After adding a lift and extended radius arms on my 1983 Ford Ranger 4×4, the extended brake lines were no longer long enough. The solution was to drill a hole in the opposite side of the coil bucket and relocate the brake line.
You can see the difference it made in the photo below with relocated brake lines:
When the time came to lift the 1996 Ford Ranger 4×4, I repeated the same process.
You can see where I zip tied the brake line to the shock to keep it from getting pinched in the coil spring.
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Jim Oaks is the founder of TheRangerStation.com, the longest-running Ford Ranger resource online since 1999. With over 25 years of hands-on experience building and modifying Ford Rangers — including magazine-featured builds like Project Transformer — Jim has become one of the most trusted authorities in the Ford Ranger off-road and enthusiast space.
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