Thinking of a different way...

[94_Xploder]

I have a 94 explorer 4x4 and im going to be lifting it here pretty soon. Im not new to the 4x4 world as i've had a couple RBV's before and some toyotas. What im wanting to do is keep the COG down, in my 92 ranger I had with a 6in skyjacker class 2 on 35's the truck felt really top heavy same in my tacoma that was SAS'd on 37's and I know that with the explorer it has even more weight to the cab so I could see it being worse. What im thinking of doing is getting a set of jeep coils that would lift a RBV around 4in's and then building a set of coil buckets that are 2in's taller then the factory ones and something like the f-250 shock mounts and a set of extended radius arms that way I will have around 2in's of lift and have more droop then one would with a leveling coil spring. Of course id run a long enough shock to take advantage of the travel. Has anyone here heard of someone doing something like this? I'll most likely run a 33x10.5 or a 34x10.50 with locked axles front and rear. I believe that this would be a pretty capable set-up, Any opinions?

 

[ThatGuy]

It can be done pretty easily. Check out this thread http://therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109684&highlight=F150+coils

 

[94_Xploder]

It can be done pretty easily. Check out this thread http://therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109684&highlight=F150+coils

Just what I needed to see, thanks

 

[Kona]

Huh, My Ranger with the bastard 51/2 lift never has felt top heavy . On 33x12.50x15 no sway bars, still feels ok on the 235x75x15 winters! (rolls a little in the corners). Skyjacker beam brackets ( in the 4" hole), sk136 springs Trailsmasher drop brackets , 2 blocks, add a leaf ,& Belltech extended shackles and Trailsmasher SSV shocks.

 

[94_Xploder]

Huh, My Ranger with the bastard 51/2 lift never has felt top heavy . On 33x12.50x15 no sway bars, still feels ok on the 235x75x15 winters! (rolls a little in the corners). Skyjacker beam brackets ( in the 4" hole), sk136 springs Trailsmasher drop brackets , 2 blocks, add a leaf ,& Belltech extended shackles and Trailsmasher SSV shocks.

Have you ever played in the rocks?

 

[4x4junkie]

My Ranger has a 6" Skyjacker (5" or so actual lift) and has seen plenty of rocks, even the famed Rubicon trail. It does feel a little tippy on off-camber downhills, however it's never threatened to actually go over, though it does tease you by lifting the rear tires on occasion lol.
It's like that because of the nose-heavy weight balance, combined with stiff front springs. My BII with softer springs and more centered weight balance does not exhibit that behavior at all whatsoever.

An Explorer should have a better weight balance than a Ranger also.

If your Ex is a 4-door, I'd look into some 300PPI early Bronco or F-150 springs for the front rather than Jeep springs, due to it being heavier.

 

[Kona]

Have you ever played in the rocks?

A fair bit, no problems other then being under-geared, I had 3.73 gears.