First off this good for 07-11 and I am guessing 12-13 also, however, Manual transmissions may have to get a shifter adapter. I am installing a 1 inch performance body lift but mostly all body lifts are installed the same way, the only possible differences may be how they bolt down. A body lift is good for anyone who is looking for a little bit more lift or clearance for tires without having to worry about suspension components since the frame does not move, only the body does.

The Rough Country body lift comes with brackets to raise your bumper back up which eliminates the gap. They are only good for the stock bumper though. RC also includes a shifter extention for the manuals eliminating the need to cut your shifter boot

Anyways enough talk.

First you're going to want to park on level ground, always put it in 4wd and pull the parking brake for added insurance.


For the body lift you will do one side at a time, there are 6 mounts on each side on older JKU's. On newer JKU's there are 5 mounts, they removed the mount that is over the rear axle. 2 doors also have less mounts, I am unsure of exactly how many.

The first 3 are circled in the picture below, loosen and remove these bolts:



Next move to the back of the jeep, you will find another 2 bolts that you will losen and remove. Once again, these are circled below:



Lastly on this side you will move to the front. Here you will remove the grill and access the last mount. Pictures below:




Once all these bolts are removed you will take a jack and slide it up under the body. From here you will jack up the body just enough that the body lift pucks will slide in between the frame and body. You may have to use a second jack to get the front or back up a bit more to get all the pucks in. Placement of the jack is show below.





Once the pucks are place in as shown:



For the front mount you will place the puck on the mount that removes rather than balancing on top.





Next, you will then need to take the old bolts and replace them with the bolts that were provided with the lift, however you need the washers off the original bolts. These washers are held on by a lip, you need to put something to hold the washer while you hit the bolt out. A vise will work great but a 2x4 or anything will do the job. The process should come out like this:





Place the old washers on the new bolts and re insert to connect the body and frame once again, except with the body lift installed on one side now!:



You are now halfway done! Go back to the beginning and repeat for the opposite side!

Hopefully you will come out with a finished product like this!


Best of luck and happy jeeping!

 

Nice write up and nice looking Jeep

 

This is great... I never knew it could be that easy! Question though... my ACE sliders mount using those factory side body bolts & factory washers, so would that be an issue? Are the bolts included in a body lift kit simply longer to accommodate the puck height?

 

Very nice write up! Would you mind taking after shots of the front and rear showing the gap or lack there of? Thanks!!

 

Yes would like to see more shots as well

 

Nice wright up but I would like to point out that not all Unlimiteds have 12 mounts and not all 2drs have 10. Chrysler eliminated two of the rear mounts in later models. My 2010 Unlimited only had 10



The Rough Country body lift comes with brackets to raise your bumper back up which eliminates the gap. They are only good for the stock bumper though.

RC also includes a shifter extention for the manuals eliminating the need to cut your shifter boot

 

I actually had ace sliders on with this before. You will have an inch or so gap but it didnt bother me that much, maybe it was because I never had the sliders on without the lift. It will not effect the install of a body lift though. You will just use the bolts that come with the body lift.

I actually am not running a rear bumper and I have a stinger on the front, I can grab ones of the front but the rear wont show much. Its very minimal with a 1 inch body lift.

Good points, I knew I had left some stuff out. Ill update the original post.

 

Can we get some close up pics of all the gaps? Like the side and front grill?

 

Although that is a great body lift and the price is awesome.... I returned mine. I didn't have access to a large vice and getting the stock bolts out of the existing pucks was damn near impossible . Great right up but I just wanted to share with others that it was a tiny bit more involved. That being said check out m.o.r.e body lifts if you want to check out a different lift. It's a little bit $$$ but worth it. Installs almost the same as RC lift.

 

I've seen this done without a vice too. Just use two solid surfaces. I don't have a rear bumper on right now and the front is aftermarket but I can grab one.