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How many times have you watched automotive how-to shows on cable TV and wondered how they make it look so easy, and where did they get all those expensive tools? If you're like most automotive enthusiasts, you don't have any of those awesome tools, let alone a lift in your garage.

To Chris Duke, host of the web TV show, iTunes podcast, and TV program Motorz, keeping how-to installations real for enthusiasts became his calling. By showing the average Joe how to install products on his vehicle using common tools he has in his garage, anyone can walk away from an episode having the confidence to go out and buy that product they always wanted on their ride and install it themselves.

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DIY Suspension Lifts

Posted January 08, 2011 8:30 AM by motorztv

In this episode, Chris Duke show you to install a 3-inch suspension lift kit on a 2010 Jeep JK and a 2-inch torsion bar lift kit on a 2004 GMC 2500 truck. He's joined by Trent McGee of Daystar Products, a Phoenix-based manufacturer of polyurethane lift and leveling kits for trucks, Jeeps, and sport utility vehicles (SUVs).

The lift kit for the Jeep includes three-inch coil spring spacers, replacement shock absorbers, sway bar brackets and track bar brackets for the back, and bump stop extensions for both front and rear. As Trent explains, the coil spacers are installed above the Jeep's coil springs and are made of polyurethane to absorb noise and vibration.

The lift kit for the GMC truck includes replacement torsion bar keys that are forged instead of cast for strength. Replacing the truck's existing torsion bar suspension also requires blocks for the back and shock extension for the front.

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