did install the spacer from the PA kit, and had to hammer the links together because they had a slight difference in angle to each other, not telescoping together correctly.
I'm excited about this lift, just need to get gas filler and front bumper back together. I'll definitely post some pictures in one of the lift threads somewhere.....