Spleen
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- 1994
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- Ford Ranger
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So I’ve done a little digging on the topic but answers are a bit vague and scattered. I have a 94’ long bed 2wd, during the off months when it’s put away I plan to lower it a bit. As much as I’d like to do dream beams the cost would be a bit up there for what I’m looking to do and a 3/4 drop might be just a bit much for my taste. I had an 06’ I went 2/2 on and liked it but wish I had done an axle flip and went a little lower in the back so this leads me to where I’m at today.
My understanding is if I do 2” drop coils in the front and a flip kit in the rear with longer shackles that should get me ABOUT 2/3 (I say it like that as I know it varies a bit for everyone)? From what I gather 2” drop coils should be fine in the front and not cause any alignment issues, it seems to be the 3” drop coils that lead to that and at that point I’d do dream beams anyway. As far as the rear goes it’s been my understanding the DJM flip kit gives you roughly 4” with the stock shackles so my thought process is the flip kit with extended shackles should land me around 3” or do I have something mixed up there? My 06 I had dropped 2/2 with DJM drop coils in the front and shorter shackles in the rear, so while it’s not my first I beam Ranger it’ll be my first time lowering one and my first time doing an axle flip. Just want to cover all grounds before I start ordering parts.
My understanding is if I do 2” drop coils in the front and a flip kit in the rear with longer shackles that should get me ABOUT 2/3 (I say it like that as I know it varies a bit for everyone)? From what I gather 2” drop coils should be fine in the front and not cause any alignment issues, it seems to be the 3” drop coils that lead to that and at that point I’d do dream beams anyway. As far as the rear goes it’s been my understanding the DJM flip kit gives you roughly 4” with the stock shackles so my thought process is the flip kit with extended shackles should land me around 3” or do I have something mixed up there? My 06 I had dropped 2/2 with DJM drop coils in the front and shorter shackles in the rear, so while it’s not my first I beam Ranger it’ll be my first time lowering one and my first time doing an axle flip. Just want to cover all grounds before I start ordering parts.