- Joined
- Aug 8, 2007
- Messages
- 362
- Reaction score
- 4
- Points
- 18
- Age
- 58
- Location
- Shawnee, Oklahoma
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0
- Transmission
- Manual
I have been driving my 89 BII on the stock (explorer coils) for years with James Duff (JD) extented radius arms while riding on 33"s. I would like to go to to bigger tires and knew the only way was to go up with suspension or cut the fenders more. I wanted to keep the center of gravity as low as possible so I decided to piece together the parts to get around a 2" lift.
I started by getting JD coil buckets. I then shopped the MOOG coil spring catalog till I found the coils I figured would work best, Part Number CC810, for a 66-77 F150. When the coils came in they fit the new coil buckets perfectly but were to big for the stock D35 coils seats. So I called JD back and ordered the new HD seats for the Classic Bronco. When they arrived it was determined that they wouldn't fit without mods. I had to drill the center of the seats for the bolt that orginally held the stock coil on. I also had to notch them to fit around the knuckles the D35.
Once everything was on the truck and it was back on the ground I measured for shocks and ordered quad shocks from JD. Well shocks arrived and were put on and off I went to Hot Springs Offroad Park in Hot Springs, AR. The pieced together parts worked GREAT and I couldn't be happier with them. My rear leafs are shot so the front felt really soft but I figure when I put some explorer leafs in the coils will fell fine. The truck rode and drove good on and offroad. Bottom line couldn't be happier. Now before someone ask I forgot to measure before I took the old suspension off but I figure I got 2-2.5" of lift. Here are some pictures of the BII flexing it stuff on the ramp at Hot Springs. Sorry no trail pics.
I started by getting JD coil buckets. I then shopped the MOOG coil spring catalog till I found the coils I figured would work best, Part Number CC810, for a 66-77 F150. When the coils came in they fit the new coil buckets perfectly but were to big for the stock D35 coils seats. So I called JD back and ordered the new HD seats for the Classic Bronco. When they arrived it was determined that they wouldn't fit without mods. I had to drill the center of the seats for the bolt that orginally held the stock coil on. I also had to notch them to fit around the knuckles the D35.
Once everything was on the truck and it was back on the ground I measured for shocks and ordered quad shocks from JD. Well shocks arrived and were put on and off I went to Hot Springs Offroad Park in Hot Springs, AR. The pieced together parts worked GREAT and I couldn't be happier with them. My rear leafs are shot so the front felt really soft but I figure when I put some explorer leafs in the coils will fell fine. The truck rode and drove good on and offroad. Bottom line couldn't be happier. Now before someone ask I forgot to measure before I took the old suspension off but I figure I got 2-2.5" of lift. Here are some pictures of the BII flexing it stuff on the ramp at Hot Springs. Sorry no trail pics.