Hey yall. I get to come home for almost 2 weeks of R&R twards the end of the year. I've been spending the little bit of internet time I get surfing for lift kits for my 84 F150 4x4. The Stage II Procomp seems to be the best value for the $. Just above a grand including brake lines, pitman arm, springs, brackets, shocks, ect.
I'm just wondering if anybody has any experiance with this kit and what they think of it. Does it hold ride hight good or start to sag fast? Are the Procomp shocks any good or should I ditch them for Ranchos or something?

Also, I believe that with a 6" I'll need extended drive shafts, since the kit comes with longer braided brake lines and a drop pitman arm, is there anything else I might need to complete the kit.

I'm also puting 35" BFG muds on 15x10's on it. I plan to regear with a locker in back and posi in front when I come home for good some time next year.

Thanks a lot for yalls help.

 

Most here have a disdain for Pro Comp's, but they supposedly ride pretty firm. Which model is included? If its not the ES9000, don't bother.

Driveshafts, do you wheel it extremely hard? 6" you can do usually with stock driveshafts unless you're out articulating around, then you might lose the rear shaft.

If you have a vehicle with TTB (Twin Traction Beam) then you might want to look at spending that grand to do some sort of axle swap. That axle is not up to the task for heavy offroading. Fine for some mild stuff though.

The above especially comes into play when you're talking about regearing and locker/posi combo'ing the vehicle. You don't want to be dumping all this coin into axles that can't handle it. 35" BFG MT's are within the capacity of the TTB D44, but at the upper limits of what it can take. The rear I believe is in those years where it was switching between the 8.8" and the 9", don't know what you'd have back there. The 9" would be relatively fine, and it would be worth sinking money into if you break something, but an 8.8 you'd probably be better off doing an axle swap to regear 4.10 for the 35's.

I guess its all up to you. There are others who will say other things, but this is just some general information to help that I've picked up. Hope it did just that, helped.

 

I think it comes with the ES3000, I'd prefer the adjustable Ranchos anyway.

My wheelin is by no streach of the immagination anything more than mild. Mostly just toting around the ranch and hunting leases. I go out now and then with friends to go wheelin but even that aint nothing compared to what a lot of folks do.

Thanks for your advice, it did help.