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Ive been told a certain year of F 150 front and back springs make a nice, cheap suspension lift for bronco 2s. If anyone can help I'd appreciate it, need more info. What year springs and if there are any other mods I need to know about. Thanks
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As far as the front coils are concerned it has been done and you can find info at www.ford-trucks.com . Use blocks on the rear. You gain 4 inches with the F-150 coils. Its not a very god lift in my opinion but it has been done. There are driveline as well as steering geometry issues that need to be dealt with.
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I too would caution you about throwing an unknown spring rate at your suspension. The resulting changes could really mess up your handling.
Check out http://www.jamesduff.com/broncoII/ for some ideas. Top quality and smart people. (Not affiliated, just a customer).
Check out http://www.jamesduff.com/broncoII/ for some ideas. Top quality and smart people. (Not affiliated, just a customer).
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Here is a write up I did about a month ago.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/yabbgold...num=1062175121
I'm rather pleased with the lift, but as said, it does screw up the alignment.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/yabbgold...num=1062175121
I'm rather pleased with the lift, but as said, it does screw up the alignment.
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I'll try to fix it for you Jrod13/red_rocket.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/yabbgold...num=1060236790
Should work correctly now.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/yabbgold...num=1060236790
Should work correctly now.
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hmm, Im not quite sure why the first link didn't work.. but here's the link to the full article.
Basicly the same as the one beefy's linked above, but with more pictures and better instructions.
Basicly the same as the one beefy's linked above, but with more pictures and better instructions.
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woops sorry..
For some reason everytime I copy the link, and post it in here it gets messed up, and doesn't work..
so just beefy's link above, and click the link in the last post, on page two.
BTW, for the rear I took the second leaf out of a ranger spring pack, and added it below the main leaf on my spring pack.
So the order is now
stock BII leaf
ranger second leaf
BII second leaf
BII third leaf
BII fourth leaf
BII overload
ranger overload.
the extra overload spring is just another one of those short bottom leafs(about 12" long)
Adding just the ranger upper leaf gave me about 2 1/2" of lift in the rear, and leveled it off perfectly. In the future I will be going to an explorer rear spring, which should give me another inch or so of lift.
these are the best two pictures I can find of my rig after the lift.. Ill get more tommorrow..
For some reason everytime I copy the link, and post it in here it gets messed up, and doesn't work..
so just beefy's link above, and click the link in the last post, on page two.
BTW, for the rear I took the second leaf out of a ranger spring pack, and added it below the main leaf on my spring pack.
So the order is now
stock BII leaf
ranger second leaf
BII second leaf
BII third leaf
BII fourth leaf
BII overload
ranger overload.
the extra overload spring is just another one of those short bottom leafs(about 12" long)
Adding just the ranger upper leaf gave me about 2 1/2" of lift in the rear, and leveled it off perfectly. In the future I will be going to an explorer rear spring, which should give me another inch or so of lift.
these are the best two pictures I can find of my rig after the lift.. Ill get more tommorrow..
Last edited by red_rocket; Sep 4, 2003 at 03:15 PM.
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I guess blocks, re-arched springs or something. As I said I have not done this mod. Mr-Red rocket has and I am sure he would be happy to tell ya what you need to do. I am interested though as after looking at his details it looks like a good idea but I think I would also find away to drop the pivot points for the I beams.
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I have been thinking about lifting mine also, on a limited budget. I was thinking about simply moving the whole front end assembly away from the frame and fabricating the stock parts, using welded spacers for the radius arm connect points. The process seems pretty easy except the arm that conects the steering. that metal is to heavy duty to cut and weld, with out losing its strength. Also you would obviously have to have longer springs. Maybe my thoughts combined and refined by the other guys will provide the perfect lift for the lowest price. 
I almost forgot about the back lift, I would make sure the springs are sitting at at least stock height by using an add-a-leaf kit, and then use a block lift to do the rest. Make sure the lift blocks have the correct angle so as to not put more strain on the drive shaft.
Good luck
I almost forgot about the back lift, I would make sure the springs are sitting at at least stock height by using an add-a-leaf kit, and then use a block lift to do the rest. Make sure the lift blocks have the correct angle so as to not put more strain on the drive shaft.
Good luck
Last edited by WeWonIt; Sep 4, 2003 at 08:39 PM.
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