Andres629's still at it! '87 BII this time!

[BONES]

Nice!!

Your about 4-5 inches wider then mine and I bet she'll grow up some more when you get the rear leveled up to the front. By the looks of the front diff pix if this is at your projected ride height, you'll be sitting a few inches higher then me.

She's looking great man!!!

I've been contemplating removing the inner fender structure and core support and replacing it with a tubular structure as well, how was it to remove?? Did you just cut it off or actually drill out the spot welds?

A buddy and I were outside measuring my rig the other day, we decided I have roughly 6-7" of combined suspension and body lift. However, going from the 205 75 r15 (27") up to the 38x12.5's also gave me another 5-ish inches lift! That's a WHOPPING 11-12" LIFT TOTAL!! OUCH!

I'd still LOVE to loose another few inches of lift some day, lol. She is pretty stable mind you, have been on some very steep side hills and severe leaning obstacles and she's stayed planted "so far." I can afford to loose a couple inches in the rear as the front already sits a couple inches lower than the rear and keep the BL or even half the BL and take an inch out of the rear suspension...... I'd like to be sitting at roughly 4" suspension/bl lift then add the 5inches of tire height lift and have her sitting 9" over stock with tire height included. LOL, I've seen guys add 9" of combined lift (6" suspension + 3" BL) just to make room for 35-36's, haha, not often you see a total lift of 9" including tires!

I just got back from HRC and really want to build up a rig to compete now, lol, watching some of the CrawlinBC boys get it, I'm hooked now!! The one guy, Jenson and his d44/9" combo under his Heep made me realize my rig is basically ready to play with these big boys, aside from missing a couple components like full cage and air bump stops and maybe some more power, lol. We'll be back there next year for sure. Buddy of mine is also building an HRC rig too, it's a lwb LJ Sammy converted to p/u with vortec 4.3/4l60/toy doubler sitting on linked Toy 8" axles with longfields and 40" LTB's. He's contemplating on rear steer now. I can't decide if I should start building a tube buggy, get the Rover ready for this or get the Bronco ready for this!!!! LOL decisions decisions, haha.

 

[Andres629]

I'm hoping to bring it down about an inch or so... but I want to keep my ~5" uptravel, so we'll see what transpires. The way it sits, I'm going to have to trim out a bit of the engine crossmember, but I've got the diff moved far enough forward that the majority of the pumpkin clears the crossmember. My next worry is the tie rod hitting the frame. I've got, give or take, 5-6 inches to the frame rail before the tie rod will make contact. As it sits though, I'm at a 99" wheelbase with keeping the rear end in stock location. That being said, I may move it back slightly, or wait 'til I link/comp cut it, I have yet to make up my mind.
I took my measurements basically right after the windsheild, so it shouldn't go up anymore, but we'll see. I want to keep it at approx. 73" tall, and the nice thing about air shocks is I can do that easily! I also will not be running a body lift, just cutting the fenders out like crazy... stupid sheetmetal.

I wanted to get out to HRC, that would have been rad! Yeah, the CRIB guys have some crazy rigs that really get it... I'm hoping to have mine built to be even semi-competitive there. I think it'll be alright, but I could probably go up a tire size or two...

 

[wahlstrom1]

I was at HRC too... wtf? haha... I'll be in it next year!

 

[BONES]

You know before I went to HRC I briefly though about contacting some of the Alberta people I have come across online, but then forgot, lol. Would be nice to put a face to some of these user names!

 

[Andres629]

Hey Bones, forgot to mention in my last post... The inner apron and core support come out easy, I just cut it out. I'll get a couple pictures of what I did, and I'll keep ya updated on the mounting of my fenders/hood. Just... don't use a plasma close to the firewall. I didn't accidentally punch a hole through it and light my interior on fire or anything...

 

[wahlstrom1]

Goin full tube front clip? or just skinning it with whats left of the sheet metal afterwards?

 

[BONES]

Just.... don't use a plasma close to the firewall. I didn't accidentally punch a hole through it and light my interior on fire or anything...

Hahaha oops!! Too funny!

X2 what wahlstrom asked. Skinz er tubez?

 

[Andres629]

Well, I still plan on streeting it a little bit, and plus I like the look of the BII front clip, so I'm tubing it and using my sheetmetal as "skins" if you can call it such... I don't know how much of the factory sheetmetal will be left once I'm finished cutting!

 

[kris97ranger]

i do hope you keep the grille though yours was pretty cool

 

[Andres629]

I'm pretty sure I'll be keeping the grille and just running some rectangle flood lights in the spot where the headlights used to be.

 

[Andres629]

Well, I stumbled upon a 4.0 Ranger with a blown A4LD, so I managed to score it for $300... nice! Plan on using it for the 4.0 and the wiring, sooooo... the BII will have a 4.0 at the end of the swap, too!

 

[Andres629]

Here's the pics of my $300 4.0 Ranger 4x4... Thing's in not bad shape, especially with a running 4.0! The deck in it is going in my diesel, and it's a rad deck, too... $250 brand new without taxes, so right there the truck just paid for itself. Haha! On with the pics.

And a quick shot of my $800 tow rig and the $300 Ranger... I love good deals!

 

[Foxracin]

I want the tow rig. lol

 

[Andres629]

Yeah, it sure is nice having something I can tow things around with!

 

[Foxracin]

I've been looking for one. Won't one pretty much just like yours. lol