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My 88 BII Build!!


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Some Bling



Going with 5.13 gears and a spool up front.
All Yukon parts.



Yukon Grizzly for the 9"

 
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Went with 37x12.5x17 Pit bull Rockers. Damn these things look mean as hell!!



Going with Crager 17" soft 8s. I'll put some beadlocks on them eventually.

 
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Getting the front end mocked up. I pushed the front end forward about 2".



 
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Track bar tacked up.

1.5" .250 DOM

3/4 chromoly hiems from RuffStuff Specialties



Track bar and coil springs installed. Went with 5.5" James Duff early bronco springs.



More to come!!
 
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So for the transmission cross member I grabbed one from the junk yard. I can't remember exactly what it came out of. I want to say an 84 bronco II. when I saw it, it looked like I could just turn in 180* and re-drill the holes for the tranny mount. That way it would clear the front drive shaft.



It's a little close but I think once I get the doubler in there it will clear no problems.
 
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After YEARS of looking under every RBV that came through the junk yard I FINALLY found a manual shift BW1354. The plan is to go with a Behemoth Shorty BW1350/1354 doubler.

 
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Celebratory beer after getting the front end sitting on the wheels and tires under its own weight!!



Fender trimming to come!
 
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This pic makes me laugh

37s vs 31s

 
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Cut the fenders to clear the Pitbulls.



Still need to trim a few things here and there. I'll need to flex out the suspension to see exactly what will have to go.

 
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More goodies



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Steering built using 1.5 .250 DOM and Chevy 1 ton tie rods from ruffstuffspecialties.com







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Now that the front is all mocked up time to get started on the rear!

Got everything ripped out.



9" stripped down



Going to stretch the rear about 6"

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I went with skyjacker 6" lift leaf springs and 7" Chevy drop shackles for the rear. Moved the spring hanger back about 2-3" and flipped the leaf spring around backwards to achieve the stretch I was looking for. Tape line shows how much I'm going to hack off.



After the hack job.



Shackle angle was way off. I moved the rear spring hanger back 2".

Before and after. Right at 45* perfect!



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Bought a new toy. Lincoln Electric 140HD



I then bought a sheet of 3/16 steel and started to plan out a front bumper.


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Cut up the push bar that I had on the front, and started plating it.







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