Chevy & GMC Vans

Finally. It's done. OLV 4" lift and 31x10.5 tires and a decent amount of trimming in the wheel wells.! It took me two days( not bad considering I've never worked on a car(or van) before .

Good job! Looks great!

You did very well, i've seen a few lifts on these vans and for you to try one with never having worked on vehicles before is pretty impressive

Very nice looking!

NICE!!

looks good man

Welcome

to the dark side.

looks great.. how hard was it and which 4" kit did you go with from OLV ?

Thanks everyone! Couldn't have done it with out you guys/gals or this website. The pictures and info gave me enough insight and motivation to figure it out myself. That and the fact that the 4x4 shops here in town wanted $1400 to install it.
And a big THANKS to Dan at OLV for his help during two phone calls. I appriciate it!

crash wrote:looks great.. how hard was it and which 4" kit did you go with from OLV ?

It wasn't very hard, it just took some time. I've heard the horror stories about the body bolts but mine weren't a problem at all. The hardest part was figuring out how to get the van body high enough in the rear for the new leaf springs. I had two jack stands that only went up to 16".

I just got the '95&up awd lift kit as well as the bumper relocation brackets and rancho shocks. I was going to go with 30" tires but the 31's were on sale and $20 a piece cheaper. They didn't have to twist my arm!

Awesome & Congrats! You did a great job!

Looks AWESOME!!!!


But, it could how the pic turned out but it looks like you mounted the bumper brackets on the 3inch body lift holes. I did that, and my bumper rolled up and didn't fit right at the corners. When I remounted the brackets, they one bolt hole worth hanging under the frame mount.


I dont know if that made any sense.

Good job. You've now made the van look the way it should have to begin with.

Nice job and looks great.

stomp13 wrote:Looks AWESOME!!!!


But, it could how the pic turned out but it looks like you mounted the bumper brackets on the 3inch body lift holes. I did that, and my bumper rolled up and didn't fit right at the corners. When I remounted the brackets, they one bolt hole worth hanging under the frame mount.


I dont know if that made any sense.

Makes perfect sense, because thats exactly what I did! I think I'll go fix that right now. Good eye!! Thanks!

tinytherhino wrote: Makes perfect sense, because thats exactly what I did! I think I'll go fix that right now. Good eye!! Thanks!

No problem.

I did it without having to remove everything. Just crawled under, unbolted, dropped, re-bolt.