3" body lift ?

[pi3yeargrad]

Originally Posted by Fearless

Wassup Taleen The Titan! there is a body lift for the XE because i have one.The thing with putting on one is that it involves some cutting and fabricating,I took mine to a shop which took almost a week to install so if you decide to put one on look for someone whose familiar with titan body lifts.Don't worry what people say about body lifts,its your truck make it your own,here's some pics of my titan XE with 6" pro comp lift with DR's full 3" and 3" body lift don't mind the 20x12 with 33's a little small but it works. Good luck!

looks nice...I wouldnt have minded a body lift but like I said and u confirmed its a PITA to insall and plus, those of us with the hitch in the back...it looks real weird with the spacer between the bumper and the hitch... good looking truck though

[Flippin Pips]

Fearless is correct, find some shop that has done a Titan, or your Truck will be down a week, and don't worry what others say about a body lift, like anything else if its done right you have nothing to worry about. Good friend of mind owns a custom shop, thats where I gather my knowledge, Good Luck!

[goval]

Originally Posted by Fearless

Wassup Taleen The Titan! there is a body lift for the XE because i have one.The thing with putting on one is that it involves some cutting and fabricating,I took mine to a shop which took almost a week to install so if you decide to put one on look for someone whose familiar with titan body lifts.Don't worry what people say about body lifts,its your truck make it your own,here's some pics of my titan XE with 6" pro comp lift with DR's full 3" and 3" body lift don't mind the 20x12 with 33's a little small but it works. Good luck!

Your truck looks realy good! But man, you need some bigger tires.

[Dads_taxi]

The PA Body lift does fit the XE. I installed mine last May. I also have PRG’s 2” spacer in the front, so I have a total of 5” in the front and 3” in the rear. Next year I will add a Fabtech kit so I can get 37’s under it.

Some trucks look okay with a body lift but others look cheep because you can see the frame. The Titan looks good with the PA body lift because the frame isn’t noticeable. Of course the body lift actually lifts the body from the frame, so there is no greater ground clearance between the frame and the dirt unless you put on bigger tires. As far as off road use, I have not experienced any issues. I have done a lot of hill climbing, navigating through rocks, and maneuvering through uneven terrain (except mud – I don’t do mud). No problems! Neither did I have any issues with the column shifter.

You need to get the gap guards. Also, I went to the local muffler shop and had them raise my tail pipe. The spacer between the bumper and the hitch looks tacky, so I had a custom trailer place modify my hitch in order to raise it up to fit snugly under the bumper.

The instructions for the radiator support come with the kit, so you don’t have to worry about any additional mods. The only issue is TIME. My guess is that you could put 3 suspension lifts in the time it takes to put on this body lift. We had about 25-30 man hours to put it on.

Good Luck!

[MississippiTitan]

thats just the amount of lift I want but I dont think I could do the body lift.

[DESERTDOG]

the kit will work on Xe i know because my truck was the r&d truck PA used!!also i drive it off road all the time when hunting etc.and if you want to see it just go to prg's web site and hit titan thats the dog's rig! or just go to my pic's!!

[vatitan65]

Fearless.......

wow the titan looks good lifted so high!! nice work!! do you plan on bigger tires?

[Aquaholic]

Originally Posted by goval

Why couldn't you go off roading with body lifts?

I'm sure if you look around hard enough someone has a picture. I have 3 friends that unfortunately found out not to put a body lift on a truck you plan to baja in. One had a Chevy 1500, one had a toyota pickup, and one had a ford ranger. The guy with the Chevy was jumping his truck and the spacers from the body lift punched right through the floor board. The ranger and Toyota had the same experience they were at glamis jumping dunes and the torque broke the bolts that hold the body to the frame and the body slid off the frame in the front of the truck. Body lifts are not strong. They weaken your bed so you can't haul as much without bending the center of your bed. Body lifts also raise your center of gravity which makes it easier to roll. It will also cause body roll because the body is not sitting on the frame. Over time you will notice your body will move. If you ever decide to sell your truck it will be harder to sell or turn back to stock. Good luck finding a dealer that will take it in trade with a body lift. All in all. If you are going to do it, do it right. It's not much more to do suspension. Do a CST 4" spindle lift, a 1 1/2" Leveling kit, Rancho offroad struts off a 4wd and a rear 3" block. That will give you 6 1/2 in front and 3 in rear. About 800+150+75=1025 And you will love the ride. If you don't believe me ask www.PRGproducts.com
Good luck

[CBURNS1101]

I did a body lift on mine and I know there was cutting and welding involved (new radiator brackets)

[WhiteTitanSe]

Originally Posted by CBURNS1101

I did a body lift on mine and I know there was cutting and welding involved (new radiator brackets)

The kit says theres cuting involved but nothing about welding , what did you have to weld?

[Dads_taxi]

Four additional bed spacers (crush blocks) are tack-welded to the frame. These are in addition to the 6 lift blocks.

[A-Long24]

Originally Posted by Fearless

Wassup Taleen The Titan! there is a body lift for the XE because i have one.The thing with putting on one is that it involves some cutting and fabricating,I took mine to a shop which took almost a week to install so if you decide to put one on look for someone whose familiar with titan body lifts.Don't worry what people say about body lifts,its your truck make it your own,here's some pics of my titan XE with 6" pro comp lift with DR's full 3" and 3" body lift don't mind the 20x12 with 33's a little small but it works. Good luck!

Where did you find your full 3" body lfit? because i have a 2007 nissan titan with a 6" pro comp lift and i have 35" tires on it and they rub and im wanting to put me a body lift on there, but the only thing i can find is for a 04 to a 05 or a 3" in the front and 1" in the rear. I want a full body lift

[tintintin]

if you do the body lift, how does it affect your shifter if you have the center console. Does the shift knob set lower or is there an extension?

[SlikRick]

Ditch the body lift, have someone cut your body mounts and move them up and reinforce them, that way you dont have to worry about breaking a spacer.

[pat]

-xe is just the same as the rest
-there is tack welding that needs to be done for the bed lift supports in the middle only
-no the shifter does not sit lower as the shifters in the titan do not have mechanical linkage
-as to what someone said above regarding their friends trucks having problems with body lifts i will list some ways to avoid these problems

1 you are supposed to recheck torque on the body bolts or any installed accessory after driving it for a while and routinely.
2 most shops that put on body lifts or any part for that matter do not torque anything with a torque wrench just blast nuts and bolts on with impact guns and with a grade 5 bolt that probably isnt the best idea.
3 body lifts themselves are strong parts actually, show me a crushed demolished lift block for a body and i will retract this statement, and then show me the truck it was on and the train that hit it.
4 they do no weaken your bed, your bed has the same number of contacting points as it did oroginally on the ribs that hang down from the floor of the bed that span the width of the truck frame.
5 yes it does raise the center of gravity of the truck when you do a body lift, but no more than a suspension lift does to the entire truck, if you want to get technical your only raising the mass of the cab and bed not the entire truck which is a difference in weight that your raising.

to the original guy asking the question of can it be done and how easy.
yes the xe can be done me and a helper did one in 12 hours on an xe so i know it can be no problem. as to the difficulty i do not know your mechanical ability so i can not say, i have never turned away a job based on difficulty and all i can say is if you have any problems you can pm me and i will send you my phone number if you have any questions

last but not least
if you plan on airing out your truck i dont care what make and model it is plan on breaking stuff. PERIOD
the body lift is just that, a body lift and doing extreme off roading will no doubt over time cause damage to any vehicle
mull it over and dont let all the anti body lift people steer you in a direction you may not need to go if you know its intended use on your truck and above all whomever installs it just make sure they do quality work.