Bronco 2 project need help and suggestions

[Countryboy91]

Buying a 1988 bronco 2 off a friend. It has 2.9 5spd man transfer case. But wanting to lift it and etc. Was curious if early bronco items would work like the bolt in roll cage possibly the removable roof axles etc. Any one ever us parts off the early bronco besides the axles? Was thinking bout doing a chop top and using the roof off eB as a removable roof and add a roll cage for eB as some extra protection. Not making this a mega mud truck or anything out of this world. Just wanting something good for dd and mudder. I plan on using it on tailed and mud parks but want to drive home kinda thing. Any help would be awesome and much appreciated. This is my first bronco 2 but I'm familiar with ranger have own two.still gave one.

 

[Countryboy91]

Any ideas? Suggestions?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Have you checked the tech section? There are various b2 builds on here, check them out. I've never seen any body try an early bronco top on a b2. Not saying impossible but I'd think the top would be worth lots. Measurements would be in order.

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[Countryboy91]

Yea I've look just didn't see much of what I was looking at

 

[Shran]

Nothing on an Early Bronco will swap into a Bronco II without extensive modification. Don't take this the wrong way, but if you are really asking that question, you probably don't have the skills or tools required to do it and make any of it work AND look good. Sorry. Don't start hackin' away with the sawzall and stick welder and expect miracles.

The other piece here is that modifying Early Bronco parts to fit something else is just financially stupid! They are really uncommon now and worth a lot of money to the right people. Honestly, most EB parts aren't worth putting under a B2/Ranger anyway... the narrow 9" axle being the exception. I had an EB D44 axle under my Ranger for a while and it was way less than ideal for a variety of reasons.

Now what you CAN do is buddy up with someone who owns an offroad shop and have them bend up some tube for a roll cage. Explorer axles, swap the whole Explorer (or Ranger) 4.0 drivetrain while you're at it. If you MUST chop the top, you have to do a lot of reinforcing afterwards because the body gets really floppy when you remove a lot of it. I would honestly avoid lifting it, too. You gain exactly zero ground clearance under the axles with any lift, bigger tires or different axles are the only fix for that, and low center of gravity in a B2 is your best friend!

Good luck.

 

[bronco2fan]

X2 agreed. EB parts are getting scarce and pricey. If yours in in decent shape there are lots of things less expensive to make it cool then cutting it up. Check out the BII section on builds and the Tech section, lots of good info there. Nice BII's are starting to be scarce too so keep that in mind too. Good luck and post up what you think or do.

 

[wildbill23c]

The bronco and bronco 2 aren't the same size, trying to get parts from a full size bronco to fit a bronco 2 is not going to be easy, and not economical.

Unfortunately parts and accessories are kind of limited on them.

 

[HellBilly7705]

I have an 84 and I have found lots of stuff on ebay .....and other places on the web....most will tell you if they will work on a Bronco 2 or not

 

[Mike83]

When I was going to do a chop top I thought of a removable roof. I was going to cut mine just behind the brace, and weld a flange behind that to put weatherstripping on. Then take something like ranger bed caps and weld them onto the bottom of the roof/cut line on body for bolting surface. Lots of fab work, have to take some sort of hatch/tailgate mod into consideration. But would be cool when it's done

 

[Countryboy91]

Well I wasn't meaning the rare parts I just look at bronco graveyard and was thinking.