3in body lift on 86

[ausburn15]

IM putting a 3in PA body lift on my 86 ranger 4x4 i was wondering how hard it will be and if there is anything i should know to do or not to do. thanks

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Follow the instructions is a biggie.

I had to extend my 4x4 lever, I scrounged a peice of shaft and a peice of tube the shaft fit into, welded them together. Then I drilled and tapped a .25" hole and used a bolt as a setscrew to lock the tube onto the stock lever. I saw no mention of this in the instructions.

I will try to remember to get pictures of it next weekend but no garentees.

If I had it to do over again I would relocate the fan shround instead of cutting the bottom of it out per the instructions. It works fine but it bugs me.

I took old inner tubes and filled the new space between the inner fenders and frame. I poked holes in the inner tube, drilled holes in the plastic inner fenders and pop rivoted them in. I run a fair amount of mud so I did this to help keep the engine cleaner.

I made a bracket to move the stock front bumper up and add tow points to the front. I used two plates bolted to the side of the frame with angle iron strips coming off to replicate the mounting points to the frame. I ran a single angle iron peice across that connected the two side plates, I used 2.5" but 3" would have fit perfect. I did have to knotch the bumper for the plates that bolt onto the frame. To complete the "it came that way" look I dug out my lower valance that I had take off long ago and trimmed it to fit around my new assembly.

My rear bumper is still stock and still looks like crap, I have yet to decide what to do with it.