body lift on fiberglass tub

I personally have never owned a fiberglass body but I know several who do, and many have a body lift.
 
I have an inch under mine. What do you need to know?
 
bopper85cj said:
Has anyone ever lifted a fiberglass tub before? I'd like to put a 2 inch lift on mine.
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The far and away best thing to do is to go to 4WD Hdw and order a $30 lift tube. They make a rubber tube that is 24" long and designed specifically for this very use. It is the easiest and most secure way to lift the body. Just measure the ones you have now, add 2", cut the tube to proper lengths, and re install with longer bolts. There will be the issue of extending your lower steering rod, and gas fill lines, also there be some radiator / shroud moving, and clutch lever as the body and chasis are a direct conection to these parts. As they seperate, you will have to keep an eye on what moves, or you can cause some damage or make an unsafe situation in these areas.
 
Personally don't recommend body lifts to anyone, but especially fiberglass, the bodies just are reinforced enough, you back into a stump or rock and it'll split the body. I've seen it many times.

But people do run them with no issues but i'm a better safe that sorry type.

Me personally I wont even buy a vehicle with a body lift, as I know it's something I'd have to remove.
 
Some of the cheaper glass tubs are sketchy, because of the use of plywood floors, which when breached by drilling can rot internally. Others can handle a pretty rigerous beating. Because of details like extra carbon fiber body mount blocking, core bonded honeycomb that makes the floors a solid reinforced resin bed, making it stronger than steel and nearly an inch thick where needed, 14 ga steel reinforcement in the firewall stress points, welded imbedded steel box tube reinforcing the tailgate opening, and a full embeded steel rear crossmember, just to list a few things. I was hit from behind while parked hard enough to slide my jeep 10' foward and over a curb, and the only damage was a ruined tail gate, and a crack below it in the glass which was repaired easily at a bodyshop. The interisteng thing was where the body mounts to the rear cross member. The light steel crossmember was torn on both sides at the body mount bolts, and shoved into the tank skidplate. The bolts were bent but stayed in and there was no damage to the body. Welded in a new cross member, and re bolted the bodymounts, good as new. That was about 10 years ago. I will whole heartedly agree that there are some cheap bodies on the market, but like anything else, you get what you pay for.
 
I too have a glass body, I have about an inch body lift. No problems.
Like said above there are good bodies and cheap bodies Mine has taken a few hits with no problems. And living here in the rust belt it will still be here after the rest on the jeep is rusted away.
 
Yeah, that's the reason I went with a glass body this time around. I live in the north and Jeeps just disintegrate here. in a perfect world, I would have gone to steel, but I'm just tired of having rusty Jeeps.
 
I do agree with these guys, some bodies are better than others.
I have fiberglass fenders and hood so I'm not against fiberglass bodies.
But just not a fan of body lifts, even on steel, but that's me. :)
 
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