Project Bronco II: Share a link to your thread.

Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

Hey Guys,

This is the second Bronco II that I have had, but I have never created a thread and shared my progress along the way. Ive got some good ideas for this one, that are very low in cost, but have a huge impact on the look and capability of the BII. Ill get into that a little later as Im running out the door to class. In the midst of becoming a Carpenter. Here are some pictures of my 1988 BII when I first brought it home, $200+30 for a set of Warn hubs for the Dana 28. Great Deal, it had been sitting for 7 years and the previous owner suspected head gasket, turned out to be something else, can't wait to share my build but I have to run out the door. unfortunately just realized I've got to figure out how to upload photos. Fail to start the thread, ill find some time in class!

POST SOME OF YOUR OWN PHOTOS

Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

The day it came home.

Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

Threw on some tires and tossed in a new battery and drive it home. Brakes were locked up, oil was like water and there was next to no coolant. Still made the 75km drive home.(50 miles)

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Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

Had a set of 31" advertido/savero mud terrains sitting around so tossed them on. Lots of fender run!

Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

Decided to cut the fenders for a little extra clearance, added some rubber fender flares. Hammered the rears out as best I could. 2" wide wheel adapters. From 5x4.5 to 5x5.5 bolt pattern so I can toss on stock full size Bronco rims and a set of 33x12.50r15 bfg mud terrains.

Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

Got really lucky and only paid 30$ for my set of bfgs they may only have 20 % on them but still I'll get a year out of them.unbeatable price.

Darknight · Feb 20, 2014

Here's is a pic of my old BII this is right before I sold it. All I eve

r did was best on it and all it ever did was survive. I'll post a picture of when I first bought it as well. Show me your before and after.

Darknight · Feb 21, 2014

Couple of

Well Im not going to bother trying to upload photos from the computer such a hassle, just going to use my phone and upload them through the APP.

Here is a list of things being done to Project BII:

Interior: Remove seats, tear up all old carpet and add thick asphalt bed liner as new insulation/sound bearier, the old carpet is basically made of moss.
Find a pair or possibly a set of Bucket seats, would be cool to replace the rear seats with some buckets. Haven't decided if I'm going to keep the shitty bench seat in the rear, probably will just remove the rear seats for good and see what happens.

My goal is to keep it as stock as possible, cut the fenders to fit 33`s and add 2" wheel spacers for a wider stance. 2" block in the rear to make a little extra room as my 31`s were getting cut up from the inner edge of the fender.

Im sanding it all down and painting it powder white with Krylon Tremclad Rust Paint that I picked up at walmart for $3/Can . Ill have a bunch of photos to share this weekend.

Going to start sanding it all down tonight, fit the rear fender flares last night so all 4 are set properly before I get into paint. Just a nice spray bomb, I won't be putting more then $1000 into this project,

Cheap Tricks, Huge Results.

alwaysFlOoReD · Feb 21, 2014

I like cheap.
Looks like a good start.

Richard

country0001 · Feb 21, 2014

Looks good. Always fun to start a build. My build thread is in my sig. There is a whole section of B2 builds.

Good luck.

Darknight · Feb 21, 2014

Kk

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Darknight · Feb 21, 2014

Oops, here's the paint IM gunna try out. Going to scuff the Bronco with a disk sander, won't be doing much prep.

Gotta take apart the front axle before I put on the 33s. Gottamake sure the Dana 28s wheel bearings aren't shot. It's been sitting for years I expect complete rust. Gotta finish putting the Dana 35 together. But we will see how long the 28 will last. Gotta pick up some new u bolts and get the blocks into the rear. Taking the rims to be sandblasted tomorrow

jhammel85 · Feb 21, 2014

Not bad! especially for the price!

Darknight · Feb 26, 2014

Well the wheel adapters/spacers came in. 5x4.5 to 5x5.5, 2" wide.

and meet my puppy Rocky!!

Darknight · Feb 26, 2014

I got the 33s on the 15x7.5 stock full size Bronco rims. And sandblasted them. Then I went ahead and installed them with the adapters and I think it's nearly fullsize axle width. Love it

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